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October 2061

26 Wednesday
  greenWednesday of the thirtieth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [481] Rom 8:26-30; Ps 13:4-5, 6; Luke 13:22-30.
 Hours of the day.
Anniversary:107th anniversary of the death of F. José de Matos (31) d. 1954 at Boroma, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:57th anniversary of the death of P. Maurice Leahy (84) d. 2004 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:44th anniversary of the death of P. Liam Browne (HIB) (88) d. 2017 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:68th birthday of S. Hélio José XAVIER (born this day in 1993).
Jubilee:Golden Jubilee of P. Anesu Douglas MANYERE who celebrates 50 years since professing Final Vows today.
Jubilee:Golden Jubilee of P. Chiedza CHIMHANDA who celebrates 50 years since professing Final Vows today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1554Princess Juana, the daughter of Charles V, is admitted to the Society in an exceptional way and with the obligation of complete secrecy. She takes vows. She would die as a Jesuit scholastic with her vows.
1556In Rome the death of Fr. Andrew Frusius. He translated the Spiritual Exercises into Latin, and this was the first book printed by the Society.
1574A mentally disturbed Jesuit, Gerhard Pesch, murders three Jesuits at the Jesuit College in Cologne. The Rector, minister and one regent.
1644In Maryland Father Andrew White was seized by some English invaders, carried off prisoner to London, imprisoned, then sentenced to banishment.
1987Giuseppe Moscati a Neapolitan physician and university professor, friend of Jesuits, who died in 1917, is canonized by Pope John Paul II.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2061

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  10
Epact  viii
Solar Cycle 26
Letter of the Martyrology h
Roman Year of Indiction 9
Julian Period Year 6774
Years since the confirmation of the Society 521
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  505
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 40
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 10 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    10 April