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Monday in the Fourth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[244] Isa 65:17-21;Ps 30:2+4, 5-6, 11-12a+13b; John 4:43-54.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
88th anniversary of the death of P. Jules Torrend (74) d. 1936 at Chikuni, N. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:
86th anniversary of the death of F. Pedro Böehmer (69) d. 1938 at Macau, Hong Kong.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
Blessed Martyrs of Valentia, Tomas Sitjar, fortia et al.
1540
At Lisbon Fr. Simao Rodriguez is cured of fever on receiving the embrace of Francis Xavier.
1767
At Madrid Fathers Thomas de Lorrain and Bernard Recio, leaving for the Provincial Congregation in Rome, received a sealed parcel said to come from the nuncio. They were requested to take it to someoneinRome. It contained a letter forged by de Choiseul and de Aranda, the prime ministers of France and Spain, and purporting to come from Father General Ricci alleging Charles III to be illegitimate. Both priests were arrested on their journey and brought back prisoners to Madrid. The forged document was shown to the king, whose previous affection for the Society turned into most bitter hatred. Charles III expels Jesuits from Spain
1767
At Madrid, Frs. Thomas de Lorrain and Bernard Recio, leaving for the Provincial Congregation in Rome, received a sealed parcel said to come from the nuncio. They were requested to take it to someone in Rome. It contained a letter forged by de Choiseul and de Aranda, the prime ministers of France and Spain, and purporting to come from the General Ricci alleging Charles II to be illegitimate. Both priests were arrested on their journey and brought back prisoners to Madrid. The forged document, shown to the king, whose previous affection for the Society was converted into bitterest hatred.
1820
At Madrid, an excited mob gathering in front of the Jesuit College, clamouring for the expulsion of the Jesuits.`
1848
At Naples 114 members of the Society, after much suffering, were put into carts and driven ignominiously out of the city and kingdom.
1976
Thomas Corbishley, S.J. dies British writer, lecturer.
