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| white | St John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the Church | Memorial |
| Mass of the memorial; preface of Advent I or of the saint. |
| [187] Num 24:2-7, 15-17a; Ps 25:4bc-5ab, 6+7bc, 8-9; Matt 21:23-27. |
| Hours of the saint. |
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| Anniversary: | 132nd anniversary of the death of F. Henry Hardy (43) d. 1916 at Grahamstown, RSA.  |
| Anniversary: | 110th anniversary of the death of P. Edward Etherington (84) d. 1938 at St Beuno's, Tremeirchion, N Wales. |
| Anniversary: | 87th anniversary of the death of F. Thomm Ashton (86) d. 1961 at Stillorgan, Ireland. |
| Birthday: | 56th birthday of S. Paulo Lucas ESTÊVÃO (born this day in 1992). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1615 | At Rome died Father Peter Anthony Spinelli, of a ducal family... For eighteen years he wore an old ragged inner vest. |
| 1619 | In Japan the arrest and consignment to a loathsome prison at Omura of Blessed Charles Spinola. |
| 1959 | Pope John XXIII makes Augustine Bea, Scripture scholar, a Cardinal. |
| 1979 | Fr. Riccardo Lombardi, S.J. died, age 71. He was the Founder of the Better World Movement, and a famous preacher, "the microphone of God." |
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