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February 2057

24 Saturday
 greenSaturday of the seventh week in Ordinary Time.
 Mass ad lib.
Cycle I [346] Sir 17:1-15; Ps 103:13-14, 15-16, 17-18; Mark 10:13-16.
 Hours of the day.
  white   greenSaturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin MaryOptional
Birthday:66th birthday of P. Luis MATOPE (born this day in 1991).
Birthday:62nd 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 2057

Dominical Letter  g
Golden Number  6
Epact  xxiv
Solar Cycle 22
Letter of the Martyrology E
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6770
Years since the confirmation of the Society 517
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  501
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 36
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 22 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    29 April