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May 2101

18 Wednesday
  whiteWednesday in the Fifth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle I [287] Acts 15:1-6; Ps 122:1-2, 3-4ab, 4cd-5; John 15:1-8.
Hours of the day.
  red St John I, pope and martyrOptional
 (Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [565] Rev 3:14b, 20-22 (#738.2); Ps 23:1-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#721.2); Luke 22:24-30 (#724.9).)
Anniversary:148th anniversary of the death of P. Eugénio Witz (79) d. 1953 at Soutelo, Braga, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:87th anniversary of the death of F. Alphonse McAndrew (CDA) (82) d. 2014 at Pickering, ON, Canada. Read Obituary
Birthday:110th birthday of NS. Dennis Simbarashe ALUBEMBE (born this day in 1991).
Birthday:119th birthday of P. Nelson NYAMAYARO (born this day in 1982).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1534Peter Faber is ordained a priest, the first of the companions to become a priest. He says his first Mass on July 22.
1675Pere Jacques Marquette dies, age 37, at Ludington, Michigan. Explorer of the Mississippi.
1675The death in Canada, at age 37, of James Marquette, Jesuit missionary who gained lasting reknown for exploring the Mississippi River.
1711Ruggero Giuiseppi Boscovich, S.J. is born. Astronomer and Mathematician.
1975Mass for the closing of Woodstock College, New York City.
1985Thomas Moore, S.J. dies. He was Editor of the Sacred Heart Messenger and director of the Apostleship of Prayer.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2101

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  12
Epact  *
Solar Cycle 10
Letter of the Martyrology P
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6814
Years since the confirmation of the Society 561
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  545
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 80
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 17 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    23 April