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August 2079

22 Tuesday
  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 I [420] Judg 6:11-24a; Ps 85:9, 11-12, 13-14; Matt 19:23-30.
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:113th anniversary of the death of P. José Bernardo Gonçalves (72) d. 1966 at Lisbon, Portugal. Read Obituary

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 2079

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  9
Epact  xxvii
Solar Cycle 16
Letter of the Martyrology H
Roman Year of Indiction 12
Julian Period Year 6792
Years since the confirmation of the Society 539
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  523
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 58
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 23 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    23 April