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April 2084

16 Sunday
  whiteFourth Sunday of Easter
121st World Day for Prayers for Priestly and Religious Vocations ('Good Shepherd' Sunday) (est. 1963)
Mass of the day, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I - V.
Yr B [50] Acts 4:8-12; Ps 118:1+8-9, 21-23, 26+21+29; 1 John 3:1-2; John 10:11-18.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:64th 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 2084

Dominical Letter  b A
Golden Number  14
Epact  xxii
Solar Cycle 21
Letter of the Martyrology C
Roman Year of Indiction 2
Julian Period Year 6797
Years since the confirmation of the Society 544
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  528
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 63
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 26 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    30 April