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March 2027

6 Saturday
  violetSaturday in the Third Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [242] Hos 6:1-6; Ps 51:3-4, 18-19, 20-21ab; Luke 18:9-14.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:74th anniversary of the death of P. AntoĢnio JuĢlio Gomes (77) d. 1953 at Braga, Portugal. Read Obituary
Birthday:31st birthday of S. Victor ERNESTO (born this day in 1996).
Birthday:59th birthday of P. Matsepane MORARE (born this day in 1968).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1603Letter from Fr. General Acquaviva to the whole Society, representing that he and Fr. Bellarmine had left nothing undone to prevent the latter's promotion to the Cardinalate.
1832At Coimbra the obsequies of Carvalho were performed by Father Philip Delvaux, the body having remained unburied since May 5, 1782.
1922Missouri Province purchased "White House Farm". It becomes the site of a retreat center. It was so called because of a post Civil War movement to transfer the national capital from Washington to St. Louis, with the Farm serving as the Presidentā€™s home.
1933A letter of Fr. Ledochowski to all provincials urges the definition of the dogma of Mary as Mediatrix of All Graces.
1980William Bier, S.J. Psychologist, teacher at Fordham University, dies. He was a pioneer in the psychological testing of candidates.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2027

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  14
Epact  xxii
Solar Cycle 20
Letter of the Martyrology C
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6740
Years since the confirmation of the Society 487
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  471
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 6
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 28 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    2 May