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Thursday in the First Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[227] Esth C:12, 14-16, 23-25;Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8; Matt 7:7-12.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
73rd anniversary of the death of P. Carmel Meli (67) d. 1949 at Spinkhill, Sheffield, England.
Anniversary:
48th anniversary of the death of F. Victor Dziweni (31) d. 1974 at Glasgow, Scotland.
Anniversary:
18th anniversary of the death of E. Helmut Reckter (70) d. 2004 at Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe.
Anniversary:
6th anniversary of the death of P. Leon Kapfer (95) d. 2016 at Los Gatos, CA, USA.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1546
The death of Dona Eleonora, the Duchess of Gandia, and wife of St. Francis Borgia. The saint entered the Society soon after her death.
1615
John Ogilvie dies a martyr of Glasgow. He was converted by Cornelius a Lapide.
1848
At Naples a mob threatened to massacre the Jesuits unless they left the city at once.
1925
Response of Father General Ledochowski on the use of automobiles: "De usu ahedae "automobilis". They can be used for the greater glory of God, but never merely for recreation.
1960
Chester Gailer, who would become pastor of St. Matthew’s church in St. Louis, Missouri, entered the Society. He was the first African-American priest to hold the rank of pastor in the more than 200 year history of the Catholic Church in St. Louis.
