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March 2042

24 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.
Birthday:61st birthday of D. Ricardo Sebastian NOGUEIRO (born this day in 1981).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1578At Lisbon, Rodolf Acquaviva and 13 companions embarked for India. Among the companions were Matthew Ricci and Michael Ruggieri.
1582Pope Gregory XIII signed the papal bull for the reform of the calendar. Fr. Christopher Clavius, the Jesuit astronomer and mathematician, contributed greatly to the fashioning of the new Gregorian calendar.
1603At Richmond, in Surrey, died Queen Elizabeth, after a long reign of 45 years, during which many Jesuits and others suffered martyrdom for their faith.
1657The last of the Provincial Letters of Paschal is published.
1980Archbishop Oscar Romero is assassinated while celebrating Mass in El Salvador. Jesuit alumnus and friend.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2042

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  10
Epact  viii
Solar Cycle 7
Letter of the Martyrology h
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6755
Years since the confirmation of the Society 502
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  486
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 21
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 6 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    13 April