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May 2098

17 Saturday
  whiteSaturday in the Fourth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [284] Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; John 14:7-14.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:159th anniversary of the death of P. Bertram Callan (60) d. 1939 at Makumbi, S. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:153rd anniversary of the death of F. Francis Pacek (77) d. 1945 at Chingombe, N. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:117th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Conway (56) d. 1981 at Ennis, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:124th 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 2098

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  9
Epact  xxvii
Solar Cycle 7
Letter of the Martyrology H
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6811
Years since the confirmation of the Society 558
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  542
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 77
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 20 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    27 April