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February 2079

18 Saturday
 greenSaturday of the sixth week in Ordinary Time.
 Mass ad lib.
Cycle I [340] Heb 11:1-7; Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 10-11; Mark 9:2-13.
 Hours of the day.
  white   greenSaturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin MaryOptional
Anniversary:110th anniversary of the death of P. Edward Smithies (68) d. 1969 at Spinkhill, Sheffield, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:62nd anniversary of the death of P. Charles Schmitz (ORE) (78) d. 2017 at Los Gatos, CA, USA. Read Obituary
Birthday:86th 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 2079

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  9
Epact  xxvii
Solar Cycle 16
Letter of the Martyrology H
Roman Year of Indiction 12
Julian Period Year 6792
Years since the confirmation of the Society 539
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  523
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 58
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 23 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    23 April