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April 2071

25 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.
Mass of the feast; Gloria, Preface of Apostles II.
Hours of the feast; Te Deum
 
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Mark, evangelist (cf. 2 Tm. 4:11b) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:179th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Aloy (51) d. 1892 at Quelimane, Portuguese Eastern Africa. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1540Arrival in Lisbon of Xavier and Father Simon Rodriguez, both destined for India, but the latter was retained in Portugal by the King.
1603Fr. Gregory de Valentia, a Spanish Jesuit died at Naples. A renowned theologian, Pope Clement VIII honored him with the title "Doctor of Doctors."
1688Louis XIV, wanting a special Jesuit vicar-general for the French Jesuits, forbade all correspondence with the General and ordered all French Jesuits in Rome to return to France.
1762Fr. John de la Marche, sent by Fr.General, informed Fr. de Lavalette of the suspension incurred by him, and the summons to Rome to hear his sentence. Fr. de Lavalette signed his acceptance of the decree with deepest sorrow.
1915Pierre Rousselot, S.J. Professor at the Institut Catholique in Paris, is wounded and taken prisoner in WW I.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2071

Dominical Letter  d
Golden Number  1
Epact  xxix
Solar Cycle 8
Letter of the Martyrology N
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6784
Years since the confirmation of the Society 531
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  515
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 50
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 19 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    19 April