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| violet | Monday of Holy Week |
| 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: | 161st anniversary of the death of F. Gerard Hooy (31) d. 1882 at Christiana, RSA.  |
| Anniversary: | 97th anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Da Cruz (60) d. 1946 at Braga, Brazil. |
| Anniversary: | 94th anniversary of the death of P. Constâncio Tribut (69) d. 1949 at Pará, Brazil. |
| Anniversary: | 92nd anniversary of the death of F. Leo Kodrzynski (70) d. 1951 at Kasisi, N. Rhodesia. |
| Anniversary: | 49th anniversary of the death of P. Georg Sunder (88) d. 1994 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Birthday: | 56th birthday of F. Aaron Ronald NYADAWA (born this day in 1987). |
| Birthday: | 54th 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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