Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: That those who care for others might receive care. (Watch video) (Read Reflection) "Let us pray that those who care for the holistic health of others might receive the support they need, and that with patience, wisdom, and fortitude, they might open avenues of inner healing and hope."
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25 Thursday
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Thursday in the Second Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
[233] Jer 17:5-10;Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; Luke 16:19-31.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:
113th anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Penny (77) d. 1914 at Spinkhill, Sheffield, England.
Anniversary:
34th anniversary of the death of P. Francis McDonagh (HIB) (77) d. 1993 at Dublin, Ireland.
Birthday:
42nd 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.
