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May 2024

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the formation of men and women religious, and seminarians (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that men and women religious, and seminarians, grow in their own vocational journey through human, pastoral, spiritual and community formation, that leads them to be credible witnesses of the Gospel."

20 Monday
  whiteThe Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the ChurchMemorial
Mass of the Memorial (Votive Mass #10B)
These readings are proper to the memorial.
cf. [572A] Gen 3: 9-15, 20 or Acts 1: 12-14; Ps 86: 1-2, 3 & 5, 5-7; Jn 19: 25-34
Hours of the memorial (From Votive Masses: 10. Blessed Virgin Mary, B. Our Lady, Mother of the Church.)
 Seasonal weekday readings:
 [341] Jas 3:13-18; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 15; Mark 9:14-29.
Anniversary:71st anniversary of the death of P. Emil Schmitz (82) d. 1953 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:56th anniversary of the death of P. Kenneth Tasman (78) d. 1968 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Wooden Jubilee of S. Anold Tarisai ZINDONDA who celebrates 5 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:Wooden Jubilee of S. Masuzyo Mwango JUMBE who celebrates 5 years in the Society today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1521Ignatius was seriously wounded at Pamplona, Spain, while defending its fortress against the French.
1521St. Ignatius was seriously wounded while defending the Castle of Pamplona against the French.
1622The death of Pedro Paez, S.J., a Spanish missionary to Ethiopia, the second apostle of Ethiopia. He reached Ethiopia in 1603 after 15 years of journey because en route he was enslaved by Turkish pirates for 7 years. He was the first European to see the source of the blue Nile, he wrote a history of Ethiopia and learned several languages.
1823Saint Louis University (St. Louis College) is founded.
1961In a letter dated 20 May, Fr. Swain, Vicar-General formally approved the Institute of Jesuit Sources. The plan was launched unofficially the previous year when Fr. Janssens gave Fr. Ganss permission to start work on an English version of the Constitutions.
1968J. Franklin (Buck) Ewing, S.J. dies anthropologist, missiologist.
1973The Society of Jesus allowed in Switzerland after a Referendum.
1974Jean Cardinal Danielou, SJ, dies in Paris, engaged in ministry.
2020Death of Adolfo Nicolas in Tokyo.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2024

Dominical Letter  g f
Golden Number  11
Epact  xix
Solar Cycle 17
Letter of the Martyrology u
Roman Year of Indiction 2
Julian Period Year 6737
Years since the confirmation of the Society 484
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  468
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 3
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 31 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    5 May