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December 2047

15 Sunday
  violetThird Sunday of AdventPsalter Week 3
or roseGaudete Sunday
Mass of the Sunday; creed; the Gloria is omitted. Preface of Advent I. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited.
Yr B [8] Isa 61:1-2a, 10-11; Luke 1:46-48, 49-50, 53-54; 1 Thess 5:16-24; John 1:6-8, 19-28.
Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum
 Organ may be played solo; flowers may decorate the altar today. (PS 25). 
Anniversary:158th anniversary of the death of P. Julius Causse (29) d. 1889 at Dunbrody, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:87th 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 2047

Dominical Letter  f
Golden Number  15
Epact  iii
Solar Cycle 12
Letter of the Martyrology c
Roman Year of Indiction 10
Julian Period Year 6760
Years since the confirmation of the Society 507
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  491
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 26
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 14 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    21 April