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September 2036

14 Sunday
  redThe Exaltation of the Holy CrossFeast
Mass of the Feast; gloria, preface of the Feast
 Triumph of the Cross [638] Num 21: 4b-9; Ps 78:1bc-2, 34-35, 36-37, 38; Phil 2:6-11; Jn 3: 13-17.
Only 2 readings on weekdays.
 Hours of the Feast; Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:18th anniversary of the death of P. Clodoveo Piazza (EUM) (80) d. 2018 at Gallarate, Italy. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Wine Jubilee of P. Francis WAFER who celebrates 85 years in the Society today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1537Those ordained with St. Ignatius celebrate their first Masses: Xavier, Salmeron, Rodriguez, Bobadilla, and Codure. Ignatius waits a while longer.
1539At his summer residence in Tivoli, outside of Rome, Paul III gave his initial, oral approval of the Society of Jesus when St. Ignatius sent him the "Five Chapters" which described the proposed new religious order.
1562Paschase Broet, S.J. dies in Paris, ministering to plague victims. He was one of the first companions and was the first Provincial of France.
1566The first Jesuit enters the continental USA, Pedro Martinez. He is killed three weeks later, in Florida.
1577Andrew Oviedo, S.J. dies. He is the first Jesuit to be made a bishop, and patriarch of Ethiopia.
1596The death of Cardinal Francis Toledo, the first of the Society to be raised to the purple. He died at age 63, and had been a cardinal for 3 years.
1877Joseph de Guibert, S.J. is born. Expert on Ignatian spirituality.
1915The Holy Father congratulates the Messenger of the Sacred Heart on its 50th anniversary, with its circulation of 315,000.
1962Michael Gruenthaler dies. He was the first American to get a doctorate at the Pontifical Biblical Institute, was co-founder of the Catholic Biblical Association, and editor of the Catholic Biblical Quarterly for 10 years.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2036

Dominical Letter  f e
Golden Number  4
Epact  ii
Solar Cycle 1
Letter of the Martyrology b
Roman Year of Indiction 14
Julian Period Year 6749
Years since the confirmation of the Society 496
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  480
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 15
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 13 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    20 April