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| green | Thursday of the fourteenth week. | |
| Mass of the day. |
| Cycle II | [386] Hos 11:1-4, 8e-9;
Ps 80:2ac+3b, 15-16; Matt 10:7-15.
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| | 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: | 73rd anniversary of the death of P. Thaddeus Walczek (81) d. 1987 at Johannesburg, RSA.  |
| Anniversary: | 52nd anniversary of the death of P. Joaquim Barata (83) d. 2008 at PĂłvoa de Varzim, Portugal. |
| Anniversary: | 49th anniversary of the death of P. Kevin McElhatton (77) d. 2011 at Boscombe, England. |
| Anniversary: | 42nd anniversary of the death of S. Manuel José Nelo (MOZ) (34) d. 2018 at Belo Horizonte, Brazil. |
| Anniversary: | 36th anniversary of the death of P. Brian Porter (SAP) (91) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Birthday: | 80th birthday of P. Ernesto Miguel GRACIANO (born this day in 1980). |
| Jubilee: | Blue Sapphire Jubilee of P. Antony X. SAHAYA who celebrates 65 years of Priesthood today. |
| Jubilee: | Golden Jubilee of P. Emmanuel CHISANGA who celebrates 50 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Golden Jubilee of P. Chilima MUNTANGA who celebrates 50 years in the Society today. |
| Jubilee: | Golden Jubilee of P. Daniel KAMUZYU who celebrates 50 years in the Society 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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