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August 2052

18 Sunday
  greenTwentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr C [120] Jer 38:4-6, 8-10; Ps 40:2, 3, 4, 18; Heb 12:1-4; Luke 12:49-53.
 Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:157th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Schomberg Kerr (57) d. 1895 at Grahamstown, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:87th anniversary of the death of P. Augustine Whiteside (81) d. 1965 at Musami, S. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:73rd anniversary of the death of F. Edward Toon (78) d. 1979 at Reading, Berks, England. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Saint Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga, Priest (Memorial)

Alberto Hurtado Cruchaga (1901-1952) was born in Viña del Mar, Chile. He entered the Jesuit novitiate at Chillán in July 1923, did his religious studies in Spain and Belgium, and was ordained a priest in 1933. On returning to Chile in 1936, he was a teacher, counsellor, retreat director, author, and youth organizer. In Santiago he founded Hogar de Cristo for homeless children. As well, he was involved in various social action organizations and activities. He died on 18 August 1952, and was given at his burial full state honours.

1590Sixtus V, being determined to suppress the Name of the Society of Jesus, nine days before his death, sent for Father General Acquaviva and required him to draw up a petition to the Holy See, asking for modifications in the Institute, etc. which modifications the Pontiff's inflexible will intended to impose. This petition, wrung from the General, was found in Pope Sixtus' desk after his death and canceled by his successor.
1643Isaac Jogues, with the help of the Dutch, escapes from the hands of the Mohawk Indians.
1671At Genoa, Fr. Julius Spinola went to his reward. When a Novice, he said to his Novice Master: "If ever I ask to be dismissed, bind me with ropes and treat me like a madman."
1805Robert Molynaux, Charles Sewall, and Charles Neale pronounce their vows as Jesuits at St. Thomas Manor, Md. The only three Jesuits in the USA, the "new Society" begins again in the USA.
1952St. Alberto Hurtado, S.J. optional memorial. He died in Chile on this day in 1952. He founded Mensaje, and was a writer, retreat master, trade unionist and founded Hogar de Christo for the homeless. He was beatified in October 1994, canonized in October, 2005.
1952The death of Alberto Hurtado, writer, retreat director, trade unionist and founder of "El Hogar de Christo," a movement to help the homeless in Chile.
1997An opera composed by Domenico Zipoli is performed at the Loyola Sanctuary in Azpeitia, Spain.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2052

Dominical Letter  g f
Golden Number  1
Epact  xxix
Solar Cycle 17
Letter of the Martyrology N
Roman Year of Indiction 15
Julian Period Year 6765
Years since the confirmation of the Society 512
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  496
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 31
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 21 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    21 April