SAP Jesuit Seal ONLINE LITURGICAL CALENDAR
Province of Southern Africa (SAP)
of the Society of Jesus

 
SAP JESUIT DAILY ORDO
 

Yesterday | Today | Tomorrow


March 2083

27 Saturday
  violetSaturday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
 [256] Ezek 37:21-28; Jer 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13; John 11:45-56.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:138th anniversary of the death of P. Isidore Lallemand (82) d. 1945 at Cape Town, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:72nd anniversary of the death of F. William Nash (87) d. 2011 at London, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:63rd anniversary of the death of P. Roland Lesseps (UCS) (87) d. 2020 at Grand Coteau, LA, USA. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1540Simon Rodriguez sets out for India. He is the first Jesuit missionary. 1547. Ignatius wrote a letter to Jesuits in Spain on religious perfection.
1540Xavier, chosen in Father Nicholas Bobadilla's place left Rome for the Indies... St. Ignatius' parting words were, "Ite omnia incendite et inflammate."
1548Fr. Anthony Corduba, rector of the College of Salamanca, begged Ignatius to admit him into the Society so as to escape the cardinalate which Charles V intended to procure for him.
1587The death at Messina of Thomas Evans, a Jesuit who had suffered imprisonment for his defense of the Catholic faith in England. He was 28 at the time of his death.
1708By a decree of Pope Clement XI the convent of Port Royal, a nest of Jansenism, was suppressed.
1766A forged letter (the work of Choiseul) from Father General Ricci to the Spanish Provincial, imputing illegitimacy to King Charles III, was shown to that monarch, who at once became the Society’s implacable enemy.
1840Among the North American Indians, Father Peter de Smet was welcomed with great joy, being the first "Blackrobe" seen among them since the Suppression.
1840Peter de Smet set out from St. Louis on his first trip to the Rocky Mountains at the invitation of a delegation from the Salishan people in what is now Montana. This exploratory trip resulted in starting amission to the Indians a year later.

 


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