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Province of Southern Africa (SAP)
of the Society of Jesus

October 2078

13 Thursday

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Thursday of the twenty-eighth week.

Mass of the day.

Cycle II

[470] Eph 1:1-10; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6; Luke 11:47-54.

Hours of the day.

Anniversary:

109^th anniversary of the death of P. Herbert Preston (72) d. 1969 at Salisbury, Rhodesia.

Anniversary:

74^th anniversary of the death of P. Christopher Farwell (94) d. 2004 at London, England.

Anniversary:

58^th anniversary of the death of P. Emmanuel Mumba (ZAM) (52) d. 2020 at Lusaka, Zambia.

Birthday:

86^th birthday of NF. Michael MESA (born this day in 1992).

Birthday:

107^th birthday of P. Charles B. CHILUFYA (born this day in 1971).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1546

An Apostolic Constitution forbids a female branch of the Society of Jesus. 1572. The death of St. Francis Borgia.

1676

The arrival in London of Claude de la Colombiere, to be the chaplain and confessor of the Duchess of York, the wife of the future King James II.

1857

The death in Naples of Ven. Paul Anthony Capelloni, pastor of the Gesù Nuovo.

1990

The celebration at the Basilica of St. Mary Major in Rome opens the Ignatian Year.

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