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| violet | Ash Wednesday | |
| | Mass of Ash Wednesday; after the sign of the cross and greeting, the penitential act is omitted.
Preface of Lent III or IV. |
| | [219] Joel 2: 12-18; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Matt 6:1-6, 16-18 |
| | (Switch to Vol. II of the Lit. of the Hours.)
Hours of Ash Wednesday; Psalter Week 4 today and until Saturday.
Today at Morning Prayer, the psalms of Friday, Week 3 may be used. |
| | The celebrant blesses and distributes ashes after the homily.
Other persons may be associated with the bishop or priest in the imposition of ashes, e.g., deacons, special ministers of communion and other lay persons, when there is true pastoral need. |
| Special ministers of communion and deacons may bring blessed ashes to the sick and those confined to their homes. If a minister is not available, a member of the family or another person may bring the blessed ashes to a shut-in, using one of the formulas in the Roman Missal to impose ashes. |
| For pastoral reasons the blessing and distribution of ashes may take place outside Mass. In this case, the entire liturgy of the word should be celebrated: entrance song, opening prayer, readings and chants, homily, blessing and distribution of ashes, and general intercessions. See the Book of Blessings, nos. 1656ff. |
| Anniversary: | 176th anniversary of the death of P. Felix Desmaroux (39) d. 1898 at Boroma, Province of Mozambique.  |
| Anniversary: | 105th anniversary of the death of P. Julian Plawecki (57) d. 1969 at Lusaka, Zambia. |
| Anniversary: | 54th anniversary of the death of P. Wolfgang Abeler (ZIM) (83) d. 2020 at Munich, Germany. |
| Birthday: | 79th birthday of S. Joseph C KACHITSA (born this day in 1995). |
| Birthday: | 119th birthday of P. Józef MATYJEK (born this day in 1955). |
| Birthday: | 92nd birthday of P. Noah LUNGU (born this day in 1982). |
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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