[439] Col 3:1-11;Ps 145:2-3, 10-11, 12-13ab; Luke 6:20-26.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
101st anniversary of the death of P. Bruno Wolnik (77) d. 1960 at Lusaka, N. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
92nd anniversary of the death of P. James Hughes (47) d. 1969 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.
Jubilee:
Granite Jubilee of P. David ROWAN who celebrates 90 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Wine Jubilee of P. Stephen BUCKLAND who celebrates 85 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.
