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May 2096

12 Saturday
  whiteSaturday in the Fourth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [284] Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; John 14:7-14.
Hours of the day.
  red St Pancras, martyrOptional
 (Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [563] Rev 19:1, 5-9a (#738.3); Ps 103:1-2, 3-4, 8-9, 13-14, 17-18 (#739.6); Matt 11:25-30 (#742.4).)
  red Sts Nereus and Achilleus, martyrsOptional
 (Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [562] Rev 7:9-17 (#714.2); Ps 124:2-3, 4-5, 7-8 (#715.3); Matt 10:17-22 (#718.1).)
Anniversary:215th anniversary of the death of P. Carlos Wehl (43) d. 1881 at Sofala, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:144th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph O'Neil (84) d. 1952 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:142nd anniversary of the death of P. Gerald Landreth (50) d. 1954 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:127th anniversary of the death of P. Eric Edmonstone (62) d. 1969 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:116th anniversary of the death of P. Desmond Ford (65) d. 1980 at London, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:83rd anniversary of the death of P. Peter Meiring (91) d. 2013 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:97th birthday of S. Maynard MASAUSO (born this day in 1999).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1546Pope Paul III sent Diego Laynez and Alfonso Salmeron as his theologians to the Council of Trent.
1643The death in Canada of Enemundo MassĂ©, the ïŹrst apostle to preach the Good News in that territory subsequently known as New France.
1767De Choiseul writing to d’Aubeterre, urges that the whole Society must be suppressed.
1774Fr. Antonio Coltraro was imprisoned in Castel Sant’ Angelo for almost two years because he was a friend of the confessor of a woman who foretold the death of Pope Clement XIV.
1981A letter of this date, from Secretary of State, Cardinal Casaroli, speaks positively of Teilhard de Chardin in celebration of the centenary of his birth (May l,1881).
1987Harold Small, S.J. dies. From 1960 to 75 he was the American Assistant to Father General.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2096

Dominical Letter  A g
Golden Number  7
Epact  v
Solar Cycle 5
Letter of the Martyrology e
Roman Year of Indiction 14
Julian Period Year 6809
Years since the confirmation of the Society 556
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  540
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 75
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 15 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    15 April