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January 2053

9 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
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   whiteSt Adrian of Canterbury, AbbotOptional 
Common of Pastors
Anniversary:93rd anniversary of the death of P. Bevis Collings (56) d. 1960 at Makumbi, S. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:55th anniversary of the death of P. William Lane (66) d. 1998 at Choma, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:47th anniversary of the death of P. Augusto Correia Pinto (90) d. 2006 at Braga, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:45th anniversary of the death of F. Christopher Murray (HIB) (96) d. 2008 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:56th birthday of NS. Bongani Gerald G. TSHUMA (born this day in 1997).
Birthday:63rd birthday of S. Mark ZULU (born this day in 1990).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1567The first missionaries to Peru, nine in number, are sent by St. Francis Borgia.
1831Father Peter de Smet and a few companions sail from Europe for North America.
1986Michel de Certeau, S.J. dies, age 61. Writer, anthropology, 1987. The death of William Lynch, S.J. He wrote on religion and literature: Christ and Apollo, Images of Hope, Images of Faith, etc.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2053

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  2
Epact  x
Solar Cycle 18
Letter of the Martyrology k
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6766
Years since the confirmation of the Society 513
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  497
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 32
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 6 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    13 April