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October 2070

16 Thursday
  greenThursday of the twenty-eighth week.
90th World Food Day (est. 1981)
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [470] Eph 1:1-10; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4, 5-6; Luke 11:47-54.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteSt Hedwig, religious
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [658] Sir 26:1-4, 13-16 (#737.14); Ps 128:1-2, 3, 4-5 (#739.8); Mark 3:31-35 (#742.14).
Optional
  whiteSt Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin
Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [659] Eph 3:14-19 (#740.7); Ps 23:1b-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#739.4); Matt 11:25-30 (#742.4).
Optional
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Longinus, centurion (cf. Jn. 19:33-34) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:159th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Ronchi (49) d. 1911 at Kimberley, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:111th anniversary of the death of P. Stephen Mazurek (68) d. 1959 at Kasisi, N. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:61st anniversary of the death of F. José Lomba (92) d. 2009 at Lisbon, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:54th anniversary of the death of P. Robert Carty (99) d. 2016 at Boscombe, England. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

St Hedwig, religious, and St Margaret Mary Alacoque, virgin, optional memorials. St. Claude assisted St. Margaret Mary.
1546Isabel Roser is released from her Jesuit vows by St. Ignatius after eight months.
1594Students of the English College in Rome broke into a sort of rebellion against the Jesuits in charge. It was incited by Protestants and lasted five years.
1594Students of the English College in Rome broke into a sort of rebellion against the Jesuits in charge there.
1788The Bollandists are forced to give up their work, because of the effects of the Suppression.
1918The death of James Lonergan, S.J. He had a seventeen year regency at Spring Hill College.
1927The opening of the Pontifical Biblical Institute in Jerusalem.
1944John Svensson dies Author of children’s literature. His books were translated into 30 languages.
1992The University of San Francisco holds a symposium on the Chinese Rites controversy.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2070

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  19
Epact  xvii
Solar Cycle 7
Letter of the Martyrology s
Roman Year of Indiction 3
Julian Period Year 6783
Years since the confirmation of the Society 530
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  514
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 49
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 30 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    4 May