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May 2048

17 Sunday
  whiteAscension of the Lord
82nd World Communications Sunday (est. 1967)
Mass of the Vigil or of the Solemnity, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Ascension I - II Special Communicantes in Eucharistic Prayer I.
Yr B [60] Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20; 1 John 4:11-16; John 17:11b-19.
Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum.Week 3 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:109th anniversary of the death of P. Bertram Callan (60) d. 1939 at Makumbi, S. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:103rd anniversary of the death of F. Francis Pacek (77) d. 1945 at Chingombe, N. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:67th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Conway (56) d. 1981 at Ennis, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:74th birthday of P. Clyde MUROPA (born this day in 1974).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1572Pope Gregory XIII exempted the Society from choir and approved simple vows after two years of novitiate and ordination before solemn profession. In these matters he reversed a decree of St. Pius V.
1572Pope Gregory XIII exempted the Society from Choir, approved the simple vows after two years' noviceship, and allowed Ours to be ordained before Profession: in all these matters reversing a decree of St. Pius V.
1824Brief of Leo XIII returns the Roman College to the Society of Jesus, Cum multa in Urbe.
1915Fr. General Ledochowski leaves Rome, goes to Switzerland to better govern and communicate with the Society in WW I.
1966Gaston Salet, S.J. dies teacher, preacher.
1968Catonsville Nine: an anti-Vietnam protest, with Jesuits involved.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2048

Dominical Letter  e d
Golden Number  16
Epact  xiv
Solar Cycle 13
Letter of the Martyrology P
Roman Year of Indiction 11
Julian Period Year 6761
Years since the confirmation of the Society 508
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  492
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 27
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 5 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    5 April