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February 2046

11 Sunday
  violetFirst Sunday of Lent
54th World Day of Prayer for the Sick (est. 1992)
Mass of the Sunday; Creed, Preface of First Sunday of Lent.
The beginning of the penitential season may be marked in some way, e.g. by Litany of Saints in Entrance Procession. (PS, 23)
Rite of Election (Enrollment of Names) for the catechumens.
Yr C [24] Deut 26:4-10; Ps 91:1-2, 10-11, 12-13, 14-15; Rom 10:8-13; Luke 4:1-13.
Hours of the Sunday.
Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:97th anniversary of the death of P. James O'Connell (76) d. 1949 at Preston, Lancs, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:79th anniversary of the death of F. Philip Hogg (64) d. 1967 at Ilkley, England. Read Obituary
Birthday:105th birthday of P. John MLAKAR (born this day in 1941).
Birthday:45th birthday of NS. Faustino Atanásio JOÃO (born this day in 2001).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1546LeJay is one of the theologians commissioned at Trent to draft the decree on Scripture and tradition.
1915Wlodimir Ledochowski is elected the 26th General of the Society. He will serve for 27 years.
1930Fr. Ledochowski creates the Historical Institute of the Society, with Pedro Leturia as first director.
1950Hans Urs von Balthasar leaves the Society to work with laity, the Johannes Gemeinschaft.
1954Pierre Charles, S.J. dies missiologist and spiritual writer. He wrote Prayer of All Men/Things/Times.
1997Robert A. Graham, S.J. dies, age 84. He is an historian of Vatican diplomacy, an expert on the relation of Pope Pius XII to the Nazis. He also was on the staff of America magazine.
2013Pope Benedict announces his decision to retire. It becomes effective on February 28.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2046

Dominical Letter  g
Golden Number  14
Epact  xxii
Solar Cycle 11
Letter of the Martyrology C
Roman Year of Indiction 9
Julian Period Year 6759
Years since the confirmation of the Society 506
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  490
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 25
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 25 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    29 April