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March 2040

23 Friday
  violetFriday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
 [255] Jer 20:10-13; Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7; John 10:31-42.
Hours of the day.
  whiteSt Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop
Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [544] 2 Tim 1:13-14; 2:1-3 (#722.11); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8c, 10 (#721.5); Matt 9:35-38 (#724.1).
Commemoration
Anniversary:158th anniversary of the death of F. Gerard Hooy (31) d. 1882 at Christiana, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:94th anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Da Cruz (60) d. 1946 at Braga, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:91st anniversary of the death of P. Constâncio Tribut (69) d. 1949 at Pará, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:89th anniversary of the death of F. Leo Kodrzynski (70) d. 1951 at Kasisi, N. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:46th anniversary of the death of P. Georg Sunder (88) d. 1994 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:53rd birthday of F. Aaron Ronald NYADAWA (born this day in 1987).
Birthday:51st birthday of P. Ireneu Modesto MOISÉS (born this day in 1989).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1555The death of Pope Julius III, a cause of grief for the Society. He was a benefactor of the Roman and German Colleges.
1624At Watten, Father Thomas Stephenson, when dying, besought the novices to reject any thought against their vocation as a diabolical temptation.
1656The decision of Pope Alexander VII allows Christians to participate in Chinese funeral rites.
1772At Rome, Cardinal Marefoschi held a visitation of the Irish College and accused the Jesuits of mismanagement. He then removed them from directing that school.
1942Joseph de Guibert, S.J. dies Expert on Jesuit spirituality.

 


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