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February 2079

24 Friday
 greenFriday of the seventh week in Ordinary Time.
 Mass ad lib.
Cycle I [345] Sir 6:5-17; Ps 119:12, 16, 18, 27, 34, 35; Mark 10:1-12.
 Hours of the day.
Birthday:88th birthday of P. Luis MATOPE (born this day in 1991).
Birthday:84th 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 2079

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  9
Epact  xxvii
Solar Cycle 16
Letter of the Martyrology H
Roman Year of Indiction 12
Julian Period Year 6792
Years since the confirmation of the Society 539
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  523
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 58
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 23 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    23 April