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February 2028

23 Wednesday
 redSt Polycarp, bishop and martyrMemorial
Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [343] Jas 4:13-17; Ps 49:2-3, 6-7, 8-10, 11; Mark 9:38-40.
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [536] Rev 2:8-11; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6+8ab, 16bc+17 (#715.1); John 15:18-21 (#718.6).)

Hours of the Memorial.
Prop. Ants. Bened. & Magn.
Anniversary:48th anniversary of the death of P. Edward Klimas (77) d. 1980 at Warsaw, Poland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:11th anniversary of the death of P. João Rebelo Valente Pereira Cabral (94) d. 2017 at Porto, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:6th anniversary of the death of P. James Chaning-Pearce (SAP) (81) d. 2022 at St Beuno's, Tremeirchion, N Wales. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1555A letter from St. Ignatius to Claudius, the Emperor of Ethiopia, urging reunion with the church of Rome.
1700The death of Paul Hoste, mathematician and expert historian on construction of ships and naval warfare.
1945The freeing and rescue of 76 Jesuits and others from the Philippine internment camp, as USA troops take over.
1970William J. Young, S.J. dies writer and translator of Ignatian/Jesuit spirituality.
1982All Jesuit provincials assemble at Villa Cavaletti at the request of the Pontifical Delegate, Fr. Dezza, and meet until March 3rd.
1984Joseph Putz, S.J. dies age 99 in India. He was a peritus at Vatican II, scholar, teacher, theologian, editor of Clergy Monthly for 33 years.
1994Joseph Fichter, S.J. dies age 85, sociologist, writer. He served as Stillman Professor of Roman Catholic studies at Harvard University.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2028

Dominical Letter  b A
Golden Number  15
Epact  iii
Solar Cycle 21
Letter of the Martyrology c
Roman Year of Indiction 6
Julian Period Year 6741
Years since the confirmation of the Society 488
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  472
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 7
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 16 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    16 April