8 Thursday
greenThursday of the fourteenth week. Mass of the day. Cycle I [386] Gen 44:18-21, 23b-29; 45:1-5;
Ps 105:16-17, 18-19, 20-21; Matt 10:7-15.
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: 68th anniversary of the death of P. Thaddeus Walczek (81) d. 1987 at Johannesburg, RSA. Anniversary: 47th anniversary of the death of P. Joaquim Barata (83) d. 2008 at Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. Anniversary: 44th anniversary of the death of P. Kevin McElhatton (77) d. 2011 at Boscombe, England. Anniversary: 37th anniversary of the death of S. Manuel José Nelo (MOZ) (34) d. 2018 at Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Anniversary: 31st anniversary of the death of P. Brian Porter (SAP) (91) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Birthday: 75th birthday of P. Ernesto Miguel GRACIANO (born this day in 1980).
Jubilee: Diamond Jubilee of P. Antony X. SAHAYA who celebrates 60 years of Priesthood today. Jubilee: Sapphire Jubilee of P. Emmanuel CHISANGA who celebrates 45 years in the Society today. Jubilee: Sapphire Jubilee of P. Chilima MUNTANGA who celebrates 45 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.