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May 2021

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: The world of finance (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that those in charge of finance will work with governments to regulate the financial sphere and protect citizens from its dangers."

24 Monday
  whiteThe Blessed Virgin Mary, Mother of the ChurchMemorial
Mass of the Memorial (Votive Mass #10B)
These readings are proper to the memorial.
cf. [572A] Gen 3: 9-15, 20 or Acts 1: 12-14; Ps 86: 1-2, 3 & 5, 5-7; Jn 19: 25-34
Hours of the memorial (From Votive Masses: 10. Blessed Virgin Mary, B. Our Lady, Mother of the Church.)
 Seasonal weekday readings:
 [347] Sir 17:20-24; Ps 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7; Mark 10:17-27.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   whiteThe Blessed Virgin Mary, Help of ChristiansMemorial 
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Bl. Johanna, wife of Chuza, disciple (cf. Lk. 8:1b-3) [from the Roman Martyrology].
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Manaen, prophet in Antioch (cf. Acts 13:1) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:106th anniversary of the death of F. Martin Meyringer (81) d. 1915 at Diest, Belgium. Read Obituary
Anniversary:90th anniversary of the death of F. Thomas Segura (77) d. 1931 at S. Salvador da BaĂ­a, Brasil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:65th anniversary of the death of F. William Blackledge (56) d. 1956 at Petworth, W. Sussex, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:21st anniversary of the death of P. Donal McKenna (67) d. 2000 at Limbe, Malawi. Read Obituary
Anniversary:17th anniversary of the death of P. Bertold Beck (GER) (84) d. 2004 at Köln, Germany.
Birthday:58th birthday of P. Dhanapalan RAYAR (born this day in 1963).
Jubilee:Tin Jubilee of P. AlcĂ­dio Vitorino TEMBE who celebrates 10 years in the Society today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Madonna della Strada. Feast of Our Lady of the Way.
Our Lady of the Way (Optional Memorial)

Our Lady of the Way (Madonna della Strada) was the name given by the first Jesuits to a late 13th century Byzantine fresco in a way-side chapel by the same name, in Rome. In 1540, Ignatius of Loyola and his companions occupied a house directly across from the chapel. The chapel, together with the residence, was for many years the “heart of the Society of Jesus”. It witnessed the contemplative life and corporate ministries of the early Jesuits. The icon, revered down the ages, is placed prominently in the magnificent Madonna Chapel in the Gesù, the mother-church of the Society of Jesus, in Rome, built over the original site. Our Lady of the Way is Patroness of the Society of Jesus.

1551St. Francis Borgia is ordained a priest. He said his first Mass on August lst.
1716The beatification of John Francis Regis by Pope Clement XI.
1814Pope Pius VII returns to Rome from exile. He declared his intention to restore the Society on the coming feast of St. Ignatius.
1834Expulsion of the Society from Brazil by Don Pedro IV.
2002Gerard Gilleman, S.J. dies. Missionary to India, he wrote The Primacy of Charity in Moral Theology, a breakthrough volume.
2014Letter of Fr. General On Jesuits in the Intellectual Apostolate.
2015Encyclical of Pope Francis on the environment, Laudato Si.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2021

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 14
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 14
Julian Period Year 6734
Years since the confirmation of the Society 481
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  465
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 0
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 4 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    2 May