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January 2087

25 Saturday
 whiteThe Conversion of St Paul, apostleFeast
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
 [519] Acts 22:3-16 or Acts 9:1-22; Ps 117:1bc, 2; Mark 16:15-18.
 Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture the Conversion of St. Paul (cf. Acts 9:3–9, Acts 9:13–19) [from the Roman Martyrology].
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Ananias of Damascus (cf. Acts 9:10) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:188th anniversary of the death of P. Charles Croonenberghs (56) d. 1899 at Verviers, Belgium. Read Obituary
Anniversary:145th anniversary of the death of P. Cyril Kilroe (40) d. 1942 at Grahamstown, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:75th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Danel (91) d. 2012 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1707Cardinal Tournon, Papal Visitor of the missions in China, forbade the use of the words Tien or Xant for God, and ordered the discontinuance by the Christians of the Chinese Rites. This was the beginning of the destruction of the mission there.
1918The death of Fr. Thomas Gannon, S.J., he was appointed three years earlier as the first Assistant for the American Assistancy. Was Provincial of NY and gave America magazine its name.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2087

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 24
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6800
Years since the confirmation of the Society 547
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  531
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 66
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 20 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    27 April