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February 2078

28 Monday
  violetMonday in the Second Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [230] Dan 9:4b-10; Ps 79:8, 9, 11+13; Luke 6:36-38.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:180th anniversary of the death of P. Felix Desmaroux (39) d. 1898 at Boroma, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:109th anniversary of the death of P. Julian Plawecki (57) d. 1969 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:58th anniversary of the death of P. Wolfgang Abeler (ZIM) (83) d. 2020 at Munich, Germany. Read Obituary
Birthday:83rd birthday of S. Joseph C KACHITSA (born this day in 1995).
Birthday:123rd birthday of P. Józef MATYJEK (born this day in 1955).
Birthday:96th 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 2078

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 15
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 11
Julian Period Year 6791
Years since the confirmation of the Society 538
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  522
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 57
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 3 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    8 May