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March 2027

14 Sunday
  violetFifth Sunday of Lent.
Mass of the Sunday, or of the Third Scrutiny; Creed, Preface of Fifth Sunday (with Year "A" readings) or Lent I - II.
Yr B [35] Jer 31:31-34; Ps 51:3-4, 12-13, 14-15; Heb 5:7-9; John 12:20-33.
Yr B Alt. (from Year A) [34] Ezek 37:12-14; Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; Rom 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45.
 In Year B, during the week, Year A's gospel (Jn 11:1-45) may be used [1st R: 2 Kgs 4:18b-21, 32-27; Ps 17] Lect. [250].
Hours of the Sunday.
Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:121st anniversary of the death of F. Francisco Megens (35) d. 1906 at Zumbo, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:99th anniversary of the death of P. Stanislaus Hankiewicz (51) d. 1928 at Krakow, Poland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:21st anniversary of the death of P. Vincent Cichecki (86) d. 2006 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:13th anniversary of the death of P. Leslie McKenna (90) d. 2014 at Preston, Lancs, England. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1523Ignatius arrives in Rome for the first time, on Palm Sunday. Four months later he leaves for Jerusalem.
1548The arrival of the first Jesuits missioned in Africa. These Jesuits were sent by Fr. Simon Rodrigues, Provincial of Portugal, at the request of the King of Kongo supported by the King of Portugal. They landed at Pinda, and made their way two days later to Mbanza Kongo, the capital of the kingdom of Kongo. They were four in number, Frs. Jorge Vaz, Cristovao Ribeiro, Jacome Dias and a scholastic, Diego do Soveral.
1800At Venice, the election of Pope Pius VII (Cardinal Chiaramonti), a Benedictine, who in 1814 restored the Society throughout the world.
1800At Venice, the election of Pope Pius VII (Cardinal Chiaramonti), a Benedictine, who in 1814 restored the Society throughout the world.
1891The Motu Proprio of Leo XIII founds the Vatican Observatory (Specola Vaticana).
1920Missouri Province tells Fr. General it is sending six men to work in Patna, India.
1976Alban de Jerphanion (age 75) professor, is killed in Beirut, Lebanon.
1985Fr. Nicolas Kluiters, S.J. parish priest, is kidnapped in Lebanon.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2027

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  14
Epact  xxii
Solar Cycle 20
Letter of the Martyrology C
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6740
Years since the confirmation of the Society 487
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  471
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 6
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 28 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    2 May