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May 2077

20 Thursday
  whiteThursday in the Sixth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle I [294] Acts 18:1-8; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; John 16:16-20.
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:124th anniversary of the death of P. Emil Schmitz (82) d. 1953 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:109th anniversary of the death of P. Kenneth Tasman (78) d. 1968 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Granite Jubilee of P. Lawrence DAKA who celebrates 90 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 2077

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  7
Epact  v
Solar Cycle 14
Letter of the Martyrology e
Roman Year of Indiction 10
Julian Period Year 6790
Years since the confirmation of the Society 537
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  521
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 56
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 11 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    18 April