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March 2074

1 Thursday
  violetThursday after Ash Wednesday.
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [220] Deut 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; Luke 9:22-25.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:81st anniversary of the death of F. John Werner (81) d. 1993 at Berlin, Germany. Read Obituary
Anniversary:80th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Venuta (63) d. 1994 at Boston, USA. Read Obituary
Birthday:104th birthday of P. Tomás ARMANDO (born this day in 1970).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1767Without warning or trial, Charles III expels the Jesuits from Spain. 10,000 are deported to the papal states.
1815Congress grants Georgetown University the power to confer degrees.
1915At the 26th General Congregation, the American Assistancy of the Society is set up. It consists of the existing American Provinces then in existence: Maryland-New York, Missouri, New Orleans, and California. Fr. Thomas Gannon is named the first American Assistant.
1937Hillaire Belloc lectures at Woodstock College, Maryland on Catholicism and Civilization.
2005Walter Halloran, age 83 dies. Involved in the 1949 exorcism case that led to the film The Exorcist.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2074

Dominical Letter  g
Golden Number  4
Epact  ii
Solar Cycle 11
Letter of the Martyrology b
Roman Year of Indiction 7
Julian Period Year 6787
Years since the confirmation of the Society 534
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  518
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 53
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 15 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    22 April