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February 2055

22 Monday
 whiteThe Chair of St Peter, apostleFeast
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
 [535] 1 Pet 5:1-4; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Matt 16:13-19.
 Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
Anniversary:166th anniversary of the death of F. Joseph BĂ©dard (44) d. 1889 at Quelimane, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:92nd anniversary of the death of P. Ludger Boekenhoff (58) d. 1963 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:80th anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Williams (76) d. 1975 at East London, RSA. Read Obituary
Birthday:90th birthday of P. Thomas PLASTOW (born this day in 1965).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1551The Roman College, now the Gregorian, announces its opening. It begins the next day, indebted to the support of Francis Borgia. The sign reads: "Classes in Grammar, the Humanities, and Christian Doctrine. No Tuition." It begins with 15 teachers and 60 students.
1564At Paris, against much opposition, a Jesuit school was opened, College Louis-le-Grand, one of the greatest Jesuit schools.
1599By Clement VIII's order, the Generals of the Society and of the Dominicans, with other Fathers of both Orders, met together to settle, if possible, the controversy "De Auxiliis." Nothing came of it.
16223rd translation of the body of Ignatius, 12 days before his cnonization. Already in the Gesu, it is placed under the main altar in the same urn as now.
1624The martyrdom at Sendai, Japan, of James Carvalho, who ministered to miners in the northern islands of Japan until the local ruler turned against the Christians and killed Carvalho by exposing him in the frigid waters of a river.
1892John Gilmary Shea, historian dies. He was a member of the Society of Jesus between the years 1848-1852. The Father of American Catholic Church history, he wrote a four vol. History and 15 vol. Dictionary of Native AmericanLanguages.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2055

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  4
Epact  ii
Solar Cycle 20
Letter of the Martyrology b
Roman Year of Indiction 3
Julian Period Year 6768
Years since the confirmation of the Society 515
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  499
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 34
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 18 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    18 April