[102] Isa 66:10-14c; Ps 66:1-3, 4-5, 6-7, 16+20; Gal 6:14-18; Luke 10:1-12, 17-20 or 10:1-9.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 2 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
56th anniversary of the death of P. Ladisllaw Lecznar (67) d. 1972 at Kabwe, Zambia.
Anniversary:
33rd anniversary of the death of F. Simeão N dos Santos (69) d. 1995 at Johannesburg, RSA.
Anniversary:
15th anniversary of the death of P. Gaston Mfinyi Kitoko (55) d. 2013 at Mwene-Ditu, Congo.
Birthday:
28th birthday of NS. Clever MADHARA (born this day in 2000).
Jubilee:
Golden Jubilee of P. Michael LEWIS who celebrates 50 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Pearl Jubilee of P. Hector MUKWATO who celebrates 30 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Pearl Jubilee of P. Wilfred M. SUMANI who celebrates 30 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Pearl Jubilee of P. Nicholas PENGE who celebrates 30 years in the Society today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
St. Augustine Zhao Rong and companions, Chinese martyrs. With Blessed Leo Mangin, S.J. and companions, martyrs.
Saints Leo Ignatius Mangin, Priest, Mary Zhu Wu and Companions, Martyrs (Memorial)
The four French Jesuit priests commemorated today, Leo Ignatius Mangin, Paul Denn, Rémy Isoré, and Modeste Andlauer, were martyred in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, together with a large number of Christian lay men and women. When the Boxers, a militant organization, attacked the mission at Wuyi, Mary Zhu-Wu, a faithful, stood in front of Fr Mangin with arms extended, to protect him, and she was shot dead.
1553
St. Ignatius created the Province of Brazil and named Fr. Manuel de Nóbrega as first superior of its 30 Jesuits.
1553
The Province of Brazil is constituted, a total of 30 Jesuits with Manuel de Nobrega as Provincial.
1763
The Society is expelled from New Orleans and Louisiana at the bidding of the French government. It is also expelled from Illinois County.
1829
Jan Roothaan is elected General.
1934
The death of Joseph Gianfranceschi, S.J., President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and Director of the Vatican Radio. He received Extreme Unction from Pope Pius XI.
1988
James J. O'Connor, S.J. dies editor of Canon Law Digest.
