Mass of the day.
Preface of Ascension or of Easter "...in this time."
Cycle I
[299] Acts 20:28-38;Ps 68:29-30, 33-35a, 35bc-36ab; John 17:11b-19.
Hours of the day.
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Isaiah, prophet (cf. Is. 6:5-7) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
131st anniversary of the death of F. Fernando Weber (27) d. 1904 at Zumbo, Province of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
89th anniversary of the death of P. Arthur Day (79) d. 1946 at Preston, Lancs, England.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1621
St. John Berchman's was standing on the steps of the Gesu with the other Fathers and Brothers when the newly elected Pope Gregory XV passed with great pomp on his way to the Lateran for his coronation. The Saint mortified his eyes and saw nothing of the Papal procession.
1661
The Superior General, Goswin Nickel was 84 years old and ill at the time. He could not effectively govern the Society. With the approval of Pope Alexander VII, the 11th General Congregation elected Giovanni Paolo Oliva as Superior General.
1758
19th General Congregation opens, the last of the Old Society. It will elect Ricci.
1758
The 19th General Congregation opened, the last of the Old Society. It elected Lorenzo Ricci as superior general in a time of great uncertainty, with the papal throne vacant after the death of BenedictXIV.
1820
The Jesuits exiled from Polotsk, Russia, enter Austria.
1921
Dan Berrigan, S.J. is born. poet, peacemaker, pacifist.
1978
The death of Fr. Antonio Messineo, after 47 years on the staff of La Civilta Cattolica. He was widely consulted on social rights.
1991
The Holy House where St. Ignatius was born and lived and converted is formally handed over to the Society of Jesus.
