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March 2049

16 Tuesday
  violetTuesday in the Second Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [231] Isa 1:10, 16-20; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21+23; Matt 23:1-12.
Hours of the day.
Birthday:55th birthday of S. Wales BANDA (born this day in 1994).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1649In Canada, among the Iroquois, Jean de Brebeuf died a glorious martyr after a series of horrible tortures, the very recital of which makes one shudder.
1880The French Parliament pass Jules Ferry's Bill for the closing of all the Society's houses and colleges in France.
1988Fr. General Kolvenbach meets Commander in Chief Fidel Castro in Havana, Cuba.
1990Joseph Sebes, S.J. dies Chinese scholar and professor at Georgetown University.
2005Antonio deAldama, S.J. dies age 97. Secretary of the Society from 1945-50 and expert on the Constitutions.
2007Daniel Degnan, S.J. dies lawyer, had been president of St. Peter’s College.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2049

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 14
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 12
Julian Period Year 6762
Years since the confirmation of the Society 509
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  493
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 28
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 18 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    25 April