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February 2062

18 Saturday
  violetSaturday in the First Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [229] Deut 26:16-19; Ps 119:1-2, 4-5, 7-8; Matt 5:43-48.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:93rd anniversary of the death of P. Edward Smithies (68) d. 1969 at Spinkhill, Sheffield, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:45th anniversary of the death of P. Charles Schmitz (ORE) (78) d. 2017 at Los Gatos, CA, USA. Read Obituary
Birthday:69th birthday of S. JĂșnior Orcastro de Ganda JONE (born this day in 1993).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1528Ignatius arrived in Paris to begin his studies anew after his frustration at AlcalĂĄ and Salamanca.
1551The opening in the Piazza Ara Coeli of the ïŹrst school of the Society of Jesus in Rome, which soon developed into the Roman College, later to be called the Gregorian University.
1571A Group of Spanish Jesuits is murdered by Indians in Chesapeake Bay area after six months of activity. This leads to the withdrawal of Jesuits from there as well as Florida.
1967Robert Leiber, S.J. dies. He was a Professor of History at the Gregorian University, who continued updating Pastor's History of the Papacy.
1978The death in Rome of Fr. Patrick Treanor, age 58, director of the Vatican Observatory since 1970.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2062

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  11
Epact  xix
Solar Cycle 27
Letter of the Martyrology u
Roman Year of Indiction 10
Julian Period Year 6775
Years since the confirmation of the Society 522
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  506
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 41
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 26 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    30 April