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March 2059

26 Wednesday
  violetWednesday of Holy Week
Mass of the day; Preface of the Passion II
 [259] Is 50:4-9a; Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31+33-34; Matt 26:14-25.
Hours of the day
Anniversary:66th anniversary of the death of F. John Mulligan (88) d. 1993 at Edinburgh, Scotland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:57th anniversary of the death of P. Francis McKeown (88) d. 2002 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:69th birthday of P. AlcĂ­dio Vitorino TEMBE (born this day in 1990).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1541Ignatius and Codure begin writing the Constitutions.
1548Canisius leaves Rome to found a college in Sicily.
1553St. Ignatius' golden letter on Obedience is sent to the Fathers and Brothers of Portugal.
1693An instruction of Msgr. Charles Maigrot is negative on inculturation in China and reverses the earlier decision which allowed participation in Chinese funeral rites.
1900At Rome the death of Cardinal Camillus Mazzella, Bishop of the suburban see of Palestrina. His last words to Father General were: "Laetor quod in Societate morior." He was the first Dean of Woodstock College, 1869-75. He opposed the liberal elements in the American and European churches.
1988Paul Kennedy, S.J. dies Tertian Instructor at St. Beino, 1958-74. A man of remarkable spiritual insight. He once said "We are all fakes."
1995Michael Lavelle, S.J. dies. An economist, he had been President of John Carroll University and Provincial of Detroit.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2059

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 24
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 7
Julian Period Year 6772
Years since the confirmation of the Society 519
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  503
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 38
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 30 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    4 May