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May 2030

20 Monday
  whiteMonday in the Fifth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [285] Acts 14:5-18; Ps 115:1-2, 3-4, 15-16; John 14:21-26.
Hours of the day.
  white St Bernardine of Siena, priestOptional
 (Common of Pastors: For Missionaries
Readings from the Common of Saints: [566] Acts 4:8-12; Ps 40:2, 4, 7-8, 8-9, 10, 11 (#721.3); Luke 9:57-62 (#742.19).)
Anniversary:77th anniversary of the death of P. Emil Schmitz (82) d. 1953 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:62nd anniversary of the death of P. Kenneth Tasman (78) d. 1968 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary

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 2030

Dominical Letter  f
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 23
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 8
Julian Period Year 6743
Years since the confirmation of the Society 490
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  474
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 9
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 21 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    28 April