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July 2071

11 Saturday
  whiteSt Benedict, abbot
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle I [388] Gen 49:29-32; 50:15-26a; Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7; Matt 10:24-33.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [597] Prov 2:1-9; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 (#739.5); Matt 19:27-29 (#742.9).
Anniversary:90th anniversary of the death of P. Rudolph Kensy (72) d. 1981 at Marburg, Germany. Read Obituary
Anniversary:74th anniversary of the death of F. Dennis Adamson (50) d. 1997 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1534Peter Faber, ordained on May 30th, offers his first Mass on this day. 1567. Claudio Acquaviva enters the Society. He will be General under 8 popes. 1580. The First Communion of St. Aloysius from the hands of St. Charles Borromeo.
1544At King John III of Portugal’s request, Peter Faber left Cologne for Lisbon. He writes that he takes with him relics, twelve heads of the 11,000 martyrs buried in Cologne. He distributed these as he travels to Portugal.
1556Ignatius, gravely ill, handed over the daily governance of the Society to Juan de Polanco and Cristóbal de Madrid.
1742Pope Benedict XIV ended the controversy between Jesuits and other religious orders over the Chinese and Malabar Rites by forbidding the Jesuits to continue the liturgical practices they had long used in China.
1807In London died Father Thomas Lawson, probably the first to spread devotion to the Sacred Heart widely throughout England
1981John McMahon, S.J. dies Provincial, Tertian Instructor of the New York Province. Official Visitor to Ireland.
2018Fr. General Sosa announces the beginning of the process of canonization of Fr. Pedro Arrupe.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2071

Dominical Letter  d
Golden Number  1
Epact  xxix
Solar Cycle 8
Letter of the Martyrology N
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6784
Years since the confirmation of the Society 531
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  515
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 50
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 19 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    19 April