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November 2089

24 Thursday
St Andrew Dung-Lac, priest and martyr, and companions, martyrsMemorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle I [506] Dan 6:12-28; Dan 3:68, 69, 70, 71, 72, 73, 74; Luke 21:20-28.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [683B] Wis 3:1-9 (#713.5); Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); Matt 10:17-22 (#718.1).
Anniversary:126th anniversary of the death of F. Francisco Nunes Pires (47) d. 1963 at Luanda, Angola. Read Obituary
Anniversary:85th anniversary of the death of E. James Corboy (88) d. 2004 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:149th birthday of P. John KIEŁBASA (born this day in 1940).
Birthday:86th birthday of NS. Pius MUGISHA (born this day in 2003).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1546Lucrezia di Brandine and Francesca Cruyllas are released from their Jesuit vows.
1665Simon Le Moyne, S.J. dies in Canada.
1678Claude La Colombiere is arrested for treason.
1775Laurence Ricci dies in Castel S. Angelo. He was the 18th and last General of the Old Society. He was imprisoned for over two years, and not allowed to write or to celebrate Mass.
1938Genevieve Brady Macaulay dies Philanthropist. She was a major benefactress to Wernersville and Innisfada.
1963John LaFarge, S.J. dies writer. He was a pioneer advocate of racial justice in the US.
1985Opening of the Synod on the Second Vatican Council. 44 Jesuits participate; 10 members, 7 experts, 13 journalists, and 14 translators.
2009The death of Cecil McGarry, S.J. Provincial of the Irish Province, Formation Assistant for Fr. Arrupe, Dean and Rector of Hekima College, Nairobi, and then Retreat work, especially with women congregations in Kenya.
2016Decrees of General Congregation 36 promulgated

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2089

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  19
Epact  xvii
Solar Cycle 26
Letter of the Martyrology s
Roman Year of Indiction 7
Julian Period Year 6802
Years since the confirmation of the Society 549
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  533
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 68
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 3 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    1 May