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| violet | Tuesday of Holy Week |
| Mass of the day; Preface of the Passion II |
| | [258] Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15+17; John 13:21-33, 36-38. |
| Hours of the day |
| Anniversary: | 145th anniversary of the death of F. Gerard Hooy (31) d. 1882 at Christiana, RSA.  |
| Anniversary: | 81st anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Da Cruz (60) d. 1946 at Braga, Brazil. |
| Anniversary: | 78th anniversary of the death of P. Constâncio Tribut (69) d. 1949 at Pará, Brazil. |
| Anniversary: | 76th anniversary of the death of F. Leo Kodrzynski (70) d. 1951 at Kasisi, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 33rd anniversary of the death of P. Georg Sunder (88) d. 1994 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Birthday: | 40th birthday of F. Aaron Ronald NYADAWA (born this day in 1987). |
| Birthday: | 38th birthday of P. Ireneu Modesto MOISÉS (born this day in 1989). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1555 | The death of Pope Julius III, a cause of grief for the Society. He was a benefactor of the Roman and German Colleges. |
| 1624 | At Watten, Father Thomas Stephenson, when dying, besought the novices to reject any thought against their vocation as a diabolical temptation. |
| 1656 | The decision of Pope Alexander VII allows Christians to participate in Chinese funeral rites. |
| 1772 | At Rome, Cardinal Marefoschi held a visitation of the Irish College and accused the Jesuits of mismanagement. He then removed them from directing that school. |
| 1942 | Joseph de Guibert, S.J. dies Expert on Jesuit spirituality. |
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