8 Saturday
greenSaturday 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.
Hours of the day. white greenSaturday 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: 103rd anniversary of the death of P. Thaddeus Walczek (81) d. 1987 at Johannesburg, RSA. Anniversary: 82nd anniversary of the death of P. Joaquim Barata (83) d. 2008 at Póvoa de Varzim, Portugal. Anniversary: 79th anniversary of the death of P. Kevin McElhatton (77) d. 2011 at Boscombe, England. Anniversary: 72nd anniversary of the death of S. Manuel José Nelo (MOZ) (34) d. 2018 at Belo Horizonte, Brazil. Anniversary: 66th anniversary of the death of P. Brian Porter (SAP) (91) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Birthday: 110th birthday of P. Ernesto Miguel GRACIANO (born this day in 1980).
Jubilee: Oak Jubilee of P. Emmanuel CHISANGA who celebrates 80 years in the Society today. Jubilee: Oak Jubilee of P. Chilima MUNTANGA who celebrates 80 years in the Society today. Jubilee: Oak Jubilee of P. Daniel KAMUZYU who celebrates 80 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.