Mass of the Sunday; Creed, Preface of First Sunday of Lent. The beginning of the penitential season may be marked in some way, e.g. by Litany of Saints in Entrance Procession. (PS, 23) Rite of Election (Enrollment of Names) for the catechumens.
Yr A
[22] Gen 2:7-9; 3:1-7; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17; Rom 5:12-19 or 5:12, 17-19; Matt 4:1-11.
Hours of the Sunday.
Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:
179th anniversary of the death of P. Felix Desmaroux (39) d. 1898 at Boroma, Province of Mozambique.
Anniversary:
108th anniversary of the death of P. Julian Plawecki (57) d. 1969 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Anniversary:
57th anniversary of the death of P. Wolfgang Abeler (ZIM) (83) d. 2020 at Munich, Germany.
Birthday:
82nd birthday of S. Joseph C KACHITSA (born this day in 1995).
Birthday:
122nd birthday of P. Józef MATYJEK (born this day in 1955).
Birthday:
95th birthday of P. Noah LUNGU (born this day in 1982).
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1573
Gregory XIII's Brief Ex Sedis Apost. benignitate,is issued. It exempts the Society from choir, which his predecessor, St. Pius V had imposed, and allows its members to be ordained before the solemn profession.
1957
Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) is founded. It began in the Oregon Province and has inspired similar ventures around the Jesuit world.
1976
Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. dies London. Outspoken critic.
1994
William Ward, S.J. dies Lagos, Nigeria, missionary, pastoral worker, the first Jesuit to die in Nigeria, and the first to be buried there.
