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February 2073

1 Wednesday
 greenWednesday of the fourth week in Ordinary Time.
 Mass ad lib.
Cycle I [325] Heb 12:4-7, 11-15; Ps 103:1-2, 13-14, 17-18; Mark 6:1-6.
 Hours of the day.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   redBl Benedict Daswa, MartyrMemorial 
Common of Martyrs: For One Martyr
 Wis 2:12-2; Ps 26 (27):1-4; Eph 6:10-17; Jn 12:24-26.
Download Mass texts and readings and prayers for the Liturgy of Hours.
Anniversary:121st anniversary of the death of F. John Göll (80) d. 1952 at Chishawasha, S. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:57th anniversary of the death of P. John O'Leary (88) d. 2016 at Los Gatos, CA, USA. Read Obituary
Birthday:124th birthday of P. John MUJDRICA (born this day in 1949).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1549The first band of missioners to Brazil set sail from Lisbon. Sent by Ignatius, they include the Superior, Manuel Nobrega.
1645The death of Henry Morse, known as the "Priest of the Plague" because of his care for the plague-stricken. He was martyred at Tyburn, England, by being hanged, drawn and quartered.
1833Father General John Roothaan wrote the Ordinatio de Mineverali that granted Jesuit schools permission to charge tuition in line with other reputable day schools in the country. Poor students, however,were not to be turned away.
1953The dedication of the Philosophate at Spring Hill, Alabama.
1956Neil Boyton, S.J. dies. He was a teacher at Regis, a friend of youth, and pastoral worker at St.Ignatius Parish, NY.
2000Peter Levi dies, age 68. . Ex-Jesuit, poet, Oxford don.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2073

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  3
Epact  xxi
Solar Cycle 10
Letter of the Martyrology B
Roman Year of Indiction 6
Julian Period Year 6786
Years since the confirmation of the Society 533
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  517
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 52
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 26 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    30 April