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December 2088

19 Sunday
  violetFourth Sunday of AdventPsalter Week 4
Mass of the Sunday; creed; the Gloria is omitted. Preface of Advent II. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited.
Yr A [10] Isa 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Rom 1:1-7; Matt 1:18-24.
Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum
Anniversary:192nd anniversary of the death of F. Francis Garnier (18) d. 1896 at Port Elizabeth, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:107th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Logan (73) d. 1981 at Seattle, USA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:97th anniversary of the death of F. Manuel Alves Lopes (89) d. 1991 at Covilhã, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:72nd anniversary of the death of P. Frank Woda (90) d. 2016 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Birthday:89th birthday of S. Emmanuel SHIKABENGA (born this day in 1999).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1593At Rome Father Robert Bellarmine, the future Cardinal, was appointed Rector of the Roman College.
1734In Quebec, died Francis Guesner, called another John Francis Regis. He did more in 20 months in New France than most could do in 20 years.
1761More than 100 Jesuits, under pressure from the French crown and French bishops, signed a declaration that they would teach the four Gallican Articles, directed against the authority of the Holy See.
1935Pietro Boetto, an Italian Jesuit, is created a Cardinal by Pope Pius XI.
1942The execution of Fr. Adam Sztark, Rector and chaplain in Bielorussia. He risked his life giving refuge to Jewish children and adults. He is formally recognized as "Righteous among Gentiles," by Holocaust martyrs in Jerusalem.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2088

Dominical Letter  d c
Golden Number  18
Epact  vi
Solar Cycle 25
Letter of the Martyrology f
Roman Year of Indiction 6
Julian Period Year 6801
Years since the confirmation of the Society 548
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  532
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 67
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 11 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    18 April