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May 2091

24 Thursday
  whiteThursday in the Seventh Week of Easter
83rd Day of Prayer for the Church in China (est. 2008)
Mass of the day. Preface of Ascension or of Easter "...in this time."
Cycle I [300] Acts 22:30; 23:6-11; Ps 16:1-2a+5, 7-8, 9-10, 11; John 17:20-26.
Hours of the day.
  white SJOur Lady of the Way [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement (Download here)
Optional
 (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)
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:176th anniversary of the death of F. Martin Meyringer (81) d. 1915 at Diest, Belgium. Read Obituary
Anniversary:160th anniversary of the death of F. Thomas Segura (77) d. 1931 at S. Salvador da BaĂ­a, Brasil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:135th anniversary of the death of F. William Blackledge (56) d. 1956 at Petworth, W. Sussex, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:91st anniversary of the death of P. Donal McKenna (67) d. 2000 at Limbe, Malawi. Read Obituary
Anniversary:87th anniversary of the death of P. Bertold Beck (GER) (84) d. 2004 at Köln, Germany.
Birthday:128th birthday of P. Dhanapalan RAYAR (born this day in 1963).
Jubilee:Oak Jubilee of P. AlcĂ­dio Vitorino TEMBE who celebrates 80 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 2091

Dominical Letter  g
Golden Number  2
Epact  x
Solar Cycle 28
Letter of the Martyrology k
Roman Year of Indiction 9
Julian Period Year 6804
Years since the confirmation of the Society 551
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  535
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 70
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 8 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    8 April