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February 2031

28 Friday
  violetFriday after Ash Wednesday.
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [221] Isa 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19; Matt 9:14-15.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:133rd anniversary of the death of P. Felix Desmaroux (39) d. 1898 at Boroma, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:62nd anniversary of the death of P. Julian Plawecki (57) d. 1969 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:11th anniversary of the death of P. Wolfgang Abeler (ZIM) (83) d. 2020 at Munich, Germany. Read Obituary
Birthday:36th birthday of S. Joseph C KACHITSA (born this day in 1995).
Birthday:76th birthday of P. Józef MATYJEK (born this day in 1955).
Birthday:49th birthday of P. Noah LUNGU (born this day in 1982).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1573Gregory XIII's Brief Ex Sedis Apost. benignitate,is issued. It exempts the Society from choir, which his predecessor, St. Pius V had imposed, and allows its members to be ordained before the solemn profession.
1957Jesuit Volunteer Corps (JVC) is founded. It began in the Oregon Province and has inspired similar ventures around the Jesuit world.
1976Archbishop Thomas Roberts, S.J. dies London. Outspoken critic.
1994William Ward, S.J. dies Lagos, Nigeria, missionary, pastoral worker, the first Jesuit to die in Nigeria, and the first to be buried there.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2031

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  18
Epact  vi
Solar Cycle 24
Letter of the Martyrology f
Roman Year of Indiction 9
Julian Period Year 6744
Years since the confirmation of the Society 491
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  475
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 10
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 13 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    13 April