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August 2079

10 Thursday
  redSt Lawrence, deacon and martyr
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr C[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:188th anniversary of the death of F. Theodore Nigg (44) d. 1891 at Keilands, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:172nd anniversary of the death of S. Camilo Besset (28) d. 1907 at Boroma Mission, Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:167th anniversary of the death of P. Peter McPhillips (38) d. 1912 at Lusaka, N. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:139th anniversary of the death of P. João de Azevedo Mendes (57) d. 1940 at Barcelos, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:137th anniversary of the death of F. Paul Gencewieze (69) d. 1942 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:101st anniversary of the death of P. Paul Bajan (66) d. 1978 at Pretoria, RSA. Read Obituary
Birthday:90th birthday of S. Gibson PHIRI (born this day in 1989).
Birthday:91st birthday of S. Evans TEMBO (born this day in 1988).
Birthday:138th birthday of P. David DRYDEN (born this day in 1941).

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 2079

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  9
Epact  xxvii
Solar Cycle 16
Letter of the Martyrology H
Roman Year of Indiction 12
Julian Period Year 6792
Years since the confirmation of the Society 539
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  523
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 58
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 23 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    23 April