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December 2089

12 Monday
  violetMonday of the third week in Advent.
Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I
Cycle I [187] Num 24:2-7, 15-17a; Ps 25:4bc-5ab, 6+7bc, 8-9; Matt 21:23-27.
Hours of the day.
  whiteOur Lady of GuadalupeOptional
Anniversary:163rd anniversary of the death of P. Ignatius Gartlan (78) d. 1926 at London, England. Read Obituary
Birthday:97th birthday of S. Amós Alberto WINGUISSONE (born this day in 1992).
Birthday:98th birthday of D. Guidione F FREDERICO MACAMO (born this day in 1991).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1545Isabel Roser pronounces her vows as a Jesuit, together with Lucrezia di Brandine and Francisca Cruyllas, in the presence of St. Ignatius at Santa Maria della Strada.
1558A letter of Fr. General Lainez to the Society in India on the religious vocation and perfection.
1661In the College of Clermont, Paris, Fr. James Caret publicly defended the doctrine of papal infallibility, causing great excitement among the Gallicans and Jansenists.
1686Carlos de Noyelle, the 12th General, dies. He fought against the Jansenists.
1960John Courtney Murray, S.J., makes the cover of Time magazine, in a cover story on Church and state issues.
1965The death of Andre D’Alverny in Lebanon. He was a much loved and admired expert and teacher of Arabic at his center for Arabic studies. His coffin was reopened so Scouts could see him and place a scout scarf about his neck.
2008Cardinal Avery Dulles, S.J. dies in NY, age 90. Church theologian, writer, convert, teacher, son of John Foster Dulles. Models of the Church, etc.
2023The first Province Assembly of the Southern Africa Province begins. Held at the UNZA Christian Centre in Lusaka, Zambia, it was attended by 160 Jesuits from all corners of the Province. Spiritual Conversations were employed and the Apostolic Priorities for the Province were proposed to Fr General.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2089

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  19
Epact  xvii
Solar Cycle 26
Letter of the Martyrology s
Roman Year of Indiction 7
Julian Period Year 6802
Years since the confirmation of the Society 549
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  533
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 68
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 3 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    1 May