109th anniversary of the death of P. Edward Buckland (71) d. 1935 at Preston, Lancs, England.
Anniversary:
55th anniversary of the death of F. George Feeney (55) d. 1989 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Birthday:
40th birthday of NS. Cephas Joseph CHODZAZA (born this day in 2004).
Birthday:
95th birthday of P. Michael LEWIS (born this day in 1949).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1809
Robert Molyneux, S.J. dies age 71. He was a missionary from England, the second President of Georgetown and the first Superior of the Jesuits in the USA.
1932
The Iraq mission is assigned to the New England Province.
1945
The Ateneo de Manila shelled and bombed, February 9-14th. The Japanese leave and the Americans arrive on the 19th.
