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| white | Thursday after Epiphany | |
| Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III or of Epiphany |
| | [215] 1 John 4:19-5:4; Ps 72:1-2, 14+15bc, 17; Luke 4:14-22a. |
| Hours of the day |
| white | St Raymond of Penyafort, priest [Canada]
(Readings from the Common of Saints: | Optional |
| Anniversary: | 50th anniversary of the death of P. James Fitzsimons (95) d. 2015 at Johannesburg, RSA.  |
| Birthday: | 80th birthday of P. Emmanuel CHISANGA (born this day in 1985). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1595 | All members of the Society in Paris were driven into exile amid great hardships. |
| 1599 | Fr. General Aquaviva sends the Ratio Studiorum to all provinces. |
| 1601 | The birth of Balthasar Gracian, a Spanish Jesuit who wrote on courtly matters. He is the author of "The Compleat Gentleman" and "The Art of Worldly Wisdom." |
| 1736 | John Carroll, is born. Archbishop. In the new calendar his birthday is January 19th. |
| 1978 | In Makumbi, Rhodesia, Fr. Desmond Donovan (age 50) disappears while traveling to celebrate Mass. |
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