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June 2061

23 Thursday
  greenThursday of the twelfth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [374] Gen 16:1-12, 15-16 or Gen 16:16b-12, 15-16; Ps 106: 1b-2, 3-4a, 4b-5; Matt 7:21-29.
 Hours of the day.
Anniversary:116th anniversary of the death of F. Manuel Lourenço FernáNdez (71) d. 1945 at Fortaleza, Ceará, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:81st anniversary of the death of P. Bernard D'Adhémar (75) d. 1980 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:67th 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 2061

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  10
Epact  viii
Solar Cycle 26
Letter of the Martyrology h
Roman Year of Indiction 9
Julian Period Year 6774
Years since the confirmation of the Society 521
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  505
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 40
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 10 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    10 April