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January 2086

21 Monday
 redSt Agnes, virgin and martyrMemorial
Mass of the saint; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [311] 1 Sam 15:16-23; Ps 50:8-9, 16bc-17, 21+23; Mark 2:18-22.
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Virgins
(Readings from the Common of Saints: [516] 1 Cor 1:26-31 (#740.2); Ps 23:1b-3a, 4, 5, 6 (#739.4); Matt 13:44-46 (#742.5).)

Hours of the Memorial.
Var. Prop. Texts for Hours
Anniversary:173rd anniversary of the death of P. Aloysius Dhelleme (47) d. 1913 at Ambohimandroso, Madagascar. Read Obituary
Anniversary:149th anniversary of the death of P. John Manssy (77) d. 1937 at Chishawasha, S. Rhodesia.
Anniversary:135th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Day (85) d. 1951 at Maidenhead, Berks, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:65th anniversary of the death of P. Charles Chilinda (ZAM) (56) d. 2021 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1540Edmund Campion is born. "The glory and patron of the English Province."
1623The English Vice-Province becomes a Province, with Richard Blount as the first Provincial.
1652Election as General of Father Alexander Gottifredo. He died about six weeks after his election, and before the close of the Congregation.
1705Claude Francois Menestrier, S.J. dies. He wrote a classic history of ballet, and created a ballet for Louis XIV performed at the College of Louis-le-Grand.
1795The death in Rome of Ignatius Romberg. He was the German Assistant at the time of the Suppression and was imprisoned with Fr. General Ricci in Castel San Angelo.
1869Fr. Joseph O’Callaghan, the procurator from Maryland is killed in a storm at sea while returning from Rome from a Congregation.
1911A banquet is held at Georgetown University to honor alumnus Edward Douglas who was Chief Justice of the US Supreme Court.
1951The Green House at Woodstock, the workers’ quarters, burns to the ground.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2086

Dominical Letter  f
Golden Number  16
Epact  xiv
Solar Cycle 23
Letter of the Martyrology P
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6799
Years since the confirmation of the Society 546
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  530
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 65
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 31 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    7 April