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| Anniversary: | 151st anniversary of the death of P. Felix Desmaroux (39) d. 1898 at Boroma, Province of Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 80th anniversary of the death of P. Julian Plawecki (57) d. 1969 at Lusaka, Zambia. |
| Anniversary: | 29th anniversary of the death of P. Wolfgang Abeler (ZIM) (83) d. 2020 at Munich, Germany. |
| Birthday: | 67th birthday of P. Noah LUNGU (born this day in 1982). |
| Birthday: | 94th birthday of P. Józef MATYJEK (born this day in 1955). |
| Birthday: | 54th birthday of S. Joseph C KACHITSA (born this day in 1995). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1573 | Gregory XIII's Brief Ex Sedis Apost. benignitate,is issued. It exempts the Society from choir, which his predecessor, St. Pius V had imposed, and allows its members to be ordained before the solemn profession. |
| 1957 | Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) is founded. It began in the Oregon Province and has inspired similar ventures around the Jesuit world. |
| 1976 | Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. dies London. Outspoken critic. |
| 1994 | William Ward, S.J. dies Lagos, Nigeria, missionary, pastoral worker, the first Jesuit to die in Nigeria, and the first to be buried there. |
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