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October 2074

26 Friday
  greenFriday of the twenty-ninth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [477] Eph 4:1-6; Ps 24:1-2, 3-4ab, 5-6; Luke 12:54-59.
 Hours of the day.
Anniversary:120th anniversary of the death of F. José de Matos (31) d. 1954 at Boroma, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:70th anniversary of the death of P. Maurice Leahy (84) d. 2004 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:57th anniversary of the death of P. Liam Browne (HIB) (88) d. 2017 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:81st birthday of S. Hélio José XAVIER (born this day in 1993).

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 2074

Dominical Letter  g
Golden Number  4
Epact  ii
Solar Cycle 11
Letter of the Martyrology b
Roman Year of Indiction 7
Julian Period Year 6787
Years since the confirmation of the Society 534
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  518
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 53
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 15 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    22 April