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January 2093

8 Thursday
 whiteThursday after Epiphany
Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III or of Epiphany
 [215] 1 John 4:19-5:4; Ps 72:1-2, 14+15bc, 17; Luke 4:14-22a.
Hours of the day
  whiteSt Raymond of Penyafort, priest [Canada]

(Readings from the Common of Saints:
Optional
Anniversary:78th anniversary of the death of P. James Fitzsimons (95) d. 2015 at Johannesburg, RSA. Read Obituary
Birthday:108th 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 2093

Dominical Letter  d
Golden Number  4
Epact  ii
Solar Cycle 2
Letter of the Martyrology b
Roman Year of Indiction 11
Julian Period Year 6806
Years since the confirmation of the Society 553
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  537
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 72
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 12 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    19 April