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October 2075

18 Friday
  redSt Luke, evangelist
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr B[661] 2 Tim 4:9-17b; Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 17-18; Luke 10:1-9.
 Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Luke, evangelist (cf. Lk. 1:1,3) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:149th anniversary of the death of F. William Biermann (67) d. 1926 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:71st anniversary of the death of P. Denis O'Connell (81) d. 2004 at Crossna, Ireland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:67th anniversary of the death of P. Richard Randolph (92) d. 2008 at Oxford, England. Read Obituary
Birthday:130th birthday of P. Joseph HAYES (born this day in 1945).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1550The first Jesuit is appointed to be Rector/President of a University as Peter Canisius is elected to that office at the University of Ingolstadt (for a six month term).
1553A theological course was opened in our college in Lisbon. 400 students were at once enrolled.
1574The opening of the first Jesuit College in Mexico, SS. Peter and Paul. 1604. Collegio Santa Fe Opens in Bogota, Columbia, the oldest in Columbia and the third oldest in the Americas, after Lima and Mexico.
1604The foundation in Bogotá, Colombia of Colegio Santa Fe; it is the oldest university in Colombia and the third oldest in the Americas, following those in Mexico and Lima.
1605In Spain died Father John Rico, a most eloquent preacher. St. Alphonsus Rodriguez once told him he would suffer in Purgatory for preaching in the polished Castilian tongue: thenceforth the Father never used Castilian.
1646The martrydom of St. Isaac Jogues at Auriesville, NY.
1904"Saint Louis University Day" at the World’s Fair, the culmination of the school’s diamond jubilee celebrations.
1932Weston College is given a charter, Pontifical Status, and thus allowed to grant ecclesiastical degrees.
1977Harry Sievers, S.J. dies historian of Indiana, and biographer of William Henry Harrison.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2075

Dominical Letter  f
Golden Number  5
Epact  xiii
Solar Cycle 12
Letter of the Martyrology n
Roman Year of Indiction 8
Julian Period Year 6788
Years since the confirmation of the Society 535
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  519
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 54
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 7 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    7 April