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December 2097

22 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 A [10] Isa 7:10-14; Ps 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6; Rom 1:1-7; Matt 1:18-24.
Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum
OP Anniversary of the approval of our Order (1216). Special prayers for this intention may be made at Mass and at Evening Prayer.
Anniversary:175th anniversary of the death of F. Arthur Everard (89) d. 1922 at Stonyhurst, Lancs, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:144th anniversary of the death of P. Michael O‘Reilly (70) d. 1953 at Grahamstown, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:120th anniversary of the death of P. Michael Hannan (68) d. 1977 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:76th anniversary of the death of P. Józef Oleksy (PME) (73) d. 2021 at Nowy Sącz, Poland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:76th anniversary of the death of P. Robert L. Erickson (UWE) (80) d. 2021 at Los Gatos, CA, USA. Read Obituary
Birthday:95th birthday of NS. Eduardo Virgílio FRANCISCO (born this day in 2002).
Birthday:110th birthday of P. Joaquim Lucas BIRIATE (born this day in 1987).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1588In Transylvania the Protestants agitate for the expulsion of the Society.
1642At London the martyrdom of Fr. Thomas Holland. After his sentence he declared himself a priest and a Jesuit and said that he was ready to lay down his life 100 times and more for the Faith. He gave two gold crowns to his executioner.
1649At Cork the death of David Glawey, a missionary in the Inner and Lower Hebrides, Islay, Oronsay, Colonsay, Arran.
1844Six Jesuits from Lyon land at Reunion and begin the evangelization of Madagascar.
1933Vincent McCormick, S.J. is named Rector Magnificus of the Gregorian University.
1977In Rhodesia, the death of Michael Hannan. He published the first complete dictionary of Shona, and translated the New Testament and parts of the old into Shona.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2097

Dominical Letter  f
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 6
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 15
Julian Period Year 6810
Years since the confirmation of the Society 557
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  541
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 76
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 31 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    5 May