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Tuesday of the twenty-third week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I
[438] Col 2:6-15;Ps 145:1b-2, 8-9, 10-11; Luke 6:12-19.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
61st anniversary of the death of P. Bruno Wolnik (77) d. 1960 at Lusaka, N. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
52nd anniversary of the death of P. James Hughes (47) d. 1969 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Jubilee:
Palladium Jubilee of P. David Ferreira da SILVA who celebrates 75 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Blue Sapphire Jubilee of P. Manuel FERREIRA (POR) who celebrates 65 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Blue Sapphire Jubilee of P. Edward MURPHY who celebrates 65 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Diamond Jubilee of P. Peter CARROLL who celebrates 60 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Diamond Jubilee of P. Stanislaus ROZMAN who celebrates 60 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Diamond Jubilee of P. Roy THADEN who celebrates 60 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Diamond Jubilee of P. Ronald HIDAKA who celebrates 60 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Diamond Jubilee of P. David GORNALL who celebrates 60 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Emerald Jubilee of P. John MUJDRICA who celebrates 55 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Emerald Jubilee of P. Joseph KEANEY who celebrates 55 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee of P. David ROWAN who celebrates 50 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Sapphire Jubilee of P. Stephen BUCKLAND who celebrates 45 years in the Society today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
Memorial: Sts. Stephen Pongracz, Melchior Grodziecki, in 1639, at Cassau in Transylvania the martrydom of Stephen Pongracz and companions, Jesuit priests, Mark Krizevcanin, canon of Estergom, martyrs.
1573
Death of Princess Juana, Regent of Spain, the emperor Charles V's daughter. She died with her Jesuit vows. "The only female Jesuit in the Church's history," writes Hugo Rahner.
1573
The death of Princess Juana, Regent of Spain, the emperor's daughter. She died as a Jesuit scholastic, having taken vows secretly under a special dispensation.
1909
Father General Franz Wernz established the province of Austria.
1966
The Second session of General Congregation 31 opens.
1977
Announcement of the decree of Fr. General uniting the two provinces of East Germany and Lower Germany into the new Province of North Germany. It takes effect on 1 January 1978.
2006
Londi Boka di Mpasi, S.J. He wrote two national anthems for Congo- Zaire, and founded Telema magazine.
