This is the earliest day that Septuagesima Sunday, the first approach-Sunday to Lent, can occur. The latest day on which it can fall is February 21, or, in leap year, February 22.
Earliest Potential Date for Septuagesima Sunday
Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.A wonderful, short article on today's saint by Brother Thomas Mary, M.I.C.M. (RIP): "Saint Thomas Aquinas" https://t.co/QlwJJdSCj5 via @SBC_Catholic14 hours ago 11 23
Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.He is overshadowed by the Third Sunday of Lent, but it's still his feast: Saint Thomas Aquinas (1274) https://t.co/bpoADlzHxQ via @SBC_Catholic14 hours ago 3 12
Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.Carthaginian neophytes, a noble woman and a slave, both mothers, martyred together: Saint Perpetua and Saint Felicitas (203) https://t.co/SP8IHnUhdP via @SBC_Catholic1 day ago 8 25
Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.A Poor Clare nun who helped bring about the end of the Great Western Schism: Saint Colette (1447) https://t.co/YBrlJon5DD via @SBC_Catholic2 days ago 6 26
Brother André Marie, M.I.C.M.His mortifications were so great that the Martyrology compares him to Saints Francis and Peter of Alcántara: Saint John Joseph of the Cross (1734) https://t.co/D1etbQgwqJ via @SBC_Catholic3 days ago 8 25
