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July 2077

23 Friday
  greenFriday of the sixteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [399] Exod 20:1-17; Ps 19:8, 9, 10, 11; Matt 13:18-23.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteSt Bridget, religious
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [604] Gal 2:19-20 (#740.5); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9, 10-11 (#739.5); John 15:1-8 (#742.24).
Optional
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Ezekiel, prophet (cf. Ez. 1:3) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:192nd anniversary of the death of P. Charles Pétidy (41) d. 1885 at Sena, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:100th anniversary of the death of F. Michael Cich (58) d. 1977 at Chicago, USA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:91st anniversary of the death of P. Gerald Finnieston (76) d. 1986 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:59th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Hackett (BRI) (93) d. 2018 at Boscombe, England. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1553At Palermo the parish priests express to Fr. Paul Achilles, the Rector of the College, their indignation that more than 400 persons should have received communion in the Society's church, and not in their parish churches.
1637At Rome, the fourth translation of the body of St. Ignatius. It is moved to a newly designed shrine in the Gesu.
1840The Belgian missionary Fr. Jean Pierre De Smet dedicated the mission that he and five companions were en route to establish in the U.S.A.’s Rocky Mountains to "St. Ignatius, Patron of the Mountains"
1879Fathers Depelchin, Law and others arrive in South Africa at Shoshong and are introduced to King Khama.
1893Benito Vines dies. He was director of the meteorological observatory in Havana, Cuba and an expert on hurricanes.
1929The Prefect of Rome seized all copies of Civilta Cattolica of July 20th, because of articles that were anti-Fascist. The editor was arrested.
2002Edward (Ted) Yarnold, S.J. dies, Ecumenist, scholar at Oxford, in the Anglican-Catholic Dialogue.
2012The death of Fr. Vincent O’Keefe.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2077

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  7
Epact  v
Solar Cycle 14
Letter of the Martyrology e
Roman Year of Indiction 10
Julian Period Year 6790
Years since the confirmation of the Society 537
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  521
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 56
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 11 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    18 April