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August 2049



Waxing Crescent
1 Sunday
  greenEighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr C [114] Eccl 1:2, 2:21-23; Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14, 17; Col 3:1-5, 9-11; Luke 12:13-21.
 Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the seven brothers, their mother and Eleazar, martyrs (cf. 2 Mc. 6:18-19, 7:20) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:47th anniversary of the death of F. Ladislaus Bvukumbwe (67) d. 2002 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:30th anniversary of the death of P. Joaquim Petrausch (ZIM) (84) d. 2019 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:26th anniversary of the death of F. Gabriel McKinney (SAP) (89) d. 2023 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1551Plans first discussed to found in Rome the German College. 1551. The first Mass of Francis Borgia is celebrated at Loyola, Spain.
1556After vespers, the body of St. Ignatius is buried in a side chapel in the Church of Our Lady of the Way, at the gospel side.
1569Edmund Campion, convinced of the errors of the new religion, abandoned the University of Oxford and all his brilliant prospects.
1569Edmund Campion, convinced of the errors of the new religion, abandoned the University of Oxford and all his brilliant prospects.
1580Everard Mercurian, S.J. dies, 4th General of the Society. A Belgian, he was the first non-Spanish General. At his death there were 21 provinces, 144 colleges, 5600 members.
1625Vision of Ven. Marina de Escobar, who saw St. Ignatius accompanied by 300 of his children. Our Lord revealed to her that all who had died in the Society up to that time were saved.
1938The Jesuits of the Middle United States, by Gilbert Garraghan was copyrighted, a three volume work covering the years 1820-1930.
1980Father General Arrupe announces his plans to resign.
1988John Laboon, S.J. dies Naval Submarine chaplain, he was awarded the Silver Star in World War II.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2049

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 14
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 12
Julian Period Year 6762
Years since the confirmation of the Society 509
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  493
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 28
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 18 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    25 April