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March 2078

23 Wednesday
  violetWednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
 [253] Dan 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dan 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; John 8:31-42.
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:196th anniversary of the death of F. Gerard Hooy (31) d. 1882 at Christiana, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:132nd anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Da Cruz (60) d. 1946 at Braga, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:129th anniversary of the death of P. Constâncio Tribut (69) d. 1949 at Pará, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:127th anniversary of the death of F. Leo Kodrzynski (70) d. 1951 at Kasisi, N. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:84th anniversary of the death of P. Georg Sunder (88) d. 1994 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:91st birthday of F. Aaron Ronald NYADAWA (born this day in 1987).
Birthday:89th 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 2078

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 15
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 11
Julian Period Year 6791
Years since the confirmation of the Society 538
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  522
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 57
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 3 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    8 May