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| green | Saturday of the thirteenth week. | |
| Mass of the day. |
| Cycle II | [382] Amos 9:11-15;
Ps 85:9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14; Matt 9:14-17.
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| | Hours of the day. |
| white green | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Optional |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Aquila and Priscilla (cf. Acts 18:1-2a) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 41st anniversary of the death of P. Thaddeus Walczek (81) d. 1987 at Johannesburg, RSA.  |
| Anniversary: | 20th anniversary of the death of P. Joaquim Barata (83) d. 2008 at PĂłvoa de Varzim, Portugal. |
| Anniversary: | 17th anniversary of the death of P. Kevin McElhatton (77) d. 2011 at Boscombe, England. |
| Anniversary: | 10th anniversary of the death of S. Manuel José Nelo (MOZ) (34) d. 2018 at Belo Horizonte, Brazil. |
| Anniversary: | 4th anniversary of the death of P. Brian Porter (SAP) (91) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Birthday: | 48th birthday of P. Ernesto Miguel GRACIANO (born this day in 1980). |
| Jubilee: | Emerald Jubilee of P. Paul EDWARDS who celebrates 55 years of Priesthood today. |
| Jubilee: | Emerald Jubilee of P. David DRYDEN who celebrates 55 years of Priesthood today. |
| Jubilee: | Emerald Jubilee of P. James CHANING-PEARCE who celebrates 55 years of Priesthood today. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1597 | Fr. Louis Froes, a Portuguese, who for 33 years labored in Japan amid privations, mishaps and trials of every kind, died at Nagasaki. |
| 1833 | The Mission of Missouri is established. |
| 1860 | Society of Jesus re-enters Scotland. The Church of the Sacred Heart is opened in Edinburgh. |
| 1936 | A letter of Fr. General Ledochowski to the Provincials of the American Assistancy, on increasing the number of coadjutor brothers. |
| 1991 | Ludwig Kaufmann, S.J. dies. He was a Swiss journalist, in Zurich, age 72, and editor of Orientierung. |
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