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March 2040

22 Thursday
  violetThursday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
 [254] Gen 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 8:51-59.
Hours of the day.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Epaphroditus, disciple of Paul (cf. Phil. 2:25) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:147th anniversary of the death of P. Thomas Manning (38) d. 1893 at Grahamstown, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:123rd anniversary of the death of P. Carlos Friedrich (71) d. 1917 at St. Andrä, Austria. Read Obituary
Anniversary:107th anniversary of the death of F. Angelo Dal Bosco (57) d. 1933 at Baturite, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:85th anniversary of the death of P. John Kelly (52) d. 1955 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:38th anniversary of the death of P. Kenneth Spence (77) d. 2002 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Diamond Jubilee of P. Christopher CHATTERIS who celebrates 60 years of Priesthood today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1540St. Francis Xavier, told by Ignatius to prepare to leave for the Indies, was ready the next day; he needed only sufficient time to have his poor soutane mended.
1585In Rome, the three Japanese ambassadors were received by Fr. General with great solemnity in the Society's Church of the Gesu.
1594Henry IV took possession of Paris after a prolonged siege. Fr. Possevino and other Jesuits worked at effecting a reconciliation of the king with Rome.
1643At Nagasaki, Ven. Father Anthony Rubino, an Italian, after suffering for seven months under the "torture of water," was hanged by the feet in a pit with his head downwards, and so expired.
1655Fr. Francis Perez died at Antwerp. He was born on Christmas Day and died on Good Friday. He followed his two sons into the Society of Jesus and they served his first Mass.
1980Luis Espinal, S.J. journalist, beaten and machine- gunned, dies a martyr, in Bolivia, aged 48. He worked for the compesinos.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2040

Dominical Letter  A g
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 5
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 3
Julian Period Year 6753
Years since the confirmation of the Society 500
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  484
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 19
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 1 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    6 May