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October 2080

11 Friday
  greenFriday of the twenty-seventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [465] Gal 3:7-14; Ps 111:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6; Luke 11:15-26.
 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
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Philip, deacon (cf. Acts 8:5-6) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:169th anniversary of the death of P. Denys Corboy (60) d. 1911 at Bedford, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:103rd 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 2080

Dominical Letter  g f
Golden Number  10
Epact  viii
Solar Cycle 17
Letter of the Martyrology h
Roman Year of Indiction 13
Julian Period Year 6793
Years since the confirmation of the Society 540
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  524
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 59
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 7 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    14 April