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| violet | Ash Wednesday | |
| 69th World Day of Social Justice (est. 2007) | |
| | Mass of Ash Wednesday; after the sign of the cross and greeting, the penitential act is omitted.
Preface of Lent III or IV. |
| | [219] Joel 2: 12-18; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Matt 6:1-6, 16-18 |
| | (Switch to Vol. II of the Lit. of the Hours.)
Hours of Ash Wednesday; Psalter Week 4 today and until Saturday.
Today at Morning Prayer, the psalms of Friday, Week 3 may be used. |
| | The celebrant blesses and distributes ashes after the homily.
Other persons may be associated with the bishop or priest in the imposition of ashes, e.g., deacons, special ministers of communion and other lay persons, when there is true pastoral need. |
| Special ministers of communion and deacons may bring blessed ashes to the sick and those confined to their homes. If a minister is not available, a member of the family or another person may bring the blessed ashes to a shut-in, using one of the formulas in the Roman Missal to impose ashes. |
| For pastoral reasons the blessing and distribution of ashes may take place outside Mass. In this case, the entire liturgy of the word should be celebrated: entrance song, opening prayer, readings and chants, homily, blessing and distribution of ashes, and general intercessions. See the Book of Blessings, nos. 1656ff. |
| Anniversary: | 133rd anniversary of the death of P. Christian Malin (64) d. 1942 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 114th anniversary of the death of P. James B. Rowland (72) d. 1961 at Holywell, Wales. |
| Anniversary: | 57th anniversary of the death of P. António Pereira dos Reis (82) d. 2018 at Lisbon, Portugal. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1515 | Ignatius commits a grave crime in Azpeitia, and a process begins against him. |
| 1528 | Ignatius age 36, arrives in Paris to continue his studies, including Latin. He will stay there seven years. It was a journey of 700 miles. |
| 1582 | Three Japanese princes sailed from Japan for Rome to pay homage to Pope Gregory XIII. Fr. Valignani, who arranged the embassy, accompanied them as far as Goa. |
| 1647 | Br. Cuthbert Prescott dies in prison. He used to send Catholic youth to St. Omer by ship, in defiance of the penal laws. About 100 made the trip annually. |
| 1896 | Henri de Lubac, S.J. is born. theologian, later a Cardinal. |
| 1927 | Fr. Anthony J. Maas, S.J. dies Life of Jesus According to Gospel History, familiar to many novices. Was written in 1891. He had also been a tertian instructor, and Provincial from 1912-18. |
| 1947 | The Maryland Provincial David Nugent announces that the province is being given the Jamshedpur Mission, from the Ranchi and Calcutta Provinces. |
| 1986 | The death of Fr. James Walsh, founder and long time editor of The Way. |
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