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December 2021

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: Catechists (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"Let us pray for the catechists, summoned to announce the Word of God: may they be its witnesses, with courage and creativity and in the power of the Holy Spirit."

15 Wednesday
  violetWednesday of the third week in Advent.
Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I
Cycle I [189] Isa 45:6c-8, 18, 21c-25; Ps 85:9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14; Luke 7:18b-23.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:132nd anniversary of the death of P. Julius Causse (29) d. 1889 at Dunbrody, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:61st anniversary of the death of F. John Ignatius Conway (60) d. 1960 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1631At Naples, during an earthquake and eruption of Mount Vesuvius, the Jesuits worked to help all classes of people.
1631At Naples, during an earthquake and eruption of Vesuvius, the Jesuit Fathers displayed heroic charity. In gratitude several colleges were opened.
1904In Louvain, Fr. Louis de San dies. He was a great theologian of the restored Society.
1979Pope John Paul II makes a special visit to the Gregorian University. Two weeks later, the Rector, Fr. Martini is appointed Archbishop of Milan.
1994Joseph Donceel dies at Fordham University. Belgian born, he was a disciple of Marechal and wrote on philosophical psychology.
1998Leo O’Donovan, President of Georgetown U. receives Germany’s Knight Commander’s Cross of the Order of Merit, for fostering relationships between Germany and the US.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2021

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 14
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 14
Julian Period Year 6734
Years since the confirmation of the Society 481
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  465
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 0
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 4 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    2 May