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November 2056

26 Sunday
  whiteOur Lord Jesus Christ, Universal KingSolemnity
71st World Youth Day (est. 1986)
Mass of the Solemnity; gloria, creed.
Yr A [160] Ezek 34:11-12, 15-17; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5-6; 1 Cor 15:20-26, 28; Matt 25:31-46. 
 Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.

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 five 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 2056

Dominical Letter  b A
Golden Number  5
Epact  xiii
Solar Cycle 21
Letter of the Martyrology n
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6769
Years since the confirmation of the Society 516
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  500
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 35
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 2 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    9 April