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October 2024

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For a shared mission (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that the Church continue to sustain a synodal lifestyle in every way, as a sign of co-responsibility, promoting the participation, communion and mission shared by priests, religious and laity."

14 Monday
  greenMonday of the twenty-eighth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [467] Gal 4:22-24, 26-27, 31-5:1; Ps 113:1b-2, 3-4, 5a+6-7; Luke 11:29-32.
 Hours of the day.
  redSt Callistus I, pope and martyr
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [656] 1 Petr 5:1-4 (#722.13); Ps 40:2+4ab. 7-8a, 8b-9, 10 (#721.3); Luke 22:24-30 (#724.9).
Optional
Anniversary:111th anniversary of the death of F. Estanislau Tomanek (30) d. 1913 at Nowy SÄ…cz, Poland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:5th anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Rovtar (ZAM) (92) d. 2019 at Ljubljana, Slovenia. Read Obituary
Birthday:19th birthday of NS. Samuel MAPETO (born this day in 2005).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

St. John Ogilvie, S.J. martyr, Memorial.
1774A French Jesuit in China wrote an epitaph to the Jesuit mission in China after the suppression. It concludes:"Go, traveler, continue on your way. Felicitate the dead; weep for the living; pray for all. Wonder, and be silent."
1854Fr. John Bapst, S.J. is tarred and feathered by religious bigots, Know- nothings, in Ellsworth, Maine. He was also the first Rector of the Boston College Scholasticate. He was given a gold watch as a result of the ordeal, and was given special permission by Father General to wear such a costly watch.
1939General Franco visits the Jesuit community at the Loyola Sanctuary, Spain. An Inscription reads: "To our leader Francisco Franco restorer of the Society of Jesus in Spain, praise and long life - in remembrance of the visit of our Caudillo to Loyola, October 14, 1939, Year of Victory."
1977Bing Crosby dies, after a round of golf, on the way to the clubhouse. Jesuit alumnus.
1982Daniel O'Connell dies Rome, age 86. An expert on double stars, he was director of the Vatican Observatory from 1952-70.
2016The36thGeneral Congregation elected Arturo SosaasSuperior General.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2024

Dominical Letter  g f
Golden Number  11
Epact  xix
Solar Cycle 17
Letter of the Martyrology u
Roman Year of Indiction 2
Julian Period Year 6737
Years since the confirmation of the Society 484
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  468
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 3
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 31 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    5 May