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| violet | Ash Wednesday | |
| | Mass of Ash Wednesday; after the sign of the cross and greeting, the penitential act is omitted.
Preface of Lent III or IV. |
| | [219] Joel 2: 12-18; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Matt 6:1-6, 16-18 |
| | (Switch to Vol. II of the Lit. of the Hours.)
Hours of Ash Wednesday; Psalter Week 4 today and until Saturday.
Today at Morning Prayer, the psalms of Friday, Week 3 may be used. |
| | The celebrant blesses and distributes ashes after the homily.
Other persons may be associated with the bishop or priest in the imposition of ashes, e.g., deacons, special ministers of communion and other lay persons, when there is true pastoral need. |
| Special ministers of communion and deacons may bring blessed ashes to the sick and those confined to their homes. If a minister is not available, a member of the family or another person may bring the blessed ashes to a shut-in, using one of the formulas in the Roman Missal to impose ashes. |
| For pastoral reasons the blessing and distribution of ashes may take place outside Mass. In this case, the entire liturgy of the word should be celebrated: entrance song, opening prayer, readings and chants, homily, blessing and distribution of ashes, and general intercessions. See the Book of Blessings, nos. 1656ff. |
| Anniversary: | 149th anniversary of the death of P. Edward Buckland (71) d. 1935 at Preston, Lancs, England.  |
| Anniversary: | 95th anniversary of the death of F. George Feeney (55) d. 1989 at Lusaka, Zambia. |
| Birthday: | 80th birthday of NS. Cephas Joseph CHODZAZA (born this day in 2004). |
| Birthday: | 135th birthday of P. Michael LEWIS (born this day in 1949). |
On this day in our Jesuit history...
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| 1809 | Robert Molyneux, S.J. dies age 71. He was a missionary from England, the second President of Georgetown and the first Superior of the Jesuits in the USA. |
| 1932 | The Iraq mission is assigned to the New England Province. |
| 1945 | The Ateneo de Manila shelled and bombed, February 9-14th. The Japanese leave and the Americans arrive on the 19th. |
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