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January 2078

18 Tuesday
 greenTuesday of the second week in Ordinary Time.
 Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [312] 1 Sam 16:1-13; Ps 89:20, 21-22, 27-28; Mark 2:23-28.
 Hours of the day.
Church Unity Octave begins (week before Conversion of St Paul). 
Anniversary:188th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Booms (37) d. 1890 at Mafeking, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:184th anniversary of the death of P. Victor Courtois (47) d. 1894 at Inhambane, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:182nd anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Loeffler (37) d. 1896 at Chishawasha, BSA Co.. Read Obituary
Anniversary:85th anniversary of the death of P. John Davies (76) d. 1993 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:64th anniversary of the death of F. Kizito Makora (61) d. 2014 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:101st 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 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