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The Jesuit provinces were first organized into an "assistancy" (a regional grouping of provinces), [16] called the Jesuit Conference of the United States, in 1972. [17] A new, consolidated assistancy was created in 2014, called the Jesuit Conference of Canada and the United States , under which all the provinces in the two countries are organized.
The evolution of United States standard time zone boundaries from 1919 to 2024 in five-year increments. Plaque in Chicago marking the creation of the four time zones of the continental US in 1883 Colorized 1913 time zone map of the United States, showing boundaries very different from today Map of U.S. time zones during between April 2, 2006, and March 11, 2007.
Time in Tennessee, as in all U.S. states, is regulated by the United States Department of Transportation. About 73 percent of the counties in the state of Tennessee lie in the Central Time Zone , mostly the western and middle grand divisions, while East Tennessee is mostly in the Eastern Time Zone except for three counties in that division.
The term Jesuit (of 15th-century origin, meaning "one who used too frequently or appropriated the name of Jesus") was first applied to the society in reproach (1544–1552). [26] The term was never used by Ignatius of Loyola, but over time, members and friends of the society adopted the name with a positive meaning. [16]
Jesuit mission in Timișoara under Ottoman rule (1632–1653), [22] later a mosque; Jesuit college in Satu Mare (1634–1773), now Mihai Eminescu National College; Jesuit college in Sibiu (1692–1773), now Jesuit Church; precursor to Gheorghe Lazăr National College; Jesuit college in Târgu Mureș (1702–1773), now Church of Saint John the ...
Railroad managers tried to address the problem by establishing 100 railroad time zones, but this was only a partial solution to the problem. [2] Weather service chief Cleveland Abbe introduced four standard time zones for his weather stations, an idea which he offered to the railroads. [3]
1641 – Jesuit missionary Cristoval de Acuna describes the Amazon River in a written report to the king of Spain; 1642 – Catholic missionaries Isaac Jogues and Rene Goupil are captured by Mohawk Indians as they return to Huron country from Quebec. Goupil was tomahawked to death while Jogues will be held for a period of time as a slave.
Map of New France (Champlain, 1612). Jesuit missions in North America were attempted in the late 16th century, established early in the 17th century, faltered at the beginning of the 18th, disappeared during the suppression of the Society of Jesus around 1763, and returned around 1830 after the restoration of the Society.