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November 2044

23 Wednesday
  greenWednesday of the thirty-fourth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [505] Rev 15:1-4; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 7-8, 9; Luke 21:12-19.
 Hours of the day.
  redBl Miguel Agustín Pro and Bl. Emilio Moscoso, priests; Bl. Rutilio Grande, priest and comps. (Bl. Manuel Solórzano and Bl. Nelson Rutilio Lemus), martyrs [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
From the Common of Martyrs, or from the Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints:
Optional
  redSt Clement I, pope and martyr
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [682] 1 Petr 5:1-4 (#722.13); Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 21-22, 25+27 (#721.4); Matt 16:13-19 (#724.2).
Optional
  whiteSt Columban, abbot
Common of Pastors: For Missionaries, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [683] Is 52:7-10 (#719.5); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 (#721.5); Luke 9:57-62 (#742.19).
Optional
Anniversary:97th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Duffy (61) d. 1947 at Tremeirchion, N Wales. Read Obituary
Birthday:69th birthday of P. Godwin MULENGA (born this day in 1975).
Birthday:62nd birthday of P. Omar Boby FRANCISCO (born this day in 1982).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Priest and Martyr (Optional Memorial)

Miguel Agustín Pro (1891-1927) was born in Guadalupe de Zacatecas, Mexico. In 1911, he joined the Society of Jesus, at a time of political and religious persecution in Mexico. In 1914 the young Jesuits sought refuge in California. Later, Pro continued his priestly training in Spain, Nicaragua, and Belgium. He was ordained a priest in 1925. In June 1926, when he returned to Mexico, the government had suppressed all public worship. Pro worked clandestinely, He was arrested in 1927 on false charges, was condemned, and was publicly executed by a firing squad.

1585The arrival in Rome of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, with letters from his father, to Pope Sixtus V and to Fr. General Acquaviva. He entered the novitiate on November 25.
1654Blaise Pascal has an experience that changed his life. A God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not the God of the philosophers and scholars... God of Jesus Christ.. Surrender to Jesus Christ.
1927Blessed Miguel Augustin Pro, S.J. priest and martyr: optional memorial in the USA. Assassinated in Mexico on this day 1927 by leaders of the persecution of the Church in Mexico. "Viva Christo Rey." He was 36 and ordained two years.
1979Edwin Cuffe, S.J. dies. Juniorate Professor at St. Andrew on Hudson, NY, USA.
1983The national police occupy the Central American University (El Salvador) and spend 11 hours examining ever book in the library.
2013Decree of Fr. General on the Union of the Missouri and New Orleans Provinces – to create the Central and Southern. Province of the United States.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2044

Dominical Letter  c b
Golden Number  12
Epact  *
Solar Cycle 9
Letter of the Martyrology P
Roman Year of Indiction 7
Julian Period Year 6757
Years since the confirmation of the Society 504
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  488
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 23
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 17 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    24 April