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August 2068

10 Friday
  redSt Lawrence, deacon and martyr
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr A[618] 2 Cor 9:6-10; Ps 112:1-2, 5-6, 7-8, 9; John 12:24-26.
 Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
Anniversary:177th anniversary of the death of F. Theodore Nigg (44) d. 1891 at Keilands, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:161st anniversary of the death of S. Camilo Besset (28) d. 1907 at Boroma Mission, Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:156th anniversary of the death of P. Peter McPhillips (38) d. 1912 at Lusaka, N. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:128th anniversary of the death of P. João de Azevedo Mendes (57) d. 1940 at Barcelos, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:126th anniversary of the death of F. Paul Gencewieze (69) d. 1942 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:90th anniversary of the death of P. Paul Bajan (66) d. 1978 at Pretoria, RSA. Read Obituary
Birthday:79th birthday of S. Gibson PHIRI (born this day in 1989).
Birthday:80th birthday of S. Evans TEMBO (born this day in 1988).
Birthday:127th birthday of P. David DRYDEN (born this day in 1941).
Jubilee:Emerald Jubilee of P. Makasa Adrian CHIKWAMO who celebrates 55 years of Priesthood today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1560A letter of Polanco in Lainez's name, to all superiors on our ministries. It emphasizes the shift and emphasis on education and the colleges, as the special ministry of the Society.
1567Stanislaus Kostka leaves Vienna at dawn, to join the Society of Jesus in Germany and eventually enters in Rome.
1654Eusebio Francis Kino is born in Italy. He was a missionary to California. 1868. Expulsion of the Society from Mexico and seizure of its property.
1868The Society was expelled from Mexico and all its property conscated.
1944Yves de Montcheuil, S.J. dies. A theologian and chaplain, he was arrested while ministering to men of the resistance, and shot by Germans at Grenoble shortly before liberation.
1981Fr. Arrupe names General Assistant Vincent O'Keefe to be temporary Vicar General to handle the government of the Society.
2018Carlos Riudavets Montes, SJ is murdered in Peru.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2068

Dominical Letter  A g
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 5
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6781
Years since the confirmation of the Society 528
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  512
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 47
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 22 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    29 April