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October 2059

11 Saturday
  greenSaturday of the twenty-seventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [466] Joel 4:12-21; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 11-12; Luke 11:27-28.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteSt John XXIII, pope
Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [655A] Ezek 34:11-16 (#719.9); Ps 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#721.2); John 21:15-17 (#724.12).
Optional
  white   greenSaturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin MaryOptional
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Philip, deacon (cf. Acts 8:5-6) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:148th anniversary of the death of P. Denys Corboy (60) d. 1911 at Bedford, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:82nd anniversary of the death of P. José João Gonçalves (72) d. 1977 at Covilhã, Portugal. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1667The Feast of St. Ignatius is raised to a "double" and extended to the universal church.
1688King Louis XIV forbade all correspondence and interchange between the French Jesuits and Father General Thyrsus Gonzalez.
1688King Louis XIV forbade all correspondence and interchange between the French Jesuits and the Spanish General, Thyrsus Gonzalez. This petty tyranny lasted two years.
1723The deaths in Vietnam of Servants of God John Baptist Messari and Francis Mary Bucherelli, martyrs.
1958Pierre LeJay, S.J. dies. He was a French Jesuit, famed geophysicist, member of the French Academy, and did research on the continental drift.
1963Walter Ciszek, S.J. is freed from prison camp in Russia. He had been in detention since 1938.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2059

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 24
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 7
Julian Period Year 6772
Years since the confirmation of the Society 519
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  503
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 38
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 30 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    4 May