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April 2056

23 Sunday
  whiteFourth Sunday of Easter
93rd World Day for Prayers for Priestly and Religious Vocations ('Good Shepherd' Sunday) (est. 1963)
Mass of the day, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I - V.
Yr A [49] Acts 2:14a, 36-41; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; 1 Pet 2:20b-25; John 10:1-10.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:118th anniversary of the death of P. Philip Stapleton (64) d. 1938 at Harrismith, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:71st anniversary of the death of P. Franciszek Kovanda (65) d. 1985 at Montreal, Canada. Read Obituary
Birthday:65th birthday of S. Tsepo MOSITO (born this day in 1991).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1527Ignatius was imprisoned for the first time, in Alcala, Spain, where he was studying and conversing with people on spiritual topics.
1541In St. Paul's Basilica, Rome, the solemn Profession of St. Ignatius and his first companions: Ignatius, Lainez, Salmeron, Codure, Broet, Jay.
1548At Naples died William Elphinston, a scholastic novice and scion of the royal house of Scotland, his mother being a Stuart.
1565In Peru Fr. Gaspar de Azevedos died while serving the poor. Reputedly he spent six hours every day in prayer, kneeling without support.
1579At Rome, the appointment of Fr. Alphonsus Agazzari, the first Jesuit rector of the English College which had been founded by Pope Gregory XIII.
1637Henry Morse pronounces his final vows in prison. Later he is freed, but then re-arrested, and martyred.
1878The first phone line in the Philippines is established between the Ateneo and the Normal School in Manila.
1888Daniel Lord, S.J. is born.
1956Miguel Selga dies in Manila. He was a famed scientist and the first director of the Manila Observatory.
1973Fr. Arrupe makes the cover of Time magazine., with a feature story on the Jesuits.
1982Michael Walsh, S.J. dies New England Province, educator. He had been President of Boston College and of Fordham.
2001The death of Paul Beauchamp, French biblical, Old Testament scholar.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2056

Dominical Letter  b A
Golden Number  5
Epact  xiii
Solar Cycle 21
Letter of the Martyrology n
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6769
Years since the confirmation of the Society 516
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  500
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 35
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 2 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    9 April