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June 2040

23 Saturday
  greenSaturday of the eleventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [370] 2 Chr 24:17-25; Ps 89:4-5, 29-30, 31-32, 33-34; Matt 6:24-34.
 Hours of the day.
Anniversary:95th anniversary of the death of F. Manuel Lourenço FernáNdez (71) d. 1945 at Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:60th anniversary of the death of P. Bernard D'Adhémar (75) d. 1980 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:46th anniversary of the death of P. Leonard Kennedy (84) d. 1994 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1546At Rome the papal postmaster, enraged by the admission of his mistress into the Casa Santa Maria, a refuge founded by St. Ignatius, raised a great storm against the Society.
1608The martyrdom in London, England, of Thomas Garnet.
1623In Paraguay died Father John Vasee, a Fleming. Being a skilled violinist, and having taught the Indian children to sing, he drew crowds of savages to him by the double charm of his music and virtues.
1704Decree dated this day, of Tournon, the Papal Legate, opposes the Chinese Rites, and sets back inculturation. The Jesuits were informed of it on July 8th and were dismayed.
1773At Bologna Cardinal Malvezzi, anticipating the Suppression, tried to force the scholastics to take off the religious habit.
1932The Society of Jesus is banished and property seized in Spain.
1967Saint Louis University’s Board of Trustees gather for the first meeting of the expanded Board. SLU was the first Catholic University to establish a Board of Trustees with a majority of lay members.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2040

Dominical Letter  A g
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 5
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 3
Julian Period Year 6753
Years since the confirmation of the Society 500
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  484
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 19
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 1 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    6 May