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December 2087

21 Sunday
  violetFourth Sunday of AdventPsalter Week 4
Mass of the Sunday; creed; the Gloria is omitted. Preface of Advent II. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited.
Yr C [12] Mic 5:1-4a; Ps 80:2-3, 15-16, 18-19; Heb 10:5-10; Luke 1:39-45.
Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Micha, prophet (cf. Mi. 1:1) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:188th anniversary of the death of F. Henry Meyer (41) d. 1899 at Fort Victoria, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:147th anniversary of the death of F. Joseph De Oliveira (74) d. 1940 at Recife, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:127th anniversary of the death of P. Stanislaus Jones (78) d. 1960 at Roehampton, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:112th anniversary of the death of P. William Erdozain (77) d. 1975 at Chishawasha, Republic of Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:103rd anniversary of the death of P. Jean Indekeu (79) d. 1984 at Dormaal, Belgium. Read Obituary
Anniversary:69th anniversary of the death of F. Dominic Shoniwa (ZIM) (80) d. 2018 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:95th birthday of S. Laban BESA (born this day in 1992).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

According to the General Calendar of the Church, St. Peter Canisius is celebrated on this day. In the Society of Jesus however, the celebration occurs on April 27th. He died on this day, aged 73 in the year 1589 in the city of Freiburg.
1576At Cordova the death of Father Francis Gomez, a man of wonderful innocence and simplicity, on whose head a white dove is said to have alighted during Mass one Whit Sunday.
1577In Rome the death of Father Juan de Polanco, secretary to the Society in its first years, very dear to St. Ignatius. He was most influential in the drawing up of the Constitutions.
1965The death of Jean Lafia, age 94, in Belgium. Called a modern St. Vincent de Paul, he lived and worked with the poor and with youth for 45 years.
1968Hugo Rahner, S.J. dies. Patristic scholar, and expert in Ignatian spirituality.
1977Robert McNally, S.J. dies Church Historian.
1993John P. Leary died, aged 74. He had been President of Gonzaga University, and he founded "New College" in California and "Old College" in Nevada.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2087

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 24
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6800
Years since the confirmation of the Society 547
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  531
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 66
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 20 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    27 April