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| white | Wednesday in the Octave of Easter |
| | Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this day"); double alleluia at dismissal. |
| | [263] Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9; Luke 24:13-35. |
| Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.
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| Anniversary: | 53rd anniversary of the death of P. Hubert Delaney (HIB) (71) d. 2001 at Dublin, Ireland.  |
| Birthday: | 90th 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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