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| white | St Ambrose, bishop and doctor of the Church | Memorial |
| Mass of the memorial; preface of Advent I or of the saint. |
| [186] Sir 48:1-4, 9-11; Ps 80:2ac+3b, 15-16, 18-19; Matt 17:9a, 10-13. |
| Hours of the saint. |
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| Anniversary: | 45th anniversary of the death of P. Stefan Smirzik (75) d. 1996 at Cambridge, Canada.  |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1549 | At Rome the death of Fr. Peter Codazzo, the first Italian to join the Society and the man who gave to Ignatius the church and property of Santa Maria della Strada. |
| 1551 | Lainez discourses at the Council of Trent on the Mass as a sacrifice. |
| 1598 | Gian Lorenzo Bernini is born. Sculptor, architect, painter, he designed the colonnade of St. Peter's, and was a friend and benefactor of the Society of Jesus. |
| 1649 | Charles Garnier, S.J. dies at the hands of the Iroquois. |
| 1649 | The martyrdom in Etarita, Canada, of St. Charles Garnier, missionary to the Petun Indians, among whom he died during an Iroquois attack. |
| 1688 | At Rome died Father Honoratus de Fabri, grand penitentiary, and a great scientist. He taught the circulation of the blood before Harvey's book was published. |
| 1985 | Gabriel Barakana, in Burundi, is sentenced with some laypersons to four years in prison for opposition to the government. |
| 1992 | Pater Leppich dies. Famed preacher – "Pater Leppich Spricht." |
| 2020 | Father General appointed Fr. Leonard Chiti as Provincial of the new Southern Africa Province; he will assume office on the date the decree takes effect, that is, 25 March 2021. Father General’s letter was sent to the three present Major Superiors whose entities are united in the new Province: Frs. David Rowan (South Africa), Leonard Chiti (Zambia-Malawi) and Chiedza Chimhanda (Zimbabwe-Mozambique). |
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