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April 2055

24 Saturday
  whiteSaturday in the Octave of Easter
 Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this day"); double alleluia at dismissal.
 [266] Acts 4:13-21; Ps 118:1+14-15ab, 16-18, 19-21; Mark 16:9-15.
Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Mary Cleopas, Salome and the other women disciples of Jesus (cf. Jn. 19:25, Mk. 16:1-2) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:80th anniversary of the death of P. Phelim Rooney (70) d. 1975 at Oxford, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:31st anniversary of the death of P. Peter Brook (BRI) (70) d. 2024 at Leeds, England. Read Obituary
Birthday:74th birthday of P. Nobert MUNEKANI (born this day in 1981).
Birthday:61st birthday of S. Manuel Chingole MÃRIO (born this day in 1994).
Birthday:68th birthday of S. Talent RUNGANO (born this day in 1987).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1774Christopher de Beaumont, Archbishop of Paris, wrote to Clement XIV, regretting the Brief of Suppression. In 1775 the French Cardinals declined to receive the Brief because it threatened disaster to the Church.
1774Christopher de Beaumont, Archbishop of Paris, wrote to Pope Clement XIV, regretting the Brief of Suppression.
1928The Jesuit Church of the Blessed Sacrament, in Hollywood, CA, while yet unfinished, holds an opening service. Cecil is born. deMille attends and Jackie Coogan does a reading.
1934Leo O'Donovan, S.J. is born. Theologian, President of Georgetown University.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2055

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  4
Epact  ii
Solar Cycle 20
Letter of the Martyrology b
Roman Year of Indiction 3
Julian Period Year 6768
Years since the confirmation of the Society 515
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  499
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 34
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 18 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    18 April