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March 2070

5 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:181st anniversary of the death of P. William van den Putten (37) d. 1889 at Dunbrody, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:168th anniversary of the death of M. Elias Delmas (27) d. 1902 at Boroma, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:74th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Kavuma (79) d. 1996 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:72nd birthday of NS. Patrick KAPILI (born this day in 1998).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1615At Belmont, England, Thomas Pond died. He was among the first to introduce Jesuit missioners into England.
1615At Belmont, England, Thomas Pond died. He was among the first to introduce Jesuit missioners into England.
1827Volta, Alessandro Giuseppe Antonio Anastadio dies. He was a Physicist who invented the electric battery. The Volt a unit of the electromotive force that drives current, was named in his honor. He was a Jesuit for a short time, and his father was a Jesuit for eleven years.
1887The funeral of Father General Peter Beckx, 22nd superior general of the Society, who served his brothers in that office for 34 years.
1904Karl Rahner, S.J. is born. Theologian.
1955Fr. Jose Maria Velaz and lay friends open the first Fe y Alegria school in Careacas, Venezuela.
1971Fr. General Arrupe appoints Victor Mertens as the first Regional Assistant for Africa. The decree goes into effect on 19 March, feast of St. Joseph.
1996The death of Fr. Peter Kavuma, S.J.. He is the first Ugandan Jesuit priest. He entered the Society as a priest in 1961 and then worked and died in Zimbabwe.
2008Walter Abbott, S.J. dies, age 84. Edited the English publication of the Documents of the Second Vatican Council.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2070

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  19
Epact  xvii
Solar Cycle 7
Letter of the Martyrology s
Roman Year of Indiction 3
Julian Period Year 6783
Years since the confirmation of the Society 530
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  514
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 49
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 30 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    4 May