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| white | The Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast. | | | Yr A | [636] Micah 5:1-4a or Rom 8:28-30; Ps 13:6ab, 6cd; Matt 1:1-16, 18-23 or Matt 1:18-23. | | | Hours of the feast; Te Deum. |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the Nativity of Mary (cf. Apoc. James 5:2) [from the Roman Martyrology]. | |
| Anniversary: | 30th anniversary of the death of P. Edward O'Connor (88) d. 1993 at Lusaka, Zambia.  |
| Birthday: | 53rd birthday of P. Joseph ARIMOSO (born this day in 1970). |
| Birthday: | 47th birthday of P. Hector MUKWATO (born this day in 1976). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1654 | At Carthagena, Colombia, the death of Peter Claver. Age 74, with 38 years as apostle to the slaves. |
| 1753 | John Carroll enters the Society of Jesus. |
| 1762 | Pope Clement XIII issued a bull declaring the sentence of the French Parliament against the Society on August 6th to be null and void. |
| 1847 | During the revolution in Rome loud cries were heard in the streets, "Death to the Jesuits." |
| 1911 | The first retreat is held at Mt. Manresa, Staten Island, at a retreat house exclusively for laity. Fr. Shealy is the director. The retreat house, Fox Hall villa, was purchased in April, with 20 acres. |
| 1923 | During his term as General, Wlodimir Ledochowski summoned two general congregations, something that no one else had done since the time of Aquaviva. The first, GC27,he convoked for September 1922, to bring the Society into conformity with the new Code of Canon Law (1917); the second, GC28, in 1938, was to elect a vicar to assist him in governing the Society. |
| 1936 | The death of Servant of God Richard Tena, martyr of the Spanish Civil War, who was too old and infirm to leave Spain as many other Jesuits had done. Despite his age, he was arrested and shot. |
| 1977 | Letter of Fr. General formally convokes the 66th Congregation of Procurators to begin on September 27, l978. |
| 2014 | Reactions to the ex officio letters on the theme of reconciliation, Working for Peace. |
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