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May 2059

17 Saturday
  whiteSaturday in the Seventh Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Ascension or of Easter "...in this time."
Cycle I [302] Acts 28:16-20, 30-31; Ps 11:4, 5+7; John 21:20-25.
Hours of the day.

In the evening:
  redVigil of PentecostSolemnity
Mass of the Vigil; Gloria, sequence, creed, Preface of Pentecost, special Communicantes in Eucharistic Prayer I. Double alleluia at the dismissal
 [62] Gen 11:1-9 or Exod 19:3-8a, 16-20b or Ezek 37:1-14 or Joel 3:1-5; Ps 104:1-2, 24+35, 27-28, 29b-30; John 7:37-39.
For pastoral reasons, the texts of the day Mass may also be used.
Anniversary:120th anniversary of the death of P. Bertram Callan (60) d. 1939 at Makumbi, S. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:114th anniversary of the death of F. Francis Pacek (77) d. 1945 at Chingombe, N. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:78th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Conway (56) d. 1981 at Ennis, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:85th 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 2059

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 24
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 7
Julian Period Year 6772
Years since the confirmation of the Society 519
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  503
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 38
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 30 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    4 May