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February 2022

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For religious sisters and consecrated women (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"We pray for religious sisters and consecrated women; thanking them for their mission and their courage; may they continue to find new responses to the challenges of our times."

10 Thursday
 whiteSt Scholastica, virginMemorial
Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [332] 1 Kgs 11:4-13; Ps 106:3-4, 35-36, 37+40; Mark 7:24-30.
Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [530] Songs 8:6-7 (#731.1); Ps 148:1bc-2, 11-13a, 13c-14 (#733.2); Luke 10:38-42 (#736.3).)

Hours of the Memorial.
Prop. Ant. Bened.
Anniversary:60th anniversary of the death of P. Manuel Fonseca Da Cruz (91) d. 1962 at ColeĢgio NoĢbrega, Brazil. Read Obituary
Birthday:48th birthday of P. Vincent B. MULENGA (born this day in 1974).
Birthday:72nd birthday of P. Joseph HAMPSON (born this day in 1950).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1773A copy of the proposed Brief of Suppression of the Society of Jesus, drawn up by Monino (Florida Blanca), the Spanish Ambassador, and revised by Cardinal Zelada, was sent with Pope Clement XIV's leave,givenreluctantly, to Charles III of Spain, to be communicated by him to the Courts of France, Austria, Portugal and Naples.
1857Ferdinand Prat, S.J. is born. His writings include the Life of Christ, Theology of St. Paul.
1928Richard Tierney, S.J. dies. Key editor of America magazine.
1939The death of Pius XI. He had reigned since 1922. Showing great love for the Society of Jesus, he canonized 11 and beatified 52 of Ours.
1963James Sweeney, S.J. dies First Provincal of New York from 1939- 45.
1971Timothy Bouscaren, S.J. dies. A canon Lawyer, he was Procurator General of the Society of Jesus, l947 to l962. Age 86.
2015Cardinal Josef Becker dies, age 86.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2022

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  9
Epact  xxvii
Solar Cycle 15
Letter of the Martyrology H
Roman Year of Indiction 15
Julian Period Year 6735
Years since the confirmation of the Society 482
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  466
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 1
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 17 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    24 April