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February 2023

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For parishes (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that parishes, placing communion at the centre, may increasingly become communities of faith, fraternity, and welcome towards those most in need."

14 Tuesday
 whiteSts Cyril, monk, and Methodius, bishopMemorial
Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle I [336] Gen 6:5-8; 7:1-5, 10; Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3, 9-10; Mark 8:14-21.
Common of Pastors: For Missionaries, or Common of Holy Men and Women
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [532] Acts 13:46-49 (#720.1); Ps 117:1bc, 2 (#721.8); Luke 10:1-9 (#724. 8).)

Hours of the Memorial.
Prop. Ants. Bened. & Magn.
Anniversary:41st anniversary of the death of P. Joseph McSweeney (HIB) (73) d. 1982 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1656At Cologne, the death of Fr. Herman Baving, a German who, when provincial of the Lower Rhine, continually exhorted the masters in the colleges to promote among their scholars devotion to the guardian angels.
1831The French novitiate at Montrouge near Paris was sacked by revolutionaries convinced that the novices there were practicing "small arms drills" in preparation for the Society’s conquering France.
1831The French novitiate at Montrouge near Paris was sacked by revolutionaries convinced that the novices there were practicing "small arms drills" in preparation for the Society’s conquering France.
1891General William Tecumseh Sherman (March to the Sea) dies. One of his sons was a Jesuit priest.
1982Paul Palmer, S.J. dies theologian on sacraments, professor at Woodstock.
1984Johannes Hofinger, S.J. dies in New Orleans. He founded the East Asian Pastoral Institute, and pioneered in liturgical, pastoral, and catechetical renewal initiated by Vatican II.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2023

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  10
Epact  viii
Solar Cycle 16
Letter of the Martyrology h
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6736
Years since the confirmation of the Society 483
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  467
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 2
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 9 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    16 April