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August 2048

22 Saturday
  whiteThe Queenship of the Blessed Virgin Mary
After Night Prayer, Ave Regina Caelorum is recommended.
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [424] Ezek 43:1-7ab; Ps 85:9ab+10, 11-12, 13-14; Matt 23:1-12.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings from the Common of Saints: [627] Isa 9:1-6 (#707.8); Ps 113:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8 (#709.4); Luke 1:26-38 (#712.4).
Anniversary:82nd anniversary of the death of P. José Bernardo Gonçalves (72) d. 1966 at Lisbon, Portugal. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Diamond Jubilee of P. Joseph KEANEY who celebrates 60 years since professing Final Vows today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1541The death of Jean Codure, S.J. in Rome.
1555Fr. Andrew Gonsalves, Paschal and Alphonsus Lepius, sailing from Mozambique, were cast on a desert island where they perished of starvation.
1567It is supposed that on this day St. Stanislaus left Vienna for Rome, where he arrived on Oct. 25.
1626At Bracciano died Cardinal Alexander Orsini, Duke of Bracciano. He took the vows of the Society, lived like one of Ours, and had his name printed in the Catalog of the Roman Province. He wished his heart to be buried in the Gesu near the tomb of Cardinal Bellarmine.
1872Jesuits were expelled from Germany during Bismarck's Kulturkampf.
2024The death of Fr Gerald ('Gerry') O’Collins SJ AC (ASL) in Melbourne at the age of 93. He had been a Jesuit for 74 years and a priest for 61 years. Theologian; author of over 70 books; Lecturer at the Gregorian (for 33 years) in Rome, and later for shorter periods at St Mary's University College in Twickenham, London, the Australian Catholic University, the Jesuit College of Spirituality and the University of Divinity in Melbourne.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2048

Dominical Letter  e d
Golden Number  16
Epact  xiv
Solar Cycle 13
Letter of the Martyrology P
Roman Year of Indiction 11
Julian Period Year 6761
Years since the confirmation of the Society 508
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  492
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 27
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 5 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    5 April