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May 2027

24 Monday
  greenMonday of the eighth week.
19th Day of Prayer for the Church in China (est. 2008)
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [347] Sir 17:20-24; Ps 32:1-2, 5, 6, 7; Mark 10:17-27.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteOur Lady of the Way [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement (Download here)
Proper (Preface: The Motherhood of the Blessed Virgin Mary)
Readings from the Common of Saints: During Easter Time: Heb 10:19-25, or Outside Easter Time: Prov 4:10-18, Ps 119 (118):1-2, 12+14, 36-37, 41-42, Luke 2:15b-19
Optional
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:112th anniversary of the death of F. Martin Meyringer (81) d. 1915 at Diest, Belgium. Read Obituary
Anniversary:96th anniversary of the death of F. Thomas Segura (77) d. 1931 at S. Salvador da Baía, Brasil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:71st anniversary of the death of F. William Blackledge (56) d. 1956 at Petworth, W. Sussex, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:27th anniversary of the death of P. Donal McKenna (67) d. 2000 at Limbe, Malawi. Read Obituary
Anniversary:23rd anniversary of the death of P. Bertold Beck (GER) (84) d. 2004 at Köln, Germany.
Birthday:64th birthday of P. Dhanapalan RAYAR (born this day in 1963).
Jubilee:Crystal Jubilee of S. Matias António TOMÁS who celebrates 15 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:Crystal Jubilee of S. Jimo Bernardo FRANCISCO who celebrates 15 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:Crystal Jubilee of S. Nelson José FONSECA BONÊS who celebrates 15 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:Crystal Jubilee of D. Guidione F FREDERICO MACAMO who celebrates 15 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 2027

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  14
Epact  xxii
Solar Cycle 20
Letter of the Martyrology C
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6740
Years since the confirmation of the Society 487
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  471
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 6
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 28 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    2 May