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August 2052

16 Friday
  greenFriday of the nineteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [417] Ezek 16:1-15, 60, 63 or 16:59-63; Isa 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6; Matt 19:3-12.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteSt Stephen of Hungary
Common of Holy Men and Women
Readings from the Common of Saints: [623] Deut 6:3-9 (#737.3); Ps 112:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8, 9 (#739.7); Matt 25:14-30 or 25:14-23 (#742.12).
Optional
Anniversary:148th anniversary of the death of F. Edward de Smedt (35) d. 1904 at Dunbrody, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:83rd anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Otto (71) d. 1969 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:43rd anniversary of the death of F. Franz Gabriel (89) d. 2009 at Berlin, Germany. Read Obituary
Anniversary:29th anniversary of the death of F. Paul A. Desmarais (SAP) (78) d. 2023 at Pickering, ON, Canada. Read Obituary
Birthday:118th birthday of F. Hubert SIMON (born this day in 1934).
Birthday:51st birthday of S. Yohane André JEMUSSE (born this day in 2001).
Birthday:52nd birthday of S. Sean Tanaka SHONIWA (born this day in 2000).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1773The Suppression of the Society of Jesus by Clement XIV. Publication of the Brief Dominus ac Redemptor. Father General Ricci is led away prisoner to the English College. There were 22,589 Jesuits, and 670 colleges.
1773The suppression of the Society of Jesus came with the publication of Clement XIV’s Brief "Dominus ac Redemptor." Father General Lorenzo Ricci was led away as a prisoner to the English College.
1802The death of Pierre Gibault, S.J. He accompanied Clark on his explorations to the Mississippi.
1962Joseph Schuh, S.J. arrives in Lagos, Nigeria. The mission of the NY Province begins there.
1967John Courtney Murray, S.J. dies. Theologian. We Hold These Truths.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2052

Dominical Letter  g f
Golden Number  1
Epact  xxix
Solar Cycle 17
Letter of the Martyrology N
Roman Year of Indiction 15
Julian Period Year 6765
Years since the confirmation of the Society 512
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  496
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 31
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 21 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    21 April