Mass of the Sunday; Creed, Preface of First Sunday of Lent. The beginning of the penitential season may be marked in some way, e.g. by Litany of Saints in Entrance Procession. (PS, 23) Rite of Election (Enrollment of Names) for the catechumens.
Yr B
[23] Gen 9:8-15; Ps 25:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; 1 Pet 3:18-22; Mark 1:12-15.
Hours of the Sunday.
Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
45th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph McSweeney (HIB) (73) d. 1982 at Dublin, Ireland.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1656
At Cologne, the death of Fr. Herman Baving, a German who, when provincial of the Lower Rhine, continually exhorted the masters in the colleges to promote among their scholars devotion to the guardian angels.
1831
The French novitiate at Montrouge near Paris was sacked by revolutionaries convinced that the novices there were practicing "small arms drills" in preparation for the Society’s conquering France.
1831
The French novitiate at Montrouge near Paris was sacked by revolutionaries convinced that the novices there were practicing "small arms drills" in preparation for the Society’s conquering France.
1891
General William Tecumseh Sherman (March to the Sea) dies. One of his sons was a Jesuit priest.
1982
Paul Palmer, S.J. dies theologian on sacraments, professor at Woodstock.
1984
Johannes Hofinger, S.J. dies in New Orleans. He founded the East Asian Pastoral Institute, and pioneered in liturgical, pastoral, and catechetical renewal initiated by Vatican II.
