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| violet | Wednesday of Holy Week |
| Mass of the day; Preface of the Passion II |
| | [259] Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31+33-34; Matt 26:14-25. |
| Hours of the day |
| [RM] | Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Agabus, prophet in Antioch (cf. Acts 21:10-11) [from the Roman Martyrology]. |
| Anniversary: | 99th anniversary of the death of P. John Berrell (69) d. 1994 at Johannesburg, RSA.  |
| Anniversary: | 93rd anniversary of the death of F. Alexio Muzvidzwa (43) d. 2000 at Harare, Zimbabwe. |
| Birthday: | 93rd birthday of S. Tomás Modesto BENE (born this day in 2000). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1548 | St. Peter Canisius was sent to Messina to teach rhetoric. |
| 1762 | In France, the expulsion of the Fathers from all their colleges and houses by decree of parliament. |
| 1979 | Karl Rahner, S.J. receives honorary degree at Weston School of Theology, Cambridge, and delivers a classic lecture on the three eras or epochs of church. |
| 2007 | Edward Brady, S.J. dies, age 77 in Nairobi, Kenya. Worked with JRS, and with Sudanese Bishops for peace and justice. |
| 2018 | Simon Decloux, SJ dies. Was Rector at Kimwenza, Tertian Instructor, Provincial, General Assistant. |
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