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January 2068

22 Sunday
 greenThird Sunday in Ordinary Time
49th Sunday of the Word of God (est. 2020)
Mass of the Sunday; Gloria, Creed, Pref. of Sunday.
Yr A [87] Isa 8:23-9:3; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17; Matt 4:12-23 or 4:12-17.
 Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Enoch (cf. Gn. 5:18–24) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:141st anniversary of the death of P. Herman Walmesley (76) d. 1927 at Rome, Italy. Read Obituary
Anniversary:124th anniversary of the death of P. John Lyszczarz (37) d. 1944 at Katondwe, N. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:62nd anniversary of the death of P. Duarte Teixeira (78) d. 2006 at Paio Pires, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:52nd anniversary of the death of P. Abel Paulo Guerra (89) d. 2016 at Braga, Portugal. Read Obituary
Birthday:95th birthday of P. Paulo CĂ©sar de Alexandre GASPAR (born this day in 1973).
Birthday:125th birthday of P. Roy THADEN (born this day in 1943).
Birthday:72nd birthday of S. Gift CHIFAMBA (born this day in 1996).
Birthday:93rd birthday of P. Andrew SIMPASA (born this day in 1975).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1561Pius IV abrogates the decree of Paul II and keeps the life term of Father General.
1614The death of Fr. Martin Costens, a Polish Jesuit, who had an iron crown weighing 16 pounds placed on his head and tightened with a pin until his head was crushed.
1769On the part of his sovereign, Louis XV, the French Ambassador, Aubeterre, presented to Clement XIII a summary demand for the total suppression of the Society. He found the Pope unbending.
1901Saint Alberto Hurtado, S.J. is born in Chile. He established Hogar de Cristo, and worked with youth, in Catholic Action. He dies 18 August 1952.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2068

Dominical Letter  A g
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 5
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6781
Years since the confirmation of the Society 528
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  512
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 47
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 22 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    29 April