SAP Jesuit Seal ONLINE LITURGICAL CALENDAR
Province of Southern Africa (SAP)
of the Society of Jesus

 
SAP JESUIT DAILY ORDO
 

Yesterday | Today | Tomorrow


May 2101

12 Thursday
  whiteThursday in the Fourth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle I [282] Acts 13:13-25; Ps 89:2-3, 21-22, 25+27; John 13:16-20.
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:220th anniversary of the death of P. Carlos Wehl (43) d. 1881 at Sofala, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:149th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph O'Neil (84) d. 1952 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:147th anniversary of the death of P. Gerald Landreth (50) d. 1954 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:132nd anniversary of the death of P. Eric Edmonstone (62) d. 1969 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:121st anniversary of the death of P. Desmond Ford (65) d. 1980 at London, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:88th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Meiring (91) d. 2013 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:102nd 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 2101

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  12
Epact  *
Solar Cycle 10
Letter of the Martyrology P
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6814
Years since the confirmation of the Society 561
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  545
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 80
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 17 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    23 April