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| green | Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time | |
| Mass of the Sunday; Gloria, Creed, Pref. of Sunday. |
| Yr A | [70] Zeph 2:3, 3:12-13; Ps 146:6-7, 8-9a, 9b-10; 1 Cor 1:26-31; Matt 5:1-12a.
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| | Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter.
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| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Simeon and Anne (cf. Lk. 2:25, Lk. 2:36-37) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 166th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Simon (60) d. 1926 at Oya, Spain.  |
| Anniversary: | 133rd anniversary of the death of F. John Masterson (80) d. 1959 at Heythrop, England. |
| Anniversary: | 78th anniversary of the death of P. Charles O'Connor (HIB) (93) d. 2014 at Dublin, Ireland. |
| Birthday: | 96th birthday of NS. Innocent Stephen CHIBWE (born this day in 1996). |
| Birthday: | 123rd birthday of P. Andrew MTAMIRA (born this day in 1969). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1571 | In Florida, the martyrdom of Luis Quiros and two novices, Juan Mendez and Gabriel Solis. |
| 1578 | Thomas Nelson dies a martyr at Tyburn, hanged, drawn, and quartered. |
| 1768 | The Society of Jesus is expelled from Mexico by order of Charles III. |
| 1945 | The Japanese internment camp, Santo Tomas, in the Philippines, is liberated by USA troops. Jesuits and others are freed. |
| 1958 | The Philippine Province is established. |
| 1984 | The death of Francis E. Keenan, S.J. former Rector of Woodstock and Tertian Instructor. |
| 1988 | Fr. General Kolvenbach continued his journey to Zimbabwe, Zambia, and Egypt. He meets Presidents Mugabe and Kaunda. |
| 1994 | The death of Frederick Copleston, priest, philosopher. He wrote the much used nine vol. History of Philosophy. |
| 1995 | C.J. McNaspy, S.J. dies. He was a man of many talents, a writer, liturgist, musicologist, Juniorate professor and missionary. |
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