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December 2056

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:140th anniversary of the death of F. Henry Hardy (43) d. 1916 at Grahamstown, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:118th anniversary of the death of P. Edward Etherington (84) d. 1938 at St Beuno's, Tremeirchion, N Wales. Read Obituary
Anniversary:95th anniversary of the death of F. Thomm Ashton (86) d. 1961 at Stillorgan, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:64th 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 2056

Dominical Letter  b A
Golden Number  5
Epact  xiii
Solar Cycle 21
Letter of the Martyrology n
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6769
Years since the confirmation of the Society 516
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  500
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 35
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 2 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    9 April