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December 2023

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For people with disabilities (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that people with disabilities may be at the centre of attention in society, and that institutions may offer inclusion programmes that value their active participation."

14 Thursday
  whiteSt John of the Cross, priest and doctor of the ChurchMemorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of Advent I or of the saint.
[184] Isa 41:13-20; Ps 145:1+9, 10-11, 12-13ab; Matt 11:11-15.
Hours of the saint.
Anniversary:107th anniversary of the death of F. Henry Hardy (43) d. 1916 at Grahamstown, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:85th anniversary of the death of P. Edward Etherington (84) d. 1938 at St Beuno's, Tremeirchion, N Wales. Read Obituary
Anniversary:62nd anniversary of the death of F. Thomm Ashton (86) d. 1961 at Stillorgan, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:31st birthday of S. Paulo Lucas ESTÊVÃO (born this day in 1992).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1615At Rome died Father Peter Anthony Spinelli, of a ducal family... For eighteen years he wore an old ragged inner vest.
1619In Japan the arrest and consignment to a loathsome prison at Omura of Blessed Charles Spinola.
1959Pope John XXIII makes Augustine Bea, Scripture scholar, a Cardinal.
1979Fr. Riccardo Lombardi, S.J. died, age 71. He was the Founder of the Better World Movement, and a famous preacher, "the microphone of God."

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2023

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  10
Epact  viii
Solar Cycle 16
Letter of the Martyrology h
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6736
Years since the confirmation of the Society 483
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  467
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 2
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 9 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    16 April