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November 2035

26 Monday
  whiteSt John Berchmans, religious [SJ]
Outside SJ churches, Mass ad lib.
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle I [503] Dan 1:1-6, 8-20; Dan 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; Luke 21:1-4.
Hours of the Memorial.

Readings from the Common of Saints: Phil 4:4-9 (#740.10), Ps 100 (99):1b-2, 3, 4, 5, Luke 9:57-62

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Saint John Berchmans, Religious (Memorial)

John Berchmans (1599-1621) was born in Driest, Belgium. He joined the Jesuit novitiate when he was seventeen. He excelled in his studies and was selected to defend the entire course of philosophy in July 1621 in a public disputation. His health suffered from the effort he put into studying for his final examination, and he became steadily weaker as he prepared for the disputation. He fell seriously ill and died on 13 August 1621. He is the Patron Saint of altar servers.

1678In London the arrest and imprisonment of St. Claude la Colombiére. He was released after ï¬ve weeks and banished.
1681At Rome, the death of Fr. John Paul Oliva, the eleventh general of the Society. He was a widely admired preacher.
1764The Jesuits in France were suppressed by the Bourbons.
1921A Letter of Fr. General Ledochowski is issued on religious modesty after the example of John Berchmans.
1930The Rocky Mountain Mission, based in Spokane, is erected.
1984Bernard Lonergan, S.J. dies. Philosopher and Theologian.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2035

Dominical Letter  g
Golden Number  3
Epact  xxi
Solar Cycle 28
Letter of the Martyrology B
Roman Year of Indiction 13
Julian Period Year 6748
Years since the confirmation of the Society 495
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  479
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 14
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 25 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    29 April