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April 2053

10 Thursday
  whiteThursday in the Octave of Easter
 Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this day"); double alleluia at dismissal.
 [264] Acts 3:11-26; Ps 8:2ab+5, 6-7, 8-9; Luke 24:35-48.
Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.
Anniversary:126th anniversary of the death of P. George Canning (56) d. 1927 at Preston, Lancs, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:47th anniversary of the death of P. Raymond Kapito (77) d. 2006 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:36th anniversary of the death of P. Casimiro da Silva Gaspar (71) d. 2017 at Luanda, Angola. Read Obituary
Anniversary:36th anniversary of the death of P. Michael J. Schultheis (85) d. 2017 at Monrovia, Liberia. Read Obituary
Birthday:118th birthday of P. Georg HIPLER (born this day in 1935).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1585At Rome, the death of Pope Gregory XIII, founder of the Gregorian University and the German College, whose memory will ever be cherished as that of one of the Society's greatest benefactors.
1607Brother Benito de Goes, S.J. dies. He was a great explorer of Central Asia.
1836Anthony Kohlmann, S.J. dies in Rome. Kohlmann Hall, NY Provincial House, was named after him. He won a landmark "seal of confession" legal case in 1813. He was novice Master, Mission Superior, and Rector of Georgetown. He taught Dogmatic theology in Rome for five years, and built the first St. Patrick's church in New York City, located in downtown.
1955Teilhard de Chardin, S.J. dies in New York City, on Easter Sunday. He was a paleontologist, anthropologist and visionary theologian and spiritual writer.
1979Joseph M.F. Marique, S.J. dies classical scholar, Holy Cross College.

 


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