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November 2070

17 Monday
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Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [497] Rev 1:1-4; 2:1-5; Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6; Luke 18:35-43.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged, or
Readings from the Common of Saints: [678] 1 John 3:14-18 (#740.16); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 (#739.5); Luke 6:27-38 (#742.18).
Anniversary:169th anniversary of the death of P. Emmanuel Almeida (42) d. 1901 at Zumbo, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:157th anniversary of the death of P. Marc Barthelemy (56) d. 1913 at Bulawayo, BSA Co.. Read Obituary
Anniversary:111th anniversary of the death of F. Hugh Bradley (81) d. 1959 at Makumbi, S. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:104th anniversary of the death of P. Edward Lindekugel (52) d. 1966 at Spokane, WA, USA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:89th anniversary of the death of F. John Taylor (82) d. 1981 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:52nd anniversary of the death of P. Kieran Barry-Ryan (89) d. 2018 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:50th anniversary of the death of P. Jeremiah O'Connell (ZAM) (83) d. 2020 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1755Luigi Centurione is elected as Superior General in the GC XVIII. Centurione would lead the Society for a little over two years before he died. Just a few weeks after Carvalho, the marquis de Pombal, tookthefirst overt step to banish the Jesuits from Portugal.
1759The Bishop of Rio de Janeiro accused the Jesuits of concealing relics and other church treasures belonging to their suppressed churches. All who had knowledge of the matter and refused to disclose it, were to be excommunicated.
1769On the river La Plata, Father Benasser and two scholastics who were beingn led prisoners from Montevideo to Buenos Aires, were accidentally drowned.
1913Marc Barthelemy S.J. dies. He was a missionary to Southern Africa and the founder of St. George’s College in Zimbabwe. In his honor was a very well attended funeral in Bulawayo, Zimbabwe.
1938St. Roque Gonzalez and his companions are designated as the patron saints of the Latin American Assistancy by Fr. General.
1982William Byron is installed as the 12th President of the Catholic University of America.
2011Fr. General announces the eventual introduction of the cause of Fr. Arrupe

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2070

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  19
Epact  xvii
Solar Cycle 7
Letter of the Martyrology s
Roman Year of Indiction 3
Julian Period Year 6783
Years since the confirmation of the Society 530
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  514
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 49
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 30 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    4 May