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| white | Thursday after Epiphany | |
| Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III or of Epiphany |
| | [215] 1 John 4:19-5:4; Ps 72:1-2, 14+15bc, 17; Luke 4:14-22a. |
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| Anniversary: | 54th anniversary of the death of P. Hans Belser (HEL) (93) d. 2021 at Menzingen, Switzerland. |
| Birthday: | 100th birthday of P. Kelly MICHELO (born this day in 1975). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1567 | Two Jesuits arrive in Havana, Cuba, as a base for evangelization. |
| 1581 | Queen Elizabeth signed the fifth Penal Statute in England inflicting heavy fines and imprisonment on all who harbored Jesuits and Seminary priests. |
| 1607 | St. Isaac Jogues is born in Orleans. |
| 1910 | The death of Fr. Patrick Healy, S.J. He was President, and second founder of Georgetown University (1873-82). |
| 1920 | Vincent O'Keefe, S.J. is born. He was an Assistant, and vicar general under Pedro Arrupe. |
| 1978 | Gerald Van Ackeren, S.J. dies. Co-founder of Theology Digest, and editor for 25 years. |
| 1984 | Fr. John Srna dies (76) in Czechoslovakia. As provincial of Slovakia, he could make only one recorded trip to Rome. |
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