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| green | Wednesday of the twenty-second week. | |
| Mass of the day. |
| Cycle I | [433] Col 1:1-8;
Ps 52:10, 11; Luke 4:38-44.
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| | Hours of the day. |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Joseph, son of Jacob (cf. Gn. 30:22–24, 37; 39–50) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Moses, prophet and law giver (cf. Ex. 3:10) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 74th anniversary of the death of P. John Diamond (69) d. 1973 at London, England.  |
| Anniversary: | 44th anniversary of the death of P. Desmond O'Loghlen (85) d. 2003 at Lusaka, Zambia. |
| Anniversary: | 41st anniversary of the death of P. Sean O'Connor (AOR) (86) d. 2006 at Nairobi, Kenya. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1549 | Peter Canisius makes his final profession in Rome. 1606. Brief of Pope Paul V confirms our Institute. |
| 1845 | Pierre Chazelle dies. Pioneer leader and first Superior of the restored Society in French Canada and the USA. |
| 1973 | James Brodrick dies, in London, of the Irish Province, historian of the Society, biographer of Ignatius, Bellarmine, and Canisius. |
| 1991 | Henri Cardinal de Lubac, S.J. dies, age 95. A theologian, once silenced, then vindicated. Surnaturel. He was created a cardinal in 1983. |
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