| 1 Wednesday | |
|
| violet | Ash Wednesday | |
| | Mass of Ash Wednesday; after the sign of the cross and greeting, the penitential act is omitted.
Preface of Lent III or IV. |
| | [219] Joel 2: 12-18; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Matt 6:1-6, 16-18 |
| | (Switch to Vol. II of the Lit. of the Hours.)
Hours of Ash Wednesday; Psalter Week 4 today and until Saturday.
Today at Morning Prayer, the psalms of Friday, Week 3 may be used. |
| | The celebrant blesses and distributes ashes after the homily.
Other persons may be associated with the bishop or priest in the imposition of ashes, e.g., deacons, special ministers of communion and other lay persons, when there is true pastoral need. |
| Special ministers of communion and deacons may bring blessed ashes to the sick and those confined to their homes. If a minister is not available, a member of the family or another person may bring the blessed ashes to a shut-in, using one of the formulas in the Roman Missal to impose ashes. |
| For pastoral reasons the blessing and distribution of ashes may take place outside Mass. In this case, the entire liturgy of the word should be celebrated: entrance song, opening prayer, readings and chants, homily, blessing and distribution of ashes, and general intercessions. See the Book of Blessings, nos. 1656ff. |
| Anniversary: | 97th anniversary of the death of F. John Werner (81) d. 1993 at Berlin, Germany.  |
| Anniversary: | 96th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Venuta (63) d. 1994 at Boston, USA. |
| Birthday: | 120th birthday of P. Tomás ARMANDO (born this day in 1970). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
|
| 1767 | Without warning or trial, Charles III expels the Jesuits from Spain. 10,000 are deported to the papal states. |
| 1815 | Congress grants Georgetown University the power to confer degrees. |
| 1915 | At the 26th General Congregation, the American Assistancy of the Society is set up. It consists of the existing American Provinces then in existence: Maryland-New York, Missouri, New Orleans, and California. Fr. Thomas Gannon is named the first American Assistant. |
| 1937 | Hillaire Belloc lectures at Woodstock College, Maryland on Catholicism and Civilization. |
| 2005 | Walter Halloran, age 83 dies. Involved in the 1949 exorcism case that led to the film The Exorcist. |
| | |
|
