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May 2081

1 Thursday
  whiteThursday in the Fifth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle I [288] Acts 15:7-21; Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 10; John 15:9-11.
Hours of the day.
  white St Joseph the Worker
 [559] Gen 1:26-2:3 or Col 3:14-15, 17, 23-24; Ps 90:2, 3-4, 12-13, 14+16; Mt 13:54-58 (Gospel proper).
Optional
 (PROPER Gospel
Readings from the Common of Saints: [559] Gen 1:26—2:3 or Col 3:14-15, 17, 23-24; Ps 90:2, 3-4, 12-13, 14+16; Matt 13:54-58.)
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Jeremiah, prophet (cf. Jer. 1:9) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:155th anniversary of the death of P. Bernard Rizzonelli (71) d. 1926 at Italy. Read Obituary
Anniversary:58th anniversary of the death of P. Manuel Serra Ferreira (POR) (84) d. 2023 at Lisbon, Portugal. Read Obituary
Birthday:95th birthday of P. Martin NYADEWO (born this day in 1986).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1570Six Jesuits, later twenty, become the official penitentieri in St. Peter's Basilica.
1572At Rome, Pope St. Pius V breathed his last. His decree imposing Choir on the Society was canceled by his successor, Gregory XIII.
1592Adam Schall, S.J. is born. Cologne.
1873In Rome the Italian Parliament passed a law declaring religious orders non-existent in Italy, and ownership of all their properties passed to the state.
1881Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. is born.
1965Pope Paul VI entrusts the task of combating atheism to the Society of Jesus.
1987Edith Stein and Rupert Mayer, S.J. are beatified by John Paul II.
1987Raymond Schoder, S.J. dies in Chicago. He was a classical scholar and noted photographer.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2081

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  11
Epact  xix
Solar Cycle 18
Letter of the Martyrology u
Roman Year of Indiction 14
Julian Period Year 6794
Years since the confirmation of the Society 541
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  525
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 60
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 30 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    4 May