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February 2060

22 Sunday
 greenSeventh Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; Gloria, Creed, Pref. of Sunday.
Yr B [80] Isa 43:18-19, 21-22, 24b-25; Ps 41:2-3, 4-5, 13-14; 2 Cor 1:18-22; Mark 2:1-12.
 Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:171st anniversary of the death of F. Joseph BĂ©dard (44) d. 1889 at Quelimane, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:97th anniversary of the death of P. Ludger Boekenhoff (58) d. 1963 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:85th anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Williams (76) d. 1975 at East London, RSA. Read Obituary
Birthday:95th 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 2060

Dominical Letter  d c
Golden Number  9
Epact  xxvii
Solar Cycle 25
Letter of the Martyrology H
Roman Year of Indiction 8
Julian Period Year 6773
Years since the confirmation of the Society 520
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  504
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 39
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 18 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    25 April