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March 2083

19 Friday
  whiteST JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY
Patron Saint of the Society of Jesus
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement (Download here)
Solemnity
   (Special Solemn Blessing SJ)
Mass of the solemnity; Gloria, Creed; preface of the solemnity.
[543] 2 Sam 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16; Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27+29; Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22; Matt 1:16, 18-21, 24a or Luke 2:41-51a.
Other masses are prohibited, but the funeral mass is allowed.
Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Joseph, spouse of Mary, the Mother of Jesus (cf. Mt. 1:20-21) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:99th anniversary of the death of F. Peter Osterkiewicz (92) d. 1984 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:88th anniversary of the death of F. Stanislaus Zak (92) d. 1995 at Stara Wies, Poland. Read Obituary
Birthday:96th birthday of P. Mayamiko A. KACHIPAPA (born this day in 1987).
Jubilee:Blue Sapphire Jubilee of P. Alexander MUYEBE who celebrates 65 years since professing Final Vows today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

SAINT JOSEPH, SPOUSE OF THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY (Patron Saint of the Society of Jesus) (Solemnity)

The feast-day of Saint Joseph, 19 March, was established by Pope Sixtus IV in 1481. The Society of Jesus has had a marked devotion to Saint Joseph since its earliest years. In 1955, when Pope Pius XII established the feast of “Saint Joseph the Worker”, the Church and the Society of Jesus omitted the feast of the patronage from their liturgical calendars. In 2012, the Society of Jesus reinstituted the feast of the patronage of Saint Joseph.

1523At Barcelona, St. Ignatius embarks for Jerusalem.
1535At Paris Ignatius received the Master of Arts degree with the right to be called "Master Ignatius".
1544The Bull, "Injunctum Nobis" confirms the Society of Jesus, and allows more than 60 to be professed fathers.
1616Peter Claver is ordained priest in the Cathedral of Cartagena. 1634. Antonio de Andrade dies in Goa. He had been the first European to enter Tibet.
1715Pope Clement XI condemned the "Chinese Rites"; this action proved disastrous to the Chinese mission.
1971The African Assistancy of the Society of Jesus is created. There were 1600 Jesuits in Africa.
1991Joseph Gallen, S.J. dies age 88. canon lawyer, Professor at Woodstock College from 1940-66, writer for Review for Religious.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2083

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  13
Epact  xi
Solar Cycle 20
Letter of the Martyrology l
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6796
Years since the confirmation of the Society 543
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  527
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 62
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 4 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    11 April