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October 2071

24 Saturday
  greenSaturday of the twenty-ninth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [478] Rom 8:1-11; Ps 24:1b-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; Luke 13:1-9.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteSt Anthony Mary Claret, bishop
Common of Pastors: For Missionaries
Readings from the Common of Saints: [665] Isa 52:7-10 (#719.5); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 (#721.5); Mark 1:14-20 (#724.5).
Optional
  white   greenSaturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin MaryOptional
Archdiocese of Durban, South Africa
   whiteAnniversary of the Dedication of Emmanuel Cathedral (1904)Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II.
Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum.
Anniversary:109th anniversary of the death of Archbishop Aston Chichester (83) d. 1962 at Rome, Italy. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Anthony Claret, bishop. Optional memorial. The Founder of the Claretians. He joined the Society of Jesus as a priest, but left the novitiate four months later for health reasons. He died on this day in 1870 in political exile in France.
1523At Jerusalem St. Ignatius was maltreated on Mount Olivet ty the Armenian servant of the Franciscans, but was consoled by a vision of our Blessed Lord.
1604At Coimbra died Father Jerome Carvahlo. He gave six hours daily to prayer, and made 100 genuflections a day. Our Lady bade him not to fear Purgatory, as she was the consoler of the afflicted souls there.
1618John Berchmans sets out from Flanders to Rome as a scholastic. He will reach Rome on December 31st.
1759133 Jesuits banished from Portugal are put on shore at Civita Vecchia. They are kindly received by Pope Clement XIII and by religious communities, especially the Dominicans.
1759One hundred thirty-three Jesuits, banished from Portugal and put ashore at Civitavecchia, were most kindly received by Clement XIII and by the religious communities, especially the Dominicans.
1964The death of Archbishop Aston Ignatius Chicester, S.J. missionary to Rhodesia. He died while attending the Second Vatican Council.
1982Daniel O’Connell dies in Rome. He had been Director of the Vatican Observatory from 1952-70, and President of the Pontifical Academy of Science.
1997Thomas Anchanikal (A.T. Thomas) disappears in Hazaribag, India, age 46. He was a defender of the dalits (lower caste)

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2071

Dominical Letter  d
Golden Number  1
Epact  xxix
Solar Cycle 8
Letter of the Martyrology N
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6784
Years since the confirmation of the Society 531
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  515
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 50
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 19 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    19 April