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March 2057

28 Wednesday
  violetWednesday in the Third Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [239] Deut 4:1, 5-9; Ps 147:12-13, 15-16, 19-20; Matt 5:17-19.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:105th anniversary of the death of F. Alfred Batt (81) d. 1952 at St Beuno's, Tremeirchion, N Wales. Read Obituary
Birthday:114th birthday of P. Ronald HIDAKA (born this day in 1943).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1541The First Companions gather to write the Constitutions of the Society in conformity with the Bull of Approval, "Regimini Militantis Ecclesiae," of Paul III.
1848In Rome, Pope Pius IX, having intimated his wish that the Society should leave. the city because of the Revolution, Rev. Fr. General Roothaan and the Assistants prepared to depart.
1913The Imperial Ministry of Education in Japan gives permission to open Sophia University.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2057

Dominical Letter  g
Golden Number  6
Epact  xxiv
Solar Cycle 22
Letter of the Martyrology E
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6770
Years since the confirmation of the Society 517
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  501
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 36
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 22 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    29 April