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July 2087

16 Wednesday
  greenWednesday of the fifteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [391] Exod 3:1-6, 9-12; Ps 103; 1-2, 3-4, 6-7; Matt 11:25-27.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteOur Lady of Mount Carmel
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings from the Common of Saints: [601] Zac 2:14-17 (#707.11); Luke 1:46-47, 48-49, 50-51, 52-53, 54-55 (#709.5); Matt 12:46-50 (#712.3).
Optional
Anniversary:127th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Seed (76) d. 1960 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:112th anniversary of the death of P. Sean McCarron (HIB) (68) d. 1975 at Limerick, Ireland. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Blue Sapphire Jubilee of P. Godwin MULENGA who celebrates 65 years since professing Final Vows today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1576Gregory XIII exempted the members of the Society from attendance at public processions by his Constitution, Quaecumque sacrarum religionum.
1580At Lyford Castle, the betrayal and arrest of Edmund Campion and Brother Ralph Emerson by Elliot.
1766Giuseppe Castiglione, S.J. dies age 78. brother, Painter, missionary to China. Painting of "One Hundred Excellent Horses." The emperor paid him tribute and his funeral expenses. A Jesuit remarked that "he with his art promoted the cause of Christianity more than anyone else had."
1781In Canada died Father Potier, the last of the Jesuit missionaries in Western Canada, where he had labored 7 years.
2002David Toolan, S.J. dies, age 66. Writer, assistant editor at Commonweal, and America, and author of At Home in the Cosmos, on science and theology, and ecology.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2087

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 24
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6800
Years since the confirmation of the Society 547
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  531
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 66
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 20 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    27 April