Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For parishes (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "Let us pray that parishes, placing communion at the centre, may increasingly become communities of faith, fraternity, and welcome towards those most in need."
25 Saturday
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Saturday after Ash Wednesday.
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[222] Isa 58:9b-14;Ps 86:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Luke 5:27-32.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
109th anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Penny (77) d. 1914 at Spinkhill, Sheffield, England.
Anniversary:
30th anniversary of the death of P. Francis McDonagh (HIB) (77) d. 1993 at Dublin, Ireland.
Birthday:
38th birthday of P. Peter BANDA (born this day in 1985).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1546
At Rome, the death of Pierre Fabre, one of the first companions.
1571
Francis Borgia is sent by Pius V with Cardinal Alessandrino into Spain and France to try to induce the sovereigns to form a league against the Turks.
1591
Joachim Friedrich Ritter von Spee, S.J. is born. He wrote poetry, and also Cautio Criminalis, against trials and executions of witches. A Defender of human rights.
1931
The Oriental chapel in the Curia in Rome is blessed and dedicated.
1990
Fr. John Houle, S.J. age 77, is cured of a heart condition through the intercession of Blessed Claude LaColombiere. This helps lead to his canonization.
