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January 2078

10 Monday
 greenMonday of the first week in Ordinary Time.
 Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [305] 1 Sam 1:1-8; Ps 116:12-13, 14-17, 18-19; Mark 1:14-20.
 Hours of the day.
Anniversary:57th anniversary of the death of P. Hans Belser (HEL) (93) d. 2021 at Menzingen, Switzerland.
Birthday:103rd birthday of P. Kelly MICHELO (born this day in 1975).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1567Two Jesuits arrive in Havana, Cuba, as a base for evangelization.
1581Queen Elizabeth signed the fifth Penal Statute in England inflicting heavy fines and imprisonment on all who harbored Jesuits and Seminary priests.
1607St. Isaac Jogues is born in Orleans.
1910The death of Fr. Patrick Healy, S.J. He was President, and second founder of Georgetown University (1873-82).
1920Vincent O'Keefe, S.J. is born. He was an Assistant, and vicar general under Pedro Arrupe.
1978Gerald Van Ackeren, S.J. dies. Co-founder of Theology Digest, and editor for 25 years.
1984Fr. John Srna dies (76) in Czechoslovakia. As provincial of Slovakia, he could make only one recorded trip to Rome.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2078

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 15
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 11
Julian Period Year 6791
Years since the confirmation of the Society 538
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  522
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 57
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 3 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    8 May