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| violet | Thursday in the Fifth Week of Lent |
| Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I |
| | [254] Gen 17:3-9;
Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 8:51-59.
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| Hours of the day. |
| Anniversary: | 147th anniversary of the death of P. Victor Boehme (74) d. 1944 at Tremeirchion, N Wales.  |
| Anniversary: | 105th anniversary of the death of P. Donald Ziemba (48) d. 1986 at Chicago, USA. |
| Anniversary: | 98th anniversary of the death of P. Domingos Isac MlaĂşzi (64) d. 1993 at Lisbon, Portugal. |
| Anniversary: | 93rd anniversary of the death of P. José Maria Marques (68) d. 1998 at Paris, France. |
| Anniversary: | 87th 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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