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| white | Saturday after Epiphany | |
| Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III or of Epiphany |
| | [217] 1 John 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-2, 3-4, 5+6a+9b; John 3:22-30. |
| Hours of the day |
| white green | Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary | Optional |
| Anniversary: | 59th anniversary of the death of M. FĂ©lix Sabonete (32) d. 2000 at Tete, Rep. of Mozambique. |
| Anniversary: | 38th anniversary of the death of F. Augustine Kandawasvika (ZIM) (83) d. 2021 at Harare, Zimbabwe.  |
| Anniversary: | 38th anniversary of the death of F. JoseÌ Manuel Fernandes Dias (94) d. 2021 at Lisbon, Portugal. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1544 | Xavier writes a long and famous letter on his apostolic labors, saying he wished to visit all the Universities of Europe in search of laborers for our Lord's vineyard. One result of his plea was the entrance of Nadal. |
| 1559 | The death of Roberto Cardinal de Nobili (age 17), uncle of the Jesuit Roberto de Nobili. He was a boy cardinal, named at the age of 12, and a friend of Jesuits and guided by Jesuits such as Polanco. |
| 1573 | At Milan, St. Charles Borromeo founded a College and placed it under the care of the Society. |
| 1582 | At Rome, Cardinal Buoncompagni (afterwards Gregory XIII) laid the foundation stone of the Roman College. After his election as Pope, he ordered the buildings in progress to be demolished and others on a grander scale to be erected. |
| 1741 | Charles Poree dies Famed teacher of rhetoric at Paris. Cf. Diderotâs Encyclopaedia. |
| 1815 | Charles Emmanuel, King of Piedmont, abdicated his throne and entered the Society. He died four years later as a scholastic. |
| 2010 | The death of Jean-Yves Calvez of the French Province. He was General Assistant from 1971 to 1983. Strong on the Social Teaching of the Church. |
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