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January 2069

18 Friday
 greenFriday of the first week in Ordinary Time.
 Mass ad lib.
Cycle I [309] Heb 4:1-5, 11; Ps 78:3, 4, 6-7, 8; Mark 2:1-12.
 Hours of the day.
Church Unity Octave begins (week before Conversion of St Paul). 
Anniversary:179th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Booms (37) d. 1890 at Mafeking, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:175th anniversary of the death of P. Victor Courtois (47) d. 1894 at Inhambane, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:173rd anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Loeffler (37) d. 1896 at Chishawasha, BSA Co.. Read Obituary
Anniversary:76th anniversary of the death of P. John Davies (76) d. 1993 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:55th anniversary of the death of F. Kizito Makora (61) d. 2014 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:92nd birthday of P. Gilbert Fungai BANDA (born this day in 1977).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1594Close of the fifth General Congregation under Father Acquaviva, the first Congregation held in the General’s lifetime, summoned by Clement VIII.
1615Jesuits begin a mission in Danang, Vietnam.
1892Anthony Maria Anderledy, S.J. dies at Fiesole and is buried there at San Giralomo. From Switzerland, he was the 23rd General of the Society of Jesus. He had been ordained in St. Louis, and had been a pastor in Green Bay for two years.
1892The death at Fiesole of Father General Anthony Anderledy, 23rd Superior General of the Society. The 24th General Congregation elected Luis Martin as new general.
1961Doctor Tom Dooley dies, noted as a humanitarian in Indo-China. Jesuit alumnus.
1973Edward Surtz, S.J. is killed in a bicycle accident. He was a renowned scholar on St. Thomas More.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2069

Dominical Letter  f
Golden Number  18
Epact  vi
Solar Cycle 6
Letter of the Martyrology f
Roman Year of Indiction 2
Julian Period Year 6782
Years since the confirmation of the Society 529
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  513
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 48
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 14 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    14 April