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January 2073

7 Saturday
 whiteSaturday before Epiphany
Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III
Cycle I [210] 1 John 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-2, 3-4, 5+6a+9b; John 2:1-12.
Hours of the day
 whiteSt Raymond of Penyafort, priest
Common of Pastors
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [511] 2 Cor 5:14-20 (#722.7); Ps 103:1bc-2, 3-4, 8-9, 13-14, 17-18a (#739.6); Luke 12:35-40 (#742.22).
Optional
  whiteSt Raymond of Penyafort, priest
Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [511] 2 Cor 5:14-20 (#722.7); Ps 103:1bc-2, 3-4, 8-9, 13-14, 17-18a (#739.6); Luke 12:35-40 (#742.22).
Optional
Anniversary:144th anniversary of the death of P. Rudolph Handmann (77) d. 1929 at Sankt Andrä, Austria.
Anniversary:130th anniversary of the death of P. LuĂ­s Gonzaga Dialer (77) d. 1943 at Recife, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:110th anniversary of the death of F. James Feeley (57) d. 1963 at Grahamstown, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:110th anniversary of the death of P. Miguel Ferreira da Silva (42) d. 1963 at Furancungo / Lifidzi, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:96th anniversary of the death of P. Charles O'Neill (50) d. 1977 at Port Elizabeth, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:60th anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Parish (72) d. 2013 at Boscombe, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:58th anniversary of the death of P. Joachim von Kerssenbrock (85) d. 2015 at New York, NY, USA. Read Obituary
Birthday:82nd birthday of S. Lovemore MASHIRI (born this day in 1991).
Jubilee:Blue Sapphire Jubilee of P. Ireneu Modesto MOISÉS who celebrates 65 years in the Society today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1652The 10th General Congregation opened and it elected as General the Roman Jesuit Luigi Gottifredi, but he died three months later while the Congregation was still in session. The German Jesuit, Goswin Nickelis elected superior general.
1824Bishop Du Bourg offered the Jesuits his college, which was to become St. Louis University.
1996Wilhelm Klein, S.J. dies at Muenster, at the age of 106. He was a Professor and Provincial, perhaps the oldest Jesuit ever.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2073

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  3
Epact  xxi
Solar Cycle 10
Letter of the Martyrology B
Roman Year of Indiction 6
Julian Period Year 6786
Years since the confirmation of the Society 533
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  517
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 52
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 26 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    30 April