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May 2092

11 Sunday
  whiteAscension of the Lord
126th World Communications Sunday (est. 1967)
Mass of the Vigil or of the Solemnity, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Ascension I - II Special Communicantes in Eucharistic Prayer I.
Yr A [59] Acts 1:12-14; Ps 27:1, 4, 7-8; 1 Pet 4:13-16; John 17:1-11a.
Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum.Week 3 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:107th anniversary of the death of P. Julius Pogany (SRI) (75) d. 1985 at Galle, Sri Lanka. Read Obituary
Birthday:116th birthday of P. Emmanuel Kabamba NSHIMBI (born this day in 1976).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1542Xavier reaches Goa, after more than one year's journey. FB
1544In a letter to St. Ignatius, the Carthusians speak highly in praise of the Society and make it a perpetual sharer in all their prayers and good works.
1610M. Ricci dies Beijing. A mathematician and missionary, he was the most eminent missionary to China.
1610The death in Peking (Beijing) of Mateo Ricci, the Italian Jesuit mathematician and founder of the modern missions in China, the ï¬rst to introduce the Christian faith there.
1647By decrees 24 and 27 of the Seventh General Congregation, the wearing of the biretta was forbidden to lay-Brothers.
1716At Naples, the death of St. Francesco de Jeronimo (St. Francis Jerome), the apostle of that city and kingdom.
1824St. Regis Seminary is opened in Florissant, Mo. by Fr. Van Quickenborne. It is the first RC school in USA for the higher education of Indians.
1982Horace McKenna, S.J. dies . Maryland. Friend of the poor. He explained and lived that the two symbols of the priest are the towel (footwashing)and the stole. He also said that the main job of the Superior is to "spray praise" around the community.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2092

Dominical Letter  f e
Golden Number  3
Epact  xxi
Solar Cycle 1
Letter of the Martyrology B
Roman Year of Indiction 10
Julian Period Year 6805
Years since the confirmation of the Society 552
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  536
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 71
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 30 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    27 April