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March 2073

14 Tuesday
  violetTuesday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
 [252] Num 21:4-9; Ps 102:2-3, 16-18, 19-21; John 8:21-30.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:167th anniversary of the death of F. Francisco Megens (35) d. 1906 at Zumbo, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:145th anniversary of the death of P. Stanislaus Hankiewicz (51) d. 1928 at Krakow, Poland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:67th anniversary of the death of P. Vincent Cichecki (86) d. 2006 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:59th 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 2073

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  3
Epact  xxi
Solar Cycle 10
Letter of the Martyrology B
Roman Year of Indiction 6
Julian Period Year 6786
Years since the confirmation of the Society 533
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  517
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 52
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 26 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    30 April