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April 2035

22 Sunday
  whiteFifth Sunday of Easter
Mass of the day, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I - V.
Yr A [52] Acts 6:1-7; Ps 33:1-2, 4-5, 18-19; 1 Pet 2:4-9; John 14:1-12.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:15th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Keenan (HIB) (90) d. 2020 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:14th anniversary of the death of P. José Afonso Marques Pinto (POR) (91) d. 2021 at Lisbon, Portugal. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Emerald Jubilee of P. David GORNALL who celebrates 55 years since professing Final Vows today.
Jubilee:Emerald Jubilee of P. Peter CARROLL who celebrates 55 years since professing Final Vows today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the Society of Jesus. Feast.
THE BLESSED VIRGIN MARY, MOTHER OF THE SOCIETY OF JESUS (Feast)

On 22 April 1541, the Founding Fathers of the Society of Jesus made their solemn profession of vows in the newly instituted Order, during the celebration of Mass at Our Lady’s altar in the basilica of St Paul Outside-the-Walls in Rome. It was a crowning event in the history of the Society of Jesus. Today’s feast commemorates the birth of the vowed Society and its dedication to Mary as its Mother.

1541St. Ignatius is unanimously elected General. But he refuses. 1595. St. Henry Walpole, S.J. is martyred at York.
1581At the close of the Fourth General Congregation, Pope Gregory XIII received the new General, Father Claude Acquaviva, and promised to provide a foundation fund for the Roman College.
1585(Day uncertain.) Discontent of certain Spanish Fathers at Father Claude Acquaviva's election: they wanted a Spanish general. Such a state of things requiring great firmness, Father General Acquaviva expelled a number of Professed Fathers.
1952A Letter of Fr. General Janssens "On Continual Mortification."
1972Rene Arnou, S.J. dies. He was a professor at the Gregorian, a scholar on spirituality and philosophy.
1995Engelbert Mveng, S.J. is killed in his bed in the Cameroons. He was a theologian, artist, and scholar and writer on the history and culture of West Africa. He also founded the community of the Beatitudes.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2035

Dominical Letter  g
Golden Number  3
Epact  xxi
Solar Cycle 28
Letter of the Martyrology B
Roman Year of Indiction 13
Julian Period Year 6748
Years since the confirmation of the Society 495
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  479
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 14
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 25 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    29 April