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Baptism of the Lord | Feast |
| Mass of the Feast; Gloria, Creed. Preface of the Baptism of the Lord. |
| [21] Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or (Year B) Is 55:1-11; Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3b+9b-10 or (Year B) Is 12:2-6; Acts 10:34-38 or (Year B) 1 Jn 5:1-9; Mark 1:7-11. |
| Hours of the feast. Te Deum. |
| Ordinary Time begins tomorrow. (Switch to Vol. III of the Lit. of the Hours.)
Week 1 of the Psalter.
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| Anniversary: | 79th anniversary of the death of P. Bevis Collings (56) d. 1960 at Makumbi, S. Rhodesia.  |
| Anniversary: | 41st anniversary of the death of P. William Lane (66) d. 1998 at Choma, Zambia. |
| Anniversary: | 33rd anniversary of the death of P. Augusto Correia Pinto (90) d. 2006 at Braga, Portugal. |
| Anniversary: | 31st anniversary of the death of F. Christopher Murray (HIB) (96) d. 2008 at Dublin, Ireland. |
| Birthday: | 42nd birthday of NS. Bongani Gerald G. TSHUMA (born this day in 1997). |
| Birthday: | 49th birthday of S. Mark ZULU (born this day in 1990). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1567 | The first missionaries to Peru, nine in number, are sent by St. Francis Borgia. |
| 1831 | Father Peter de Smet and a few companions sail from Europe for North America. |
| 1986 | Michel de Certeau, S.J. dies, age 61. Writer, anthropology, 1987. The death of William Lynch, S.J. He wrote on religion and literature: Christ and Apollo, Images of Hope, Images of Faith, etc. |
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