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January 2078

9 Sunday
  whiteThe Baptism of the LordFeast
Mass of the Feast; Gloria, Creed. Preface of the Baptism of the Lord.
[21] Is 42:1-4, 6-7 or (Year B) Is 55:1-11; Ps 29:1-2, 3-4, 3b+9b-10 or (Year B) Is 12:2-6; Acts 10:34-38 or (Year B) 1 Jn 5:1-9; Mark 1:7-11.
Hours of the feast. Te Deum.
Ordinary Time begins tomorrow. (Switch to Vol. III of the Lit. of the Hours.)
Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:118th anniversary of the death of P. Bevis Collings (56) d. 1960 at Makumbi, S. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:80th anniversary of the death of P. William Lane (66) d. 1998 at Choma, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:72nd anniversary of the death of P. Augusto Correia Pinto (90) d. 2006 at Braga, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:70th anniversary of the death of F. Christopher Murray (HIB) (96) d. 2008 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:81st birthday of NS. Bongani Gerald G. TSHUMA (born this day in 1997).
Birthday:88th 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 2078

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 15
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 11
Julian Period Year 6791
Years since the confirmation of the Society 538
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  522
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 57
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 3 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    8 May