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March 2052

31 Sunday
  rose   violetFourth Sunday of Lent
Laetare Sunday
Mass of the Sunday, or of the Second Scrutiny; Creed, Preface of Fourth Sunday (with Year "A" readings) or Lent I - II.
Yr C [33] Josh 5:9a, 10-12; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7; 2 Cor 5:17-21; Luke 15:1-3, 11-32.
Yr C Alt. (from Year A) [31] 1 Sam 16:1b, 6-7, 10-13a; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Eph 5:8-14; John 9:1-41 or 9:1, 6-9, 13-17, 34-38.
 In Year C, during the week, Year A's gospel (Jn 9:1-41) may be used [1st R: Mic 7:7-9, Ps 27] Lect. [243].
Hours of the Sunday.
Week 4 of the Psalter.
Organ may be played solo; flowers may decorate the altar today. (PS 25, 2002 GIRM 305, 313.)
Birthday:80th birthday of P. Dominic TOMUSENI (born this day in 1972).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1528Claude Jay, S.J., one of 10 companions is ordained priest in Geneva. 1568. Eight Jesuits reach the port of Callao, Peru, sent by Francis Borgia. 1606. At the Guildhall, London, the trial of Fr. Henry Garnet, falsely accused of complicity in the Gunpowder Plot.
1540St. Francis Xavier, who left Rome for India on March 15th, visited on his way the Holy House of Loretto, and there said Mass.
1606Frances Martinez, S.J. dies in prison in China. He was the first Chinese admitted to the Society by Ricci, eight years after Ricci's arrival.
1767The Society is suppressed in Spain by the Bourbons.
1922WWL, Louisiana radio station opens, at Loyola University 1934. Jesuit Cardinal Francis Ehrle dies Theologian, historian; he reorganized the Vatican Library.
1986Society of Jesus is officially allowed to return into Haiti. Jesuits had been expelled on February 12, 1964.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2052

Dominical Letter  g f
Golden Number  1
Epact  xxix
Solar Cycle 17
Letter of the Martyrology N
Roman Year of Indiction 15
Julian Period Year 6765
Years since the confirmation of the Society 512
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  496
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 31
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 21 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    21 April