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January 2089

8 Saturday
 whiteSaturday after Epiphany
Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III or of Epiphany
 [217] 1 John 5:14-21; Ps 149:1-2, 3-4, 5+6a+9b; John 3:22-30.
Hours of the day
  whiteSt Raymond of Penyafort, priest [Canada]

(Readings from the Common of Saints:
Optional
  white   greenSaturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin MaryOptional
Anniversary:74th anniversary of the death of P. James Fitzsimons (95) d. 2015 at Johannesburg, RSA. Read Obituary
Birthday:104th 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 2089

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  19
Epact  xvii
Solar Cycle 26
Letter of the Martyrology s
Roman Year of Indiction 7
Julian Period Year 6802
Years since the confirmation of the Society 549
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  533
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 68
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 3 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    1 May