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| white | Wednesday in the Octave of Easter |
| | Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this day"); double alleluia at dismissal. |
| | [263] Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9; Luke 24:13-35. |
| Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.
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| | Archdiocese of Cape Town, South Africa | | white | Anniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of St. Mary of the Flight into Egypt (1951) | Feast | | Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II.
Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum. |
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| | Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC] | | white | St Pius V, Pope | Optional | | Common of Pastors |
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| Anniversary: | 139th anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Boos (44) d. 1899 at Fort Victoria, Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 18th anniversary of the death of P. Edward C.A. Dougherty (UEA) (79) d. 2020 at Philadelphia, USA. |
| Birthday: | 39th birthday of S. Edward J. MANGAPE (born this day in 1999). |
| Birthday: | 57th birthday of P. Gregory MULOBELA (born this day in 1981). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1575 | At Rome died Father James Ceruto, who is said to have renewed his religious vows a thousand times a day. |
| 1581 | Alexander Briant was arrested in London. |
| 1767 | At Tarracona in Spain 19 of the novices of the Province of Aragon, undismayedby threats and ill-treatment, insist on accompanying the Fathers into exile in Italy. |
| 1842 | The Republic of Colombia passed a law permitting Jesuits to return to that country some years after the universal restoration of the Society. |
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