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| violet | Wednesday of Holy Week |
| Mass of the day; Preface of the Passion II |
| | [259] Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31+33-34; Matt 26:14-25. |
| Hours of the day |
| Anniversary: | 69th anniversary of the death of P. Daniel Meagher (69) d. 1980 at Nairobi, Kenya.  |
| Anniversary: | 48th anniversary of the death of P. Raymond Lawler (HIB) (80) d. 2001 at Clongowes, Ireland. |
| Anniversary: | 46th anniversary of the death of P. Gregory Croft (83) d. 2003 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Birthday: | 113th birthday of P. Peter HENRIOT (born this day in 1936). |
| Birthday: | 76th birthday of P. Afonso Inácio MUCANE (born this day in 1973). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1618 | St. John Berchman's father is ordained a priest; John himself was still a Novice. |
| 1792 | The death of Maximilian Hell at Vienna. He was an astronomer who directed the royal observatory for 36 years. |
| 1931 | Professed House in Madrid is set on fire, including the relics of St.Francis Borgia. Persecution against the Society. |
| 1984 | Joseph E. O'Neill, S.J. dies. For 20 years, he edited Thought magazine. |
| 1989 | Dominic Pandolfo, S.J. dies Brother, doorkeeper at St. Andrew-on-Hudson novitiate for many years. |
| 1992 | The death of Marshall Moran, S.J., aged 85. He was the first Catholic priest allowed into Nepal in modern times. He founded St. Xavier School for Boys. |
| 2015 | Death of Cardinal Roberto Tucci, age 93. Communications expert, With Vatican Radio, etc. |
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