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| Mass of the day; Preface of the Passion II |
| [257] Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14; John 12:1-11. |
| Hours of the day |
Anniversary: | 117th anniversary of the death of P. Michael McMahon (55) d. 1921 at Stonyhurst, Lancs, England. |
Anniversary: | 98th anniversary of the death of F. Daniel Shields (72) d. 1940 at Rainhill, Merseyside, England. |
Anniversary: | 76th anniversary of the death of P. Kenneth Flood (HIB) (31) d. 1962 at Dublin, Ireland. |
Anniversary: | 51st anniversary of the death of P. Francis X Sharp (76) d. 1987 at Wimbledon, London, England. |
Anniversary: | 20th anniversary of the death of P. John O'Holohan (HIB) (95) d. 2018 at Zomba, Malawi. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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1527 | At Alcala St. Ignatius was imprisoned for forty-two days. |
1541 | St. Ignatius is elected general, after declining the first election. He accepts the second election of April 13th, after praying over the decision and with the advice of his Franciscan confessor. |
1602 | At Tyburn, Ven. James Ducket, a layman, suffered death for publishing a work written by Robert Southwell. |
1964 | Joseph Glose dies. A Jesuit Educator, at the center of the Jesuit Education Association for 21 years. |
1993 | Joseph Sellinger dies. He had been President of Loyola College, Baltimore, for many years. |
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