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| white | Annunciation of the Lord | Solemnity |
| | (Transferred from 25 March.) | |
| | Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed; proper Preface. | |
| | All genuflect in the creed at "...and became man." | |
| | Is 7:10-14, 8:10; Ps 39 (40): 7-11; Hb 10:4-10; Lk 1:26-38. | |
| | Ritual masses are prohibited, but the funeral mass is allowed. | |
| | Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum. | |
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| Anniversary: | 168th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Wright (46) d. 1897 at Blackpool, England.  |
| Anniversary: | 65th anniversary of the death of F. Patrick McElduff (77) d. 2000 at Dublin, Ireland. |
| Anniversary: | 61st anniversary of the death of F. Evaristo Mapuranga (53) d. 2004 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Anniversary: | 54th anniversary of the death of P. Francis O'Neill (83) d. 2011 at Dublin, Ireland. |
| Birthday: | 73rd birthday of S. Victor C CHIPALABWE (born this day in 1992). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| Feast of Blessed Juliana of Cornelion. She was placed in the Jesuit martyrology at the request of Fr. General Ledochowski. She lived 1193-1258 and helped spread devotion to Corpus Christi, petitioning for a feast to honor it. |
| 1570 | Jesuits became the confessors in St. Peter’s Basilica in the transfer to the Society of the "College of Penitentiaries." |
| 1581 | St. Edmund Campion published his Decem Rationes. |
| 1669 | At Paris, St. Claude de la Colombiere was ordained a priest. |
| 1672 | In the Marianne Isle, the Ven. Fr. Diego de San Vitores suffered martyrdom after converting 30,000 persons to the faith. When only 13 years old he heard our Lady tell him three distinct times to enter the Society. |
| 1850 | First edition of La Civilta Cattolica appears. The first journal of the restored Society. |
| 1987 | Brother Vincent Canas Costa (age 48). After 11 years on the mission in Brazil, he is killed by a blunt wound in the stomach. |
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