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March 2026

11 Wednesday
  violetWednesday in the Third Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [239] Deut 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Matt 5:17-19.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:90th anniversary of the death of P. Jules Torrend (74) d. 1936 at Chikuni, N. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:88th anniversary of the death of F. Pedro Böehmer (69) d. 1938 at Macau, Hong Kong. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Crystal Jubilee of P. Patrick MULEMI who celebrates 15 years since professing Final Vows today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Blessed Martyrs of Valentia, Tomas Sitjar, fortia et al.
1540At Lisbon Fr. Simao Rodriguez is cured of fever on receiving the embrace of Francis Xavier.
1767At Madrid Fathers Thomas de Lorrain and Bernard Recio, leaving for the Provincial Congregation in Rome, received a sealed parcel said to come from the nuncio. They were requested to take it to someoneinRome. It contained a letter forged by de Choiseul and de Aranda, the prime ministers of France and Spain, and purporting to come from Father General Ricci alleging Charles III to be illegitimate. Both priests were arrested on their journey and brought back prisoners to Madrid. The forged document was shown to the king, whose previous affection for the Society turned into most bitter hatred. Charles III expels Jesuits from Spain
1767At Madrid, Frs. Thomas de Lorrain and Bernard Recio, leaving for the Provincial Congregation in Rome, received a sealed parcel said to come from the nuncio. They were requested to take it to someone in Rome. It contained a letter forged by de Choiseul and de Aranda, the prime ministers of France and Spain, and purporting to come from the General Ricci alleging Charles II to be illegitimate. Both priests were arrested on their journey and brought back prisoners to Madrid. The forged document, shown to the king, whose previous affection for the Society was converted into bitterest hatred.
1820At Madrid, an excited mob gathering in front of the Jesuit College, clamouring for the expulsion of the Jesuits.`
1848At Naples 114 members of the Society, after much suffering, were put into carts and driven ignominiously out of the city and kingdom.
1976Thomas Corbishley, S.J. dies British writer, lecturer.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2026

Dominical Letter  d
Golden Number  13
Epact  xi
Solar Cycle 19
Letter of the Martyrology l
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6739
Years since the confirmation of the Society 486
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  470
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 5
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 5 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    12 April