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August 2087

16 Saturday
  greenSaturday of the nineteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [418] Josh 24:14-29; Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 11; Matt 19:13-15.
 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
  white   greenSaturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin MaryOptional
Anniversary:183rd anniversary of the death of F. Edward de Smedt (35) d. 1904 at Dunbrody, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:118th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Otto (71) d. 1969 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:78th anniversary of the death of F. Franz Gabriel (89) d. 2009 at Berlin, Germany. Read Obituary
Anniversary:64th anniversary of the death of F. Paul A. Desmarais (SAP) (78) d. 2023 at Pickering, ON, Canada. Read Obituary
Birthday:153rd birthday of F. Hubert SIMON (born this day in 1934).
Birthday:86th birthday of S. Yohane André JEMUSSE (born this day in 2001).
Birthday:87th 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 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