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January 2053

23 Thursday
 greenThursday of the second week in Ordinary Time.
 Mass ad lib.
Cycle I [314] Heb 7:25-8:6; Ps 40:7-8, 8-9, 10, 17; Mark 3:7-12.
 Hours of the day.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the Betrothal of Mary and Joseph (cf. Mt. 1:18–25, Lk. 1:26–27; 2:5) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:134th anniversary of the death of P. Ferdinand Brault (59) d. 1919 at Tours, France. Read Obituary
Anniversary:97th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Verdin (92) d. 1956 at Grahamstown, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:80th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Swift (73) d. 1973 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:76th anniversary of the death of F. Benedict Fostacz (69) d. 1977 at Zagreb, Croatia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:38th anniversary of the death of F. James Paul (89) d. 2015 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:58th birthday of S. Thomas Mwaba CHILINGA (born this day in 1995).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1540The birth of St. Edmund Campion.
1585Mary Ward is born. She founded the Institute of Mary, or the English Ladies, an institute of apostolic women, also called the Jesuitesses, which was later suppressed, and she was imprisoned. This is the date in the Old Style Calendar.
1656Pascal published his first Provincial Letter against the Society of Jesus.
1656The publication of Pascal's First Provincial Letter against the Society. Others followed at intervals until March 27, 1657. In 1658 they were condemned at Rome, and on October l0, 1660 publicly burnt by the French King's order.
1789John Carroll gains the deed of land for the site and origin of Georgetown University.
1871Famous missionary Peter deSmet visits Woodstock College for a few days.
1876Blessed Rupert Mayer, S.J. is born.
1893Frederic Faura Brat, S.J. dies. An astronomer, he was the founder of the Manila Observatory, and an inventor of an aneroid barometer.
1909The death of William Pardow, S.J., Preacher and Provincial (1893-97). He established the first mission of the US Jesuits in Jamaica.
1932Decree in Spain dissolves the Society of Jesus in Spain. It is reversed by Franco six years later.
1971Dan Berrigan and his brother Phil Berrigan make the cover of Time Magazine.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2053

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  2
Epact  x
Solar Cycle 18
Letter of the Martyrology k
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6766
Years since the confirmation of the Society 513
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  497
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 32
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 6 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    13 April