Mass of the Sunday, or of the First Scrutiny; Creed, Preface of Third Sunday (with Year "A" readings) or Lent I - II.
Yr A
[28] Exod 17:3-7; Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Rom 5:1-2, 5-8; John 4:5-42 or 4:5-15, 19b-26, 39a, 40-42.
Hours of the Sunday.
Week 3 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
174th anniversary of the death of F. Henry Proest (52) d. 1900 at Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Birthday:
130th birthday of P. Ivan GEROVAC (born this day in 1944).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1522
Ignatius begins his vigil at Montserrat.
1548
The 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.
1606
At Villagarcia, in Spain, died Fr. John Bonifacio, after teaching grammar for 40 years.
1956
Pietro Tacchi-Venturi, S.J. dies in Rome. Jesuit historian.
1963
C.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.
