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| 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: | 89th anniversary of the death of P. Carmel Meli (67) d. 1949 at Spinkhill, Sheffield, England.  |
| Anniversary: | 64th anniversary of the death of F. Victor Dziweni (31) d. 1974 at Glasgow, Scotland. |
| Anniversary: | 34th anniversary of the death of E. Helmut Reckter (70) d. 2004 at Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 22nd anniversary of the death of P. Leon Kapfer (95) d. 2016 at Los Gatos, CA, USA. |
| Anniversary: | 15th anniversary of the death of F. Michael Bennett (UWE) (88) d. 2023 at Great Falls, MT, USA. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 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. |
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