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September 2038

22 Wednesday
  greenWednesday of the twenty-fifth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [451] Prov 30:5-9; Ps 119:29, 72, 89, 101, 104, 163; Luke 9:1-6.
 Hours of the day.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   redSt Maurice and Companions, MartyrsOptional 
Common of Martyrs
Anniversary:45th anniversary of the death of P. Edward Diffely (HIB) (77) d. 1993 at Galway, Ireland. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Bl. Tomas Sitjar and 10 companions, priests and martyrs – Martyrs of Valencia. Blessed Jose Aparico Sanz, S.J. and companions, martyrs.
1611The death of Pedro Ribadeneira, aged 85. He had been admitted by St. Ignatius at the age of 14. He became an eloquent preacher, a great missioner, and a gifted writer.
1747Fr. General Frances Retz visits the novitiate and foretold the Suppression of the Society. He added that one novice (Fr. Louis Panizzoni) would witness the Restoration.
1774At Rome the death of Pope Clement XIV, aged 69, miraculously assisted by St. Alphonsus Ligouri. He died worn out with suffering and grief because of the Suppression of the Society. False stories were circulated that he had been poisoned by the Jesuits. On the Pope's becoming deranged in mind after the Suppression, see Ranieri, S.J..

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2038

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  6
Epact  xxiv
Solar Cycle 3
Letter of the Martyrology E
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6751
Years since the confirmation of the Society 498
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  482
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 17
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 25 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    25 April