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May 2069

22 Wednesday
  whiteWednesday in the Sixth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle I [293] Acts 17:15, 22-18:1; Ps 148:1-2, 11-12, 13, 14; John 16:12-15.
Hours of the day.
  white St Rita of Cascia, religiousOptional
 (Common of Holy Men and Women
Readings from the Common of Saints: [566B] Phil 4:4-9 (#740.10); Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6 (#739.1); Luke 6:27-38 (#742.18).)
Anniversary:106th anniversary of the death of F. Henry Mercer (76) d. 1963 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:67th anniversary of the death of P. Cedric Myerscough (76) d. 2002 at Cape Town, RSA. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1569At Rome the Society was installed by Pope St. Pius V in the College of Penitentiaries, fathers of different nationalities there resident being Required to act as confessors in St. Peter’s. At the Suppression, Clement XIV replaced the Jesuits by Conventuals.
1611Pierre Biard and Ennemond Masse are the first Jesuits to set foot in New France, Arcadia.
1617At Nagasaki the glorious martyrdom of Blessed John Baptist Machado, beheaded for the faith. On hearing his death sentence, he sang the Te Deum.
1965Pedro Arrupe was elected the 28th superior general of the Society of Jesus in GC31

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2069

Dominical Letter  f
Golden Number  18
Epact  vi
Solar Cycle 6
Letter of the Martyrology f
Roman Year of Indiction 2
Julian Period Year 6782
Years since the confirmation of the Society 529
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  513
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 48
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 14 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    14 April