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January 2068

8 Sunday
 whiteThe Epiphany of the LordSolemnity
Mass of the Vigil or of the Solemnity; Gloria, Creed.
 [20] Is 60:1-6; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 10-11, 12-13; Eph 3:2-3a, 5-6; Matt 2:1-12.
The Solemn Proclamation of the Date of Easter and the other major dates is encouraged (DPPL, n. 118). It is read by the deacon or cantor immediately after the Gospel. See Appendix I (below).
Preface of Epiphany; EuchPr I Communicantes.
Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum.
On weekdays between Epiphany and Baptism, Week 2 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:53rd anniversary of the death of P. James Fitzsimons (95) d. 2015 at Johannesburg, RSA. Read Obituary
Birthday:83rd birthday of P. Emmanuel CHISANGA (born this day in 1985).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1595All members of the Society in Paris were driven into exile amid great hardships.
1599Fr. General Aquaviva sends the Ratio Studiorum to all provinces.
1601The birth of Balthasar Gracian, a Spanish Jesuit who wrote on courtly matters. He is the author of "The Compleat Gentleman" and "The Art of Worldly Wisdom."
1736John Carroll, is born. Archbishop. In the new calendar his birthday is January 19th.
1978In Makumbi, Rhodesia, Fr. Desmond Donovan (age 50) disappears while traveling to celebrate Mass.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2068

Dominical Letter  A g
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 5
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6781
Years since the confirmation of the Society 528
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  512
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 47
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 22 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    29 April