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August 2038

21 Saturday
  whiteSt Pius X, pope
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [424] Ezek 43:1-7ab; Ps 85:9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14; Matt 23:1-12.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [626] 1 Thess 2:2b-8 (#722.10); Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 21-22, 25+27 (#721.4); John 21:15-17 (#724.12).
Anniversary:122nd anniversary of the death of P. Francis Berghegge (67) d. 1916 at Grahamstown, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:30th anniversary of the death of P. Kevin Donovan (76) d. 2008 at Wimbledon, London, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:17th anniversary of the death of F. Henryk Prill (PMA) (66) d. 2021 at Krakow, Poland. Read Obituary
Birthday:75th birthday of P. Peter BWANALI (born this day in 1963).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1546Fra Barbaran having declared in a letter that he wished to see all members of the Society living between Perpignan and Seville burned alive, St. Ignatius caused the reply to be sent that HIS wish was that the Friar and all his friends might be inflamed with the fire of the Holy Spirit.
1573Off the coast of Japan and within sight of land, Father Goncalvez Alvarez, the appointed Visitor of Japan, perished by shipwreck with four companions.
1581A princely reception is given to Fr. Anthony Possevino by the Czar of Russia.
1598Charles Spinola sailing for India, was captured by the English and led to England, but soon released.
1660At Rome died Cardinal John de Lugo, one of the greatest theologians of the Society. By his own desire he was buried in the Gesu "at the feet of St. Ignatius," i.e. at the foot of the Saint's altar. St. Alphonus Ligouri calls him the greatest theologian after St. Thomas. He was the 4th Jesuit cardinal. He propagated anti-malaria Jesuit's Bark, and it was sometimes called "Lugo's powder."
1968Father General Pedro Arrupe arrived in MedellĂ­n, Colombia, to take part in the conference of Latin American bishops that proved to be a pivotal moment in the Church's recognition of the central role of the option for justice.
1983President Benigno Aquino is assassinated at the airport in Manila. Jesuit Alumnus
1991Oswald von Nell-Breuning dies aged 101. He had a heavy hand in the writing of Quadragesimo Anno in 1931. Social ethicist, professor.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2038

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  6
Epact  xxiv
Solar Cycle 3
Letter of the Martyrology E
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6751
Years since the confirmation of the Society 498
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  482
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 17
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 25 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    25 April