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May 2073

15 Monday
  whiteThe Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the ChurchMemorial
Mass of the Memorial (Votive Mass #10B)
These readings are proper to the memorial.
cf. [572A] Gen 3: 9-15, 20 or Acts 1: 12-14; Ps 86: 1-2, 3 & 5, 5-7; Jn 19: 25-34
Hours of the memorial (From Votive Masses: 10. Blessed Virgin Mary, B. Our Lady, Mother of the Church.)
 Seasonal weekday readings:
 [335] Gen 4:1-15, 25; Ps 50:1, 8, 16-17, 20-21; Mark 8:11-13.
Anniversary:117th anniversary of the death of P. Richard Wiber (49) d. 1956 at Boscombe, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:103rd anniversary of the death of P. Patrick Benson (46) d. 1970 at New York, NY, USA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:69th anniversary of the death of P. Stefan Hirjak (88) d. 2004 at Ivanka, Slovakia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:58th anniversary of the death of P. Pete Titland (76) d. 2015 at Tacoma, WA, USA. Read Obituary
Birthday:80th birthday of S. Rodrick CHIWAYA (born this day in 1993).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1561Gonzalo da Silveira, dies a martyr in Africa.
1605The election of Pope Paul V who put an end to the prolonged controversies De Auxiliis and would allow no censure to be attached to Father Molina's book.
1613Fr. Jacques Quentin and Br. Gilbert du Thet arrive to settle on Mt. Desert Island, Maine. It is short lived as the English capture and take over the place.
1815The readmission of the Society into Spain. But the fathers were again exiled on July 31, 1820.
1909The death in Quito, Ecuador, of Italian Jesuit Luis Sodiro, a key scientific figure in Latin America, who developed a botanic collection that formed the base for the National Botanical Garden inQuito.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2073

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  3
Epact  xxi
Solar Cycle 10
Letter of the Martyrology B
Roman Year of Indiction 6
Julian Period Year 6786
Years since the confirmation of the Society 533
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  517
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 52
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 26 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    30 April