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Baptism of the Lord | Feast |
| Mass of the Feast; Gloria, Creed. Preface of the Baptism of the Lord. |
| [21] Is 42:1-4, 6-7; Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3b+9b-10; Acts 10:34-38; Matt 3:13-17. |
| Hours of the feast. Te Deum. |
| Ordinary Time begins tomorrow. (Switch to Vol. III of the Lit. of the Hours.)
Week 1 of the Psalter.
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| Anniversary: | 149th anniversary of the death of P. John Gillooly (40) d. 1937 at Port Elizabeth, RSA.  |
| Anniversary: | 74th anniversary of the death of P. John Fitzgerald (91) d. 2012 at Dublin, Ireland. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1552 | In Rome, teachers jealous of the success of the first school opened by the Jesuits invaded the premises and abused the Jesuits teaching there. |
| 1776 | Jesuits in White Russia wrote to Rome asking what to do since they were forbidden by the Empress Catherine to comply with the Brief of Suppression. |
| 1883 | At Kaltern in Tyrol, died Father Joseph Kleutgen, a theologian, a victim with Father Lezziroli of an unfortunate misunderstanding, both being suspended because as extraordinary confessors, it was said they had not prevented the nuns of S. Ambrogio from honoring their deceased Superioress as a Saint. |
| 1891 | Miguel Augustin Pro, S.J. is born. |
| 1941 | James Joyce dies, age 58. Jesuit alumnus. |
| 1944 | John Hurley, S.J. and other Jesuits enter Santo Tomas internment camp in the Philippines after living at the Ateneo under Japanese guards. |
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