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May 2076

22 Friday
  whiteFriday in the Fifth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [289] Acts 15:22-31; Ps 57:8-9, 10+12; John 15:12-17.
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:113th anniversary of the death of F. Henry Mercer (76) d. 1963 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:74th anniversary of the death of P. Cedric Myerscough (76) d. 2002 at Cape Town, RSA. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Emerald Jubilee of S. Gibson PHIRI who celebrates 55 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:Emerald Jubilee of S. Laison MUCHINI who celebrates 55 years in the Society today.

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 2076

Dominical Letter  e d
Golden Number  6
Epact  xxiv
Solar Cycle 13
Letter of the Martyrology E
Roman Year of Indiction 9
Julian Period Year 6789
Years since the confirmation of the Society 536
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  520
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 55
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 19 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    26 April