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January 2065

2 Friday
 whiteSts Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors of the ChurchMemorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of Christmas I - III, or of the memorial.
 [205] 1 John 2:22-28; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; John 1:19-28.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [510] Eph 4:1-7, 11-13 (#722.8); Ps 23:1b-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#721.2); Matt 23:8-12 (#724.3).)

Hours of the Memorial.
Prop. Ants. Bened. & Magn.
  whiteSts Basil the Great and Gregory Nazianzen, bishops and doctors of the ChurchMemorial
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Abel (cf. Gn 4:4, Mt. 23:34–35) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:93rd anniversary of the death of P. Joel Jordan (34) d. 1972 at Portland, USA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:53rd anniversary of the death of P. John McAuley (89) d. 2012 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1554The husband of Princess Juana dies. She was 19, and, under the alias of Mateo Sanchez would soon become a Jesuit scholastic.
1619At Rome, St. John Berchmans and Bartholomew Penneman, his companion scholastic from Belgium, entered the Roman College.
1726Domenico Zipoli, S.J. dies of tuberculosis. He was a composer in the Jesuit Reductions. He died before his ordination, which was delayed because no bishop was near.
1848At Rome, as Pius IX was returning to the Quirinal, angry shouts were raised, "Death to the Jesuits." The Pope fainted in his carriage.
1922Formal opening of Weston College as a House of Studies.
1953Pope Pius XII gives permission to St. Louis University President Paul Reinert to name the new library in his honor.
1983Cy Schommer, S.J., violinist, dies.
1983Pope John Paul II reveals his intention to make Carlo Martini, S.J. and Henri deLubac, S.J. cardinals. There have been 18 Jesuit cardinals.
1987The end of a five day meeting of Jesuit Islamicists in Cairo.
1993Victor Yanitelli dies President of St. Peter's College, 1963-80, and parochial vicar. The homilist at his funeral said: "When I die, I want to be judged by Vic rather than by Jesus Christ."

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2065

Dominical Letter  d
Golden Number  14
Epact  xxii
Solar Cycle 2
Letter of the Martyrology C
Roman Year of Indiction 13
Julian Period Year 6778
Years since the confirmation of the Society 525
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  509
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 44
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 29 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    26 April