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| violet | Wednesday of Holy Week |
| Mass of the day; Preface of the Passion II |
| | [259] Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31+33-34; Matt 26:14-25. |
| Hours of the day |
| Anniversary: | 47th anniversary of the death of P. Hubert Delaney (HIB) (71) d. 2001 at Dublin, Ireland.  |
| Birthday: | 84th birthday of P. David MASIKINI (born this day in 1964). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1767 | All the Society's Colleges and houses in Spain were occupied by troops, and the Jesuits dragged to Cartagena to be shipped as exiles to the Papal States. |
| 1863 | Governor John A. Andrews approves the charter for Boston College. |
| 1941 | Hippolyte Delehaye, S.J. dies. Brussels: hagiographer, President of the Bollandists from 1912 to 1941. |
| 1963 | Gerald Ellard, S.J. dies Liturgist, and one of the founders of the National Liturgical Conference. |
| 1984 | Georgetown University wins the NCAA Basketball Championship, John Thompson is the coach. |
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