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April 2057

12 Thursday
  violetThursday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
 [254] Gen 17:3-9; Ps 105:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 8:51-59.
Hours of the day.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   whiteSt Zeno of Verona, BishopOptional 
Common of Pastors
Birthday:112th birthday of F. Benedict NGAWASEKE (born this day in 1945).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

St. Joseph Moscati, lay person, doctor, in Naples. Feast, in the New RM. Influenced by Jesuits and Jesuit parish.
1541A First edition of the Constitutions approved, and signed by the six companions present in Rome: Ignatius, Lainez, Salmeron, Codure, Broet, and Jay.
1573At Rome, the opening of the Third General Congregation during which Everard Mercurian was elected General.
1599Fr. Luis de Molina’s book De Scientia Media, received the approval of the Spanish Inquisition, but further inflamed theological controversies.
1671Francis Borgia, the 3rd General, is canonized by Pope Clement X. 1726. In Cairo, Claudio Sicard dies, a missionary and explorer of the Nile.
1977Bishop Vincent Kennally, S.J. dies Missionary to the Pacific Islands.
2010Beatification of Bernardo de Hoyas.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2057

Dominical Letter  g
Golden Number  6
Epact  xxiv
Solar Cycle 22
Letter of the Martyrology E
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6770
Years since the confirmation of the Society 517
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  501
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 36
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 22 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    29 April