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March 2068

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:116th anniversary of the death of F. Alfred Batt (81) d. 1952 at St Beuno's, Tremeirchion, N Wales. Read Obituary
Birthday:125th 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 2068

Dominical Letter  A g
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 5
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6781
Years since the confirmation of the Society 528
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  512
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 47
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 22 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    29 April