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April 2096

22 Sunday
  whiteSecond Sunday of Easter (Sunday of Divine Mercy) [Octave Day of Easter].
(Formerly known as Dominica in Albis (Sunday in White), Quasimodo Sunday or Low Sunday.)
Mass of the Sunday, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I ("on this Easter day"); Easter Communicantes and Hanc igitur; double alleluia at dismissal.
Yr B [44] Acts 4:32-35; Ps 118:2-4, 13-15, 22-24; 1 John 5:1-6; John 20:19-31.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Evening Prayer II of the Sunday. The Easter Octave ends.
Week 2 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:76th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Keenan (HIB) (90) d. 2020 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:75th anniversary of the death of P. José Afonso Marques Pinto (POR) (91) d. 2021 at Lisbon, Portugal. Read Obituary

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 2096

Dominical Letter  A g
Golden Number  7
Epact  v
Solar Cycle 5
Letter of the Martyrology e
Roman Year of Indiction 14
Julian Period Year 6809
Years since the confirmation of the Society 556
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  540
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 75
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 15 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    15 April