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March 2021

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: Sacrament of reconciliation (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that we may experience the sacrament of reconciliation with renewed depth, to taste the infinite mercy of God."

29 Monday
  violetMonday of Holy Week
Mass of the day; Preface of the Passion II
 [257] Is 42:1-7; Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14; John 12:1-11.
Hours of the day
Anniversary:77th anniversary of the death of P. Victor Boehme (74) d. 1944 at Tremeirchion, N Wales. Read Obituary
Anniversary:35th anniversary of the death of P. Donald Ziemba (48) d. 1986 at Chicago, USA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:28th anniversary of the death of P. Domingos Isac MlaĂşzi (64) d. 1993 at Lisbon, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:23rd anniversary of the death of P. José Maria Marques (68) d. 1998 at Paris, France. Read Obituary
Anniversary:17th anniversary of the death of P. Cornelius O'Donovan (82) d. 2004 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1549First 6 Jesuits arrive in the Americas at Salvador (Bahia), Brazil, led by Manuel de Nobrega.
1848Fr. General Roothaan flees from Rome in disguise, with a false passport. He will spend two years away from Rome.
1880Decree in France orders the dissolution and dispersal of Jesuits within three months.
1932First talkie movie shown at Woodstock College, "Song of My Heart", with John McCormack.
1988P. Jean de Boisseson, S.J. is killed in Madagascar.
2018Union of present province of French Canada and present province of English Canada in the Province of Canada

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2021

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 14
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 14
Julian Period Year 6734
Years since the confirmation of the Society 481
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  465
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 0
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 4 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    2 May