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April 2041

16 Tuesday
  violetTuesday of Holy Week
Mass of the day; Preface of the Passion II
 [258] Is 49:1-6; Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5-6ab, 15+17; John 13:21-33, 36-38.
Hours of the day
Diocese of Ndola, Zambia
   whiteAnniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of Christ the King (1933)Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II.
Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum.
Anniversary:21st anniversary of the death of F. John Maguire (HIB) (87) d. 2020 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1539At Rome each of the First Fathers bound himself to enter the Society as soon as it was confirmed by the Pope. They also decided that a special vow of obedience should be taken.
1541On the advice of his confessor, Fra Teodosio da Lodi, a Franciscan, Ignatius accepted the second election, which had selected him to be the ï¬rst superior general of the Society of Jesus.
1617Juan Ferro dies. He was an Italian missionary and professor of Rhetoric in Mexico for 30 years and preached in six indigenous languages.
1673Pope Clement X forbids the publication of the Jesuit Relations. The missions should not publish these without the written consent of the office of Propaganda.
1767Pope Clement XIII wrote to Charles III of Spain imploring him to cancel the decree of expulsion of the Society from Spain, issued on April 2nd. The Pope's letter nobly defends the innocence of the Society.
2003John Sheetrs, S.J.dies Retired auxiliary bishop of the diocese of Fort Worth, Indiana.
2004Fr. Matthew Koyapillit, dies age 74. Internationally famed botanist, ecologist and. founder of Rapinat Herbarium.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2041

Dominical Letter  f
Golden Number  9
Epact  xxvii
Solar Cycle 6
Letter of the Martyrology H
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6754
Years since the confirmation of the Society 501
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  485
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 20
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 21 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    21 April