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August 2074

12 Sunday
  greenNineteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr A [115] 1 Kgs 19:9a, 11-13a; Ps 85:9a+10, 11-12, 13-14; Rom 9:1-5; Matt 14:22-33.
 Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:125th anniversary of the death of F. Martin Kaltschmidt (80) d. 1949 at Sankt Andrä, Austria. Read Obituary
Anniversary:106th anniversary of the death of P. Casimir Kozlowski (69) d. 1968 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:87th anniversary of the death of P. Bernard Collins (77) d. 1987 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Birthday:91st 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 2074

Dominical Letter  g
Golden Number  4
Epact  ii
Solar Cycle 11
Letter of the Martyrology b
Roman Year of Indiction 7
Julian Period Year 6787
Years since the confirmation of the Society 534
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  518
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 53
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 15 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    22 April