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October 2095

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:141st anniversary of the death of F. José de Matos (31) d. 1954 at Boroma, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:91st anniversary of the death of P. Maurice Leahy (84) d. 2004 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:78th anniversary of the death of P. Liam Browne (HIB) (88) d. 2017 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:102nd 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 2095

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  6
Epact  xxiv
Solar Cycle 4
Letter of the Martyrology E
Roman Year of Indiction 13
Julian Period Year 6808
Years since the confirmation of the Society 555
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  539
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 74
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 24 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    24 April