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March 2087

28 Friday
  violetFriday in the Third Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [241] Hos 14:2-10; Ps 81:6c-8a, 8bc-9, 10-11ab, 14+17; Mark 12:28-34.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:135th anniversary of the death of F. Alfred Batt (81) d. 1952 at St Beuno's, Tremeirchion, N Wales. Read Obituary
Birthday:144th 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 2087

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 24
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6800
Years since the confirmation of the Society 547
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  531
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 66
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 20 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    27 April