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May 2082

2 Saturday
  whiteSt Athanasius, bishop and doctor of the ChurchMemorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of Easter I - V, or of the saint.
Cycle II [272] Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; John 6:16-21.
 Hours of the memorial
Anniversary:114th anniversary of the death of P. John Waligora (78) d. 1968 at Katondwe, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:107th anniversary of the death of P. Patrick Walsh (64) d. 1975 at Pretoria, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:100th anniversary of the death of P. Richard Copeland (69) d. 1982 at Melbourne, Australia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:95th anniversary of the death of P. Edward Warner (73) d. 1987 at Wimbledon, London, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:76th anniversary of the death of P. James Carroll (72) d. 2006 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:108th birthday of P. Elias Bboloka Bubala NCHIMUNYA (born this day in 1974).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1564Pope Pius the V yielded to Fr. General Lainez' request and approved that the Society should have no Cardinal Protector, but be under the Pope's immediate protection.
1564Pope Pius V yield to Father General Laynez' request and approved that the Society should have no Cardinal Protector, but be under the pope's immediate protection.
1602Cardinal Bellarmine's first entrance into Capua. He entered on foot, reciting prayers, and carrying the arm of St. Stephen, Protomartyr.
1602The birth of Athanasius Kircher, S.J., scientist and polymath.
1706G. J. Kamel, S.J. Jesuit brother dies. The camellia flower is named after him.
1729Catherine the Great, is born. Empress for 34 years, she saved the Society of Jesus.
1929St. Jose Maria Rubio, S.J. dies, Madrid. Apostle of Madrid.
2014Paolo Molinari, SJ dies. Postulator General of the Society from 1957 to 2008. Worked on the canonization of 39 Saints and Blesseds, age 90.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2082

Dominical Letter  d
Golden Number  12
Epact  *
Solar Cycle 19
Letter of the Martyrology P
Roman Year of Indiction 15
Julian Period Year 6795
Years since the confirmation of the Society 542
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  526
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 61
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 19 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    19 April