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| rose violet | Fourth Sunday of Lent
Laetare Sunday |
| Mass of the Sunday, or of the Second Scrutiny; Creed, Preface of Fourth Sunday (with Year "A" readings) or Lent I - II. | |
| Yr C | [33] Josh 5:9a, 10-12; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32.
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| Yr C | Alt. (from Year A) [31] 1 Sam 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Eph 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 or 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38.
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| | In Year C, during the week, Year A's gospel (Jn 9:1-41) may be used [1st R: Mic 7:7-9, Ps 27] Lect. [243]. |
| Hours of the Sunday.
Week 4 of the Psalter. |
| Organ may be played solo; flowers may decorate the altar today. (PS 25, 2002 GIRM 305, 313.) |
| Anniversary: | 132nd anniversary of the death of P. Victor Boehme (74) d. 1944 at Tremeirchion, N Wales.  |
| Anniversary: | 90th anniversary of the death of P. Donald Ziemba (48) d. 1986 at Chicago, USA. |
| Anniversary: | 83rd anniversary of the death of P. Domingos Isac Mlaúzi (64) d. 1993 at Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Anniversary: | 78th anniversary of the death of P. José Maria Marques (68) d. 1998 at Paris, France. |
| Anniversary: | 72nd anniversary of the death of P. Cornelius O'Donovan (82) d. 2004 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1549 | First 6 Jesuits arrive in the Americas at Salvador (Bahia), Brazil, led by Manuel de Nobrega. |
| 1848 | Fr. General Roothaan flees from Rome in disguise, with a false passport. He will spend two years away from Rome. |
| 1880 | Decree in France orders the dissolution and dispersal of Jesuits within three months. |
| 1932 | First talkie movie shown at Woodstock College, "Song of My Heart", with John McCormack. |
| 1988 | P. Jean de Boisseson, S.J. is killed in Madagascar. |
| 2018 | Union of present province of French Canada and present province of English Canada in the Province of Canada |
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