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March 2083

22 Monday
  violetMonday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
 [251] Dan 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; John 8:1-11 (Year A or B) or Jn 8:12-20 (Year C).
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:190th anniversary of the death of P. Thomas Manning (38) d. 1893 at Grahamstown, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:166th anniversary of the death of P. Carlos Friedrich (71) d. 1917 at St. Andrä, Austria. Read Obituary
Anniversary:150th anniversary of the death of F. Angelo Dal Bosco (57) d. 1933 at Baturite, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:128th anniversary of the death of P. John Kelly (52) d. 1955 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:81st anniversary of the death of P. Kenneth Spence (77) d. 2002 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary

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 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