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February 2027

24 Wednesday
  violetWednesday in the Second Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [232] Jer 18:18-20; Ps 31:5-6, 14, 15-16; Matt 20:17-28.
Hours of the day.
Birthday:36th birthday of P. Luis MATOPE (born this day in 1991).
Birthday:32nd birthday of S. Stephanie BWALYA (born this day in 1995).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1621Petition from Louis XIII of France to Pope Gregory XV, urging the canonization of St. Ignatius.
1637At Naples died Father Francis Pavone. Inflamed by his words and holy example, sixty of his class of Philosophy, and the entire class of Poetry embraced the Religious State.
1831On this day, Fr. General Roothaan’s letter declaring Missouri an independent mission (from Maryland) finally reaches the Missouri Jesuits. Their superior is Fr. Theodore De Theux. He communicated this to the 15 members of the Society in the West. This status gives the mission the privilege of having its own novitiate.
1979Fr. Francis Louis Martinsek, S.J. is assassinated in Mokame, India. He was born in Pennsylvania, USA.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2027

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  14
Epact  xxii
Solar Cycle 20
Letter of the Martyrology C
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6740
Years since the confirmation of the Society 487
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  471
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 6
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 28 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    2 May