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January 2086

18 Friday
 greenFriday of the first week in Ordinary Time.
 Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [309] 1 Sam 8:4-7, 10-22a; Ps 89:16-17, 18-19; Mark 2:1-12.
 Hours of the day.
Church Unity Octave begins (week before Conversion of St Paul). 
Anniversary:196th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Booms (37) d. 1890 at Mafeking, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:192nd anniversary of the death of P. Victor Courtois (47) d. 1894 at Inhambane, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:190th anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Loeffler (37) d. 1896 at Chishawasha, BSA Co.. Read Obituary
Anniversary:93rd anniversary of the death of P. John Davies (76) d. 1993 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:72nd anniversary of the death of F. Kizito Makora (61) d. 2014 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:109th 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 2086

Dominical Letter  f
Golden Number  16
Epact  xiv
Solar Cycle 23
Letter of the Martyrology P
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6799
Years since the confirmation of the Society 546
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  530
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 65
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 31 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    7 April