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March 2026

2 Monday
  violetMonday in the Second Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [230] Dan 9:4b-10; Ps 79:8, 9, 11+13; Luke 6:36-38.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:75th anniversary of the death of F. João Martins do RosáRio (78) d. 1951 at Baía, Brazil. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1589At Rome, the death of Cardinal Alessandro Farnese, grandson of Pope Paul III, great benefactor of the Society and founder/builder of the Gesu.
1591At Vilnius died Fr. Anthony Arias, a learned Spanish theologian, remarkable for his fervor and great delicacy of conscience.
1606Brother Nicholas Owen, S.J. "Little John" is martyred in the Tower of London. For 26 years, he constructed hiding places for priests. "Perhaps no single person contributed more to the preservation of the Catholic religion in England during the Penal Times than Nicholas Owen". (Butler, Lives of the Saints).
1928A Letter of Cardinal Billot in Etudes clarifies why he resigned from the cardinalate, and repeats his profession of obedience to the Holy See.
1991John L. McKenzie dies age 80. Scripture scholar, pacifist, Two-Edged Sword, Dictionary of the Bible. He was a former Jesuit.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2026

Dominical Letter  d
Golden Number  13
Epact  xi
Solar Cycle 19
Letter of the Martyrology l
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6739
Years since the confirmation of the Society 486
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  470
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 5
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 5 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    12 April