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| red | St. Charles Lwanga and companions, martyrs | Feast |
| Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast. |
| Cycle I | [576] 2 Mac 7:1-2, 9-14 Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7b-8; Matt 5:1-12a. |
| | Hours of the feast; Te Deum. |
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| | Diocese of Chinhoyi, Zimbabwe | | white | St Kizito, Co-Patronal Feast of the Diocese | Feast | | Mass of the saint, Gloria, proper readings, preface of saints. |
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| Anniversary: | 47th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Roberts (68) d. 1978 at Wrexham, Wales.  |
| Birthday: | 53rd birthday of P. Chiedza CHIMHANDA (born this day in 1972). |
| Birthday: | 73rd birthday of P. Alojz PODGRAJSEK (born this day in 1952). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1558 | Entrance into the Society of Francisco de Toledo - the first of the Society to be raised to the Cardinalate. |
| 1559 | At Tusculum, i.e. Frascati, a villa was purchased for the Fathers and Brothers of the Roman College. Aloysius Gonzaga and John Berchmans would go there for summer vacations. |
| 2007 | Robert North, S.J. dies, age 91. He edited the Elenchus Bibliographicus for years, Pontifical Biblical Institute and Marquette. |
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