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April 2089

17 Sunday
  whiteThird Sunday of Easter
Mass of the day, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I - V.
Yr A [46] Acts 2:14, 22-33; Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; 1 Pet 1:17-21; Luke 24:13-35.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter.
Birthday:106th birthday of P. Lodewicus BARNARD (born this day in 1983).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1680Bl. Kateri Tekakwitha dies. After receiving the Eucharist and the Anointing of the Sick (Extreme Unction) she dies saying, "Jesus, I love you."
1761The French Parliament being appealed to in the Lavalette affair, demand a copy of the Institute. King Louis XV proposes that the Jesuits modify their Rule. Clement XIII writes to the king, expressing his alarm at the attacks on the Jesuits. On hearing of proposed modifications, he uttered the famous exclamation. "Sint ut sunt aut non sint."
1909America magazine begins publication. First issue on this day.
1927Decree that all Jesuits and Jesuit works of the Philippines be transferred from the Aragon Province to the Maryland/New York Province.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2089

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  19
Epact  xvii
Solar Cycle 26
Letter of the Martyrology s
Roman Year of Indiction 7
Julian Period Year 6802
Years since the confirmation of the Society 549
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  533
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 68
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 3 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    1 May