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August 2033

12 Friday
  greenFriday of the nineteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [417] Josh 24:1-13; Ps 136:1-3, 16-18, 21-22+24; Matt 19:3-12.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteSt Jane Frances de Chantal, religious
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [623A] Prov 31:10-13, 19-20, 30-31 (#737.11); Ps 131:1bcde, 2, 3 (#739.9); Mark 3:31-35 (#742.14).
Optional
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   redBlessed Isidore Bakanja, MartyrOptional 
Common of Martyrs
Anniversary:84th anniversary of the death of F. Martin Kaltschmidt (80) d. 1949 at Sankt Andrä, Austria. Read Obituary
Anniversary:65th anniversary of the death of P. Casimir Kozlowski (69) d. 1968 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:46th anniversary of the death of P. Bernard Collins (77) d. 1987 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Birthday:50th birthday of P. Tendai Ellton MATARE (born this day in 1983).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1629At Paderborn, John Bitter, a German Scholastic, who used to serve the poor at the college gate every day, was found dead on his knees. It was revealed in an apparition that he had been freed from Purgatory at the second Mass said for his repose.
1871Expulsion of the Society from Guatemala.
1877The energetic Swiss Jesuit, Fr. Maurice Gailland died. An expert in languages, he worked in Kansas and wrote a 450 page Potawatomi dictionary and grammar.
1905Hans Urs von Balthasar born, Lucerne, Switzerland.
1977The death of Jerome D'Souza, S.J. age 79. Educator in India and in Rome. He was the first Assistant for India and East Asia, and served India at the UN.
1989Francis Sullivan, S.J. dies NY Province, Juniorate Professor of Classics.
1993President Clinton and Pope John Paul II meet at Carroll Hall on the Regis University campus.
2003Walter Ong, S.J. dies. Polymath, author on orality, culture. He had been President of the PMLA: Modern Language Association.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2033

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  1
Epact  xxix
Solar Cycle 26
Letter of the Martyrology N
Roman Year of Indiction 11
Julian Period Year 6746
Years since the confirmation of the Society 493
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  477
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 12
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 17 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    24 April