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June 2061

12 Sunday
  whiteThe Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ (Corpus Christi)Solemnity
Mass of the Solemnity; Gloria, sequence optional, creed, Preface of Holy Eucharist I or II.
Yr C [169] Gen 14:18-20; Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Luke 9:11-17.
Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum.
Anniversary:170th anniversary of the death of F. José da Silva (32) d. 1891 at Boroma, Portuguese Eastern Africa. Read Obituary
Anniversary:53rd anniversary of the death of F. Francis Fitsimmons (75) d. 2008 at Boscombe, England. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1540The arrival of Xavier at Lisbon on his way to India. Though he passed near his father's castle at Xavier, he would not call on his relatives.
1575Death of Father Castaneda, "who though Rector for many years, was told by the Provincial, Father Bustamante, to go and work in the kitchen. He cheerfully obeyed, and helped the cook for many months."
1611Jesuit Fathers Biard and Masse land at Annapolis in Nova Scotia. They are the first French Jesuits in North America.
1845Pope Gregory XVI refused the demand of the French government that the French Jesuits should be secularized and their houses closed.
1868Fr. Clement Boulanger dies. He was superior of the French Jesuits in Canada. He re-established the mission there. He was an official visitor to the U.S.A. and one of the founders of Fordham University.
1928A negative response of Father General Ledochowski on intercollegiate sports at Jesuit colleges. Non placet. He fears loss of study time, and too much travel involved.
1954Joseph Pignatelli is canonized.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2061

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  10
Epact  viii
Solar Cycle 26
Letter of the Martyrology h
Roman Year of Indiction 9
Julian Period Year 6774
Years since the confirmation of the Society 521
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  505
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 40
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 10 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    10 April