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| violet | Fifth Sunday of Advent | Psalter Week 1 |
| Mass of the Sunday; creed; the Gloria is omitted. Preface of Advent II. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited. | |
| Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum | |
| Birthday: | 82nd birthday of P. Inoque Samuel POSSE (born this day in 1986). |
| Birthday: | 77th birthday of S. Tatolo THIBINYANE (born this day in 1991). |
| Birthday: | 72nd birthday of NS. Batsirai Cruz MAKORE (born this day in 1996). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1549 | Letter from St. Ignatius to India. Xavier is appointed Provincial of the newly erected Province of India. |
| 1549 | St. Francis Xavier was appointed provincial of the newly-erected Indian Province. |
| 1631 | At Ghent the parish priests complain to the Bishop because the Jesuits had told those under their direction that they were not bound sub gravi to hear the Sunday Mass specifically in their parish church. |
| 1758 | Carvalho orders a strict search for arms and ammunitions at the Jesuit College in Lisbon. |
| 1808 | At Bologna, 21 Spanish ex-Jesuits living in exile were conducted to Modena and imprisoned for refusing the oath of allegiance to Joseph Bonaparte, the ursurper of the Spanish throne. |
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