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October 2061

22 Saturday
  greenSaturday of the twenty-ninth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [478] Rom 8:1-11; Ps 24:1b-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; Luke 13:1-9.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteSt John Paul II, pope
Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [663A] Isa 52:7-10 (#719.5); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 (#721.5); John 21:15-17 (#724.12).
Optional
  white   greenSaturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin MaryOptional
Anniversary:69th anniversary of the death of F. Anthony Kowalik (71) d. 1992 at Katondwe, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:41st anniversary of the death of P. Karl Steffens (ZIM) (84) d. 2020 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Oak Jubilee of P. Simon MAKURU who celebrates 80 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:Emerald Jubilee of P. Tomás ARMANDO who celebrates 55 years of Priesthood today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1536Favre, Rodriguez, Salmeron, Bobadilla, Jay, Codure, and Broet are granted their M.A. degrees. Lainez and Xavier already had theirs.
1642Charles Raymbault dies French missionary, the first to die in Canada. He is buried next to Samuel Champlain.
1861Beaumont Lodge, Old Windsor, the Novitiate of the English Province from 1854-1861, was opened as a College.
1870In France, Garibaldi and his filibusters drove the Jesuits from the Colleges of Dole and Mont Roland.
1986Frances Xavier Weiser, S.J. dies. Writer, on liturgy and church feasts. Also wrote a book for youth that sold one million copies, and was translated into forty languages, The Light on the Mountain.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2061

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  10
Epact  viii
Solar Cycle 26
Letter of the Martyrology h
Roman Year of Indiction 9
Julian Period Year 6774
Years since the confirmation of the Society 521
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  505
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 40
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 10 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    10 April