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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. |
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| Birthday: | 119th birthday of D. Ricardo Sebastian NOGUEIRO (born this day in 1981). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1578 | At Lisbon, Rodolf Acquaviva and 13 companions embarked for India. Among the companions were Matthew Ricci and Michael Ruggieri. |
| 1582 | Pope Gregory XIII signed the papal bull for the reform of the calendar. Fr. Christopher Clavius, the Jesuit astronomer and mathematician, contributed greatly to the fashioning of the new Gregorian calendar. |
| 1603 | At Richmond, in Surrey, died Queen Elizabeth, after a long reign of 45 years, during which many Jesuits and others suffered martyrdom for their faith. |
| 1657 | The last of the Provincial Letters of Paschal is published. |
| 1980 | Archbishop Oscar Romero is assassinated while celebrating Mass in El Salvador. Jesuit alumnus and friend. |
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