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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. |
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| | Diocese of Ndola, Zambia | | white | Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Christ the King (1933) | Feast | | Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II.
Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum. |
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| Anniversary: | 67th anniversary of the death of F. John Maguire (HIB) (87) d. 2020 at Dublin, Ireland.  |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1539 | At Rome each of the First Fathers bound himself to enter the Society as soon as it was confirmed by the Pope. They also decided that a special vow of obedience should be taken. |
| 1541 | On the advice of his confessor, Fra Teodosio da Lodi, a Franciscan, Ignatius accepted the second election, which had selected him to be the ï¬rst superior general of the Society of Jesus. |
| 1617 | Juan Ferro dies. He was an Italian missionary and professor of Rhetoric in Mexico for 30 years and preached in six indigenous languages. |
| 1673 | Pope Clement X forbids the publication of the Jesuit Relations. The missions should not publish these without the written consent of the office of Propaganda. |
| 1767 | Pope Clement XIII wrote to Charles III of Spain imploring him to cancel the decree of expulsion of the Society from Spain, issued on April 2nd. The Pope's letter nobly defends the innocence of the Society. |
| 2003 | John Sheetrs, S.J.dies Retired auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Fort Worth, Indiana. |
| 2004 | Fr. Matthew Koyapillit, dies age 74. Internationally famed botanist, ecologist and. founder of Rapinat Herbarium. |
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