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March 2052

8 Friday
  violetFriday after Ash Wednesday.
142nd International Women's Day (est. 1911)
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [221] Isa 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19; Matt 9:14-15.
Hours of the day.
  whiteSt John of God, religious
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious, or For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged
Readings from the Common of Saints: [539] 1 John 3:14-18 (#740.16); Ps 112:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-7a, 7b-8, 9 (#739.7); Matt 25:31-40 (#742.13).
Commemoration
Anniversary:57th anniversary of the death of P. Arthur Clarke (79) d. 1995 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:53rd anniversary of the death of P. Dennis Flannery (68) d. 1999 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:47th anniversary of the death of P. Robert Kelly (79) d. 2005 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1558Fr. Nicholas Guadan, disguised as a peddler, entered Scotland as a papal nuncio to strengthen Mary Queen of Scots in her allegiance to the faith.
1566The Diet of Augsburg, Germany, Peter Canisius, Jeronimo Nadal Diego Ledesma hold public disputations with the Reformation leaders. They were appointed by St. Pius V.
1836A Decree is issued whereby the Society of Jesus loses the property of the Holy House of Loyola. In the previous year, the Society was dissolved in Spain.
1890Oswald von Nell-Breuning, S.J. is born. He was an expert in the social teaching of the Church, and lived to be over 100 years old.
1916Letter of Fr. General Ledochowski, De Doctrina Sancti Thomae magis, magisque in Societate fovenda.
1982Mitchell Dahood, S.J. dies in Rome, Scripture scholar. President of Catholic Biblical Association, and wrote the commentary on the Psalms for the Anchor Bible.

 


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