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February 2050

11 Friday
 greenFriday of the fifth week in Ordinary Time.
58th World Day of Prayer for the Sick (est. 1992)
 Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [333] 1 Kgs 11:29-32; 12:19; Ps 81:10-11ab, 12-13, 14-15; Mark 7:31-37.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteOur Lady of Lourdes
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [531] Isa 66:10-14c; Judith 13:18bcde, 19 (#709.2); John 2:1-11 (#712.11).
Optional
Anniversary:101st anniversary of the death of P. James O'Connell (76) d. 1949 at Preston, Lancs, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:83rd anniversary of the death of F. Philip Hogg (64) d. 1967 at Ilkley, England. Read Obituary
Birthday:109th birthday of P. John MLAKAR (born this day in 1941).
Birthday:49th 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 2050

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  18
Epact  vi
Solar Cycle 15
Letter of the Martyrology f
Roman Year of Indiction 13
Julian Period Year 6763
Years since the confirmation of the Society 510
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  494
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 29
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 10 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    17 April