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July 2084

18 Tuesday
  greenTuesday of the fifteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [390] Isa 7:1-9; Ps 48:2-3a, 3b-4, 5-6, 7-8; Matt 11:20-24.
 Hours of the day.
Anniversary:116th anniversary of the death of P. Ladislaus Zabdyr (78) d. 1968 at Kasisi, Zambia. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Palladium Jubilee of P. Nicholas PENGE who celebrates 75 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:Palladium Jubilee of P. Hector MUKWATO who celebrates 75 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:Palladium Jubilee of P. Felix Kabuswe MWEWA who celebrates 75 years of Priesthood today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1613Brother Gilbert Du Thet, S.J. dies. He is the first (non-canonized) Jesuit martyr of French Canada, killed by English privateers off the Atlantic Coast.
1650Cristobal Schemer, S.J. dies founder of new solar physics, and a correspondent with Kepler and Galileo.
1650The death of Cristopher Scheiner, a physicist, astronomer and geometer who discovered sun spots independently of Galileo and created one of the ï¬rst terrestrial telescopes.
1693At Resel, in Russia died Fr. Adelbert Grabes, a great spiritual director of youth. He sent 53 to the Cistercians, 30 to the Franciscans, 12 to the Dominicans, 5 to the Basilians, 28 to the Reformed Carmelites, 12 to the Brigittines, and 117 to the Society, almost all of whom persevered.
1973Fr. Eugene Murphy died. Under his direction the Sacred Heart Hour, which Saint Louis University introduced in 1939 on its radio station WEW, became a nationwide favorite.
1985Jose Maria Velaz, S.J. dies Venezuela. Founder and promoter of Fe y Alegria, Integrated Popular Education Movement in 1955. In 1985 there were 435 centers with 270,000 students enrolled.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2084

Dominical Letter  b A
Golden Number  14
Epact  xxii
Solar Cycle 21
Letter of the Martyrology C
Roman Year of Indiction 2
Julian Period Year 6797
Years since the confirmation of the Society 544
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  528
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 63
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 26 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    30 April