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July 2090

2 Sunday
  greenThirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [98] Wis 1:13-15, 2:23-24; Ps 30:2+4, 5-6, 11-12a+13b; 2 Cor 8:7, 9, 13-15; Mark 5:21-43 or 5:21-24, 35b-43.
 Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:201st anniversary of the death of P. Amold Widdershoven (52) d. 1889 at Oudenbosch, N. Brabant, Netherlands. Read Obituary
Anniversary:134th anniversary of the death of P. Bryan Gavan Duffy (70) d. 1956 at Estcourt, Natal, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:110th anniversary of the death of P. W. Francis Rea (72) d. 1980 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:95th anniversary of the death of P. António Garcia (82) d. 1995 at Braga, Portugal. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

St. Bernadine Realino; St. Francis Regis; St. Francis Jerome; Bl. Julian Maunoir; Bl. Anthony Baldinucci, priests, mem.
Saints Bernardine Realino, John Francis Régis and Francis Jerome; Blessed Julian Maunoir and Anthony Baldinucci, Priests (Home Missionaries to people in various European regions) (Optional Memorial)

The saints commemorated today had made their homeland their mission fields. Bernardine Realino (1530-1616), did extensive priestly ministries in Lecce, Italy, for forty-two years. John Francis Régis (1597-1640), one of the great figures of the Catholic Reformation, devoted himself to helping the poor materially and spiritually in France, Francis Jerome (1642-1716) was an outstanding preacher in Italy. Julian Maunoir (1606-1683) spent forty-three years in Brittany, France, preaching about 400 missions. Anthony Baldinucci (1665-1717) gave missions based on the Spiritual Exercises in Italy.

1558Election of James Laynez as 2nd General in the First General Congregation. He is elected on the first ballot, with 23 of 31 votes. He had been vicar-general since the death of Ignatius in 1556.
1558The election of Diego Laynez as superior general in the First General Congregation. He had been vicar general since the death of Ignatius in 1556.
1565Election of Francis Borgia, 3rd General, on first ballot. 1616. St. Bernadine Realino dies.
1611Death of St. Bernardino Realino, parish priest in Italy for many years.
1688The Society of Jesus is given the commission to promote devotion to the Sacred Heart, in accord with the revelation to St. Margaret Mary Alacoque.
1741At Peking died Father d'Entrecolles, who studied the manufacture of porcelain in China and introduced it into France: he also wrote observations on the Chinese practice of inoculation as a remedy against small-pox.
1853Fr. Peter Beckx becomes General. During his tenure, the Society is expelled from Spain, Naples, Sicily, the greater part of Central Italy, Venice, Germany, and Rome.
1928Missouri is divided into the Missouri and Chicago Provinces.
1937Letter of Fr. General Ledochowski to provincials on vacation of Ours. Avoid beaches, balneares stationes.
1943New York and Maryland Provinces are separated.
1951New York Province purchases Bellarmine College, Plattsburg, New York; it serves as a philosophate and then novitiate.
1951Teilhard de Chardin appoints Jeanne Mortier as literary executor. She arranges the publication of his works after his death. Earlier she mimeoed and distributed his texts.
1959A decree of Fr. General transfers Puerto Rico to the territory of the New York Province.
1985Fr. De la Vega of Spain celebrates his 83rd year as a Jesuit - one of the longest ever.
1987Decree of Father General Kolvenbach that officially designates it as "The Nigerian Ghanaian Mission."

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2090

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  1
Epact  xxix
Solar Cycle 27
Letter of the Martyrology N
Roman Year of Indiction 8
Julian Period Year 6803
Years since the confirmation of the Society 550
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  534
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 69
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 16 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    23 April