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| violet | Thursday after Ash Wednesday. |
| Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV |
| | [220] Deut 30:15-20;
Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; Luke 9:22-25.
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| Hours of the day. |
| Anniversary: | 83rd anniversary of the death of F. Emanuel Gonçalves (87) d. 1961 at Cernache, Portugal.  |
| Anniversary: | 33rd anniversary of the death of P. Zenon Pilsyk (83) d. 2011 at Lusaka, Zambia. |
| Anniversary: | 30th anniversary of the death of P. Frederick Kabwe (55) d. 2014 at Chikuni, Zambia. |
| Birthday: | 106th birthday of P. Clive DILLON-MALONE (born this day in 1938). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1591 | At Rome during a great pestilence, St. Aloysius caught the infection through serving the plague-stricken in the hospital "della Consolazione". |
| 1595 | At Tyburn, Fr. Robert Southwell, after long and terrible suffering, dies for his faith. |
| 1595 | Clement VIII raised Robert Bellarmine to the Cardinalate, saying that the Church had not his equal in learning. |
| 2008 | Meinrad Hebga, S.J. dies age 79. Popular Healer, Exorcist of West Africa, Inculturation. |
| 2014 | Announce forthcoming letter of Fr. General on intellectual formation. |
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