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February 2059

12 Wednesday
  violetAsh Wednesday
 Mass of Ash Wednesday; after the sign of the cross and greeting, the penitential act is omitted.
Preface of Lent III or IV.
 [219] Joel 2: 12-18; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+17; 2 Cor 5:20-6:2; Matt 6:1-6, 16-18
 (Switch to Vol. II of the Lit. of the Hours.)
Hours of Ash Wednesday; Psalter Week 4 today and until Saturday.
Today at Morning Prayer, the psalms of Friday, Week 3 may be used.
 The celebrant blesses and distributes ashes after the homily.
Other persons may be associated with the bishop or priest in the imposition of ashes, e.g., deacons, special ministers of communion and other lay persons, when there is true pastoral need.
Special ministers of communion and deacons may bring blessed ashes to the sick and those confined to their homes. If a minister is not available, a member of the family or another person may bring the blessed ashes to a shut-in, using one of the formulas in the Roman Missal to impose ashes.
For pastoral reasons the blessing and distribution of ashes may take place outside Mass. In this case, the entire liturgy of the word should be celebrated: entrance song, opening prayer, readings and chants, homily, blessing and distribution of ashes, and general intercessions. See the Book of Blessings, nos. 1656ff.
Anniversary:155th anniversary of the death of P. Reginald Colley (55) d. 1904 at Stonyhurst, Lancs, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:42nd anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Bex (ZIM) (95) d. 2017 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:63rd birthday of S. Francisco João SANTOS (born this day in 1996).
Birthday:101st birthday of P. Tadeusz ÅšWIDERSKI (born this day in 1958).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1787At Milan the death of Rudiger Boscovich, among the most famous scientists in Jesuit history. His theory of the composition of matter foreshadowed in part modern atomic theory.
1866Pope Pius IX wrote a papal brief in favor of La Civilta Cattolica.
1958Joseph Bonsirven, S.J. dies Scripture scholar.
1964The Jesuits, 18 Canadian Jesuits, are expelled from Haiti.
1967Francis X. Roser, S.J. dies A scientist, he worked on the measurement of radioactivity in Brazil.
1977Calvert Alexander dies. Editor of Jesuit Missions.
2000Richard McCormick, S.J. dies, age 77. Taught at seminaries, wrote ‘Notes on Moral Theology’ for Theological Studies, and many books on moral theology and medical ethics.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2059

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 24
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 7
Julian Period Year 6772
Years since the confirmation of the Society 519
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  503
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 38
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 30 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    4 May