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March 2068

18 Sunday
  violetSecond Sunday of Lent
Mass of the Sunday; Creed, Preface of Second Sunday of Lent.
Penitential Rite for candidates to be admitted to Full Communion may be celebrated.
Yr A [25] Gen 12:1-4a; Ps 33:4-5, 18-19, 20+22; 2 Tim 1:8b-10; Matt 17:1-9.
Hours of the Sunday.
Week 2 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:168th anniversary of the death of F. Henry Proest (52) d. 1900 at Amsterdam, Netherlands. Read Obituary
Birthday:124th birthday of P. Ivan GEROVAC (born this day in 1944).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1522Ignatius begins his vigil at Montserrat.
1548The arrival of the ï¬rst Jesuits missioned to Africa by Simon Rodrigues, provincial of Portugal, at the request of the King of Kongo supported by the King of Portugal. They landed at Pinda on March 18, 1548, and made their way two days later to Mbanza Kongo, the capital of the kingdom of Kongo. They were three priests--Jorge Vaz, Cristovao Ribeiro, Jacome Dias-- and a scholastic, Diogo do Soveral.
1606At Villagarcia, in Spain, died Fr. John Bonifacio, after teaching grammar for 40 years.
1956Pietro Tacchi-Venturi, S.J. dies in Rome. Jesuit historian.
1963C.C. Martindale, S.J. dies writer, pastoral theologian (Cyril Charles) 1964. Joseph T. O'Callaghan, S.J. dies Congressional Medal of Honor winner for his heroism in 1945. I Was Chaplain on the Franklin.
1969Walter Stokes, S.J. dies Philosopher.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2068

Dominical Letter  A g
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 5
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6781
Years since the confirmation of the Society 528
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  512
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 47
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 22 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    29 April