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Epiphany of the Lord | Solemnity |
| Mass of the Vigil or of the Solemnity; Gloria, Creed. |
| | [20] Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matt 2:1-12. |
| The Solemn Proclamation of the Date of Easter and the other major dates is encouraged (DPPL, n. 118). It is read by the deacon or cantor immediately after the Gospel. See Appendix I (below). |
| Preface of Epiphany; EuchPr I Communicantes.
Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum.
On weekdays between Epiphany and Baptism, Week 2 of the Psalter.
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| Anniversary: | 134th anniversary of the death of P. Rudolph Handmann (77) d. 1929 at Sankt Andrä, Austria. |
| Anniversary: | 120th anniversary of the death of P. LuĂs Gonzaga Dialer (77) d. 1943 at Recife, Brazil.  |
| Anniversary: | 100th anniversary of the death of F. James Feeley (57) d. 1963 at Grahamstown, RSA. |
| Anniversary: | 100th anniversary of the death of P. Miguel Ferreira da Silva (42) d. 1963 at Furancungo / Lifidzi, Province of Mozambique. |
| Anniversary: | 86th anniversary of the death of P. Charles O'Neill (50) d. 1977 at Port Elizabeth, RSA. |
| Anniversary: | 50th anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Parish (72) d. 2013 at Boscombe, England. |
| Anniversary: | 48th anniversary of the death of P. Joachim von Kerssenbrock (85) d. 2015 at New York, NY, USA. |
| Birthday: | 72nd birthday of S. Lovemore MASHIRI (born this day in 1991). |
| Jubilee: | Emerald Jubilee of P. Ireneu Modesto MOISÉS who celebrates 55 years in the Society today. |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1652 | The 10th General Congregation opened and it elected as General the Roman Jesuit Luigi Gottifredi, but he died three months later while the Congregation was still in session. The German Jesuit, Goswin Nickelis elected superior general. |
| 1824 | Bishop Du Bourg offered the Jesuits his college, which was to become St. Louis University. |
| 1996 | Wilhelm Klein, S.J. dies at Muenster, at the age of 106. He was a Professor and Provincial, perhaps the oldest Jesuit ever. |
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