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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: | 153rd anniversary of the death of P. Anthony de Wit (59) d. 1882 at Tati, Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 140th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Platzer (34) d. 1895 at Ricico, Zumbo, Province of Mozambique. |
| Anniversary: | 120th anniversary of the death of F. Andrew Maganzini (75) d. 1915 at Chieri, Italy. |
| Anniversary: | 48th anniversary of the death of F. John Bruce (BRI) (84) d. 1987 at Colwyn Bay, Wales. |
| Anniversary: | 44th anniversary of the death of P. Patrick O'Brien (80) d. 1991 at Dublin, Ireland. |
| Anniversary: | 41st anniversary of the death of E. Al Jolson (66) d. 1994 at ReykjavĂk, Iceland. |
| Anniversary: | 37th anniversary of the death of P. Richard Wren (78) d. 1998 at Preston, Lancs, England. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1533 | At Paris, in the College of Ste. Barbe, Ignatius completed his course of philosophy. |
| 1602 | The second Disputatio de Auxiliis before Pope Clement VIII took place between Fr. Gregory de Valentia, S.J., and Fr. Thomas de Lemos, O.P. |
| 1622 | In Mexico died Fr. Nicholas Arnaya, one of the brightest ornaments of the Society in America, and founder of the North American Missions. |
| 1693 | At Paris the death of Fr. Vincent Huby, a great apostle and promoter of the devotion to the Sacred Heart. He founded the Confraternity of the Perpetual Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament. |
| 1994 | Bishop Al Jolson dies at the age of 65. From the New England Province, and of Icelandic heritage, he was appointed bishop of Reykjavik, Iceland. |
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