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March 2087

6 Thursday
  violetThursday after Ash Wednesday.
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [220] Deut 30:15-20; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; Luke 9:22-25.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:134th anniversary of the death of P. AntoĢnio JuĢlio Gomes (77) d. 1953 at Braga, Portugal. Read Obituary
Birthday:91st birthday of S. Victor ERNESTO (born this day in 1996).
Birthday:119th 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 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