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| violet | Tuesday of Holy Week |
| Mass of the day; Preface of the Passion II |
| | [258] Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15+17; John 13:21-33, 36-38. |
| Hours of the day |
| | Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC] | | white | St Benedict’ Religious | Optional | | Common of Holy Men and Women |
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| Anniversary: | 66th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Naime (69) d. 1957 at Blackpool, England.  |
| Anniversary: | 14th anniversary of the death of P. Manuel Joaquim Pereira (89) d. 2009 at Esposende, Portugal. |
| Jubilee: | Wooden Jubilee of P. George Mtaja BWANALI who celebrates 5 years since professing Final Vows today. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1767 | The Society was expelled from all its houses in Spain and subjected to great cruelty. |
| 1871 | There is plundering of the Jesuit house at rue de Sevres in Paris by the Communards. |
| 1873 | In Mexico a law to expel the Society was proposed in Parliament. |
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