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January 2059

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Third Sunday in Ordinary Time

40^th Sunday of the Word of God (est. 2020)

106^th World Leprosy (Hansen's Disease) Day (est. 1953)

Mass of the Sunday; Gloria, Creed, Pref. of Sunday.

Yr A

[87] Isa 8:23-9:3; Ps 27:1, 4, 13-14; 1 Cor 1:10-13, 17; Matt 4:12-23 or 4:12-17.

Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter.

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Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Timothy and Titus (cf. Acts 16:1-3, 2 Cor. 7:5-6) [from the Roman Martyrology].

Anniversary:

169^th anniversary of the death of P. George Fraser (31) d. 1890 at Keilands, RSA.

Anniversary:

94^th anniversary of the death of P. Philip Prime (54) d. 1965 at Port Elizabeth, RSA.

Anniversary:

76^th anniversary of the death of P. Thomas Crehan (79) d. 1983 at Harare, Zimbabwe.

Anniversary:

75^th anniversary of the death of P. Dunstan Myerscough (72) d. 1984 at Harare, Zimbabwe.

Anniversary:

63^rd anniversary of the death of P. José dos Santos (81) d. 1996 at Lisbon, Portugal.

Anniversary:

52^nd anniversary of the death of P. Karl-Ferdinand Schmidt (78) d. 2007 at Harare, Zimbabwe.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1611

The first Jesuit missionaries sail from Europe to New France, Canada. 1616. Close of the Seventh General Congregation. One of its enactments was to refuse support (alimenta) to members dismissed from the Society.

1758

In France the Duke de Choiseul is made Prime Minister. The Lavalette affair supplied the opportunity he sought to ruin the Society.

1975

The death of Josef Jungmann, whose studies of liturgical history contributed to the reform of the liturgy.

VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2059

Dominical Letter	e
Golden Number	8
Epact	xvi
Solar Cycle	24
Letter of the Martyrology	r
Roman Year of Indiction	7
Julian Period	Year 6772
Years since the confirmation of the Society	519
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius	503
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province	38
Sunday Readings	Cycle A
Weekday Readings	Cycle I
Gregorian Easter	30 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter	4 May