8 Monday
greenMonday of the fourteenth week. Mass of the day. Cycle II [383] Hos 2:16, 17c-18, 21-22;
Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Matt 9:18-26.
Hours of the day.
[RM] Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Aquila and Priscilla (cf. Acts 18:1-2a) [from the Roman Martyrology]. Anniversary: 43rd anniversary of the death of P. Thaddeus Walczek (81) d. 1987 at Johannesburg, RSA. Anniversary: 22nd anniversary of the death of P. Joaquim Barata (83) d. 2008 at Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. Anniversary: 19th anniversary of the death of P. Kevin McElhatton (77) d. 2011 at Boscombe, England. Anniversary: 12th anniversary of the death of S. Manuel José Nelo (MOZ) (34) d. 2018 at Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Anniversary: 6th anniversary of the death of P. Brian Porter (SAP) (91) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Birthday: 50th birthday of P. Ernesto Miguel GRACIANO (born this day in 1980).
Jubilee: Coral Jubilee of P. Antony X. SAHAYA who celebrates 35 years of Priesthood today. Jubilee: Porcelain Jubilee of P. Emmanuel CHISANGA who celebrates 20 years in the Society today. Jubilee: Porcelain Jubilee of P. Chilima MUNTANGA who celebrates 20 years in the Society today. Jubilee: Porcelain Jubilee of P. Daniel KAMUZYU who celebrates 20 years in the Society today. On this day in our Jesuit history...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.