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May 2082

26 Tuesday
  whiteSt Philip Neri, priestMemorial
59th World Children's Day (est. 2024)
Mass of the memorial; preface of Easter I - V, or of the saint.
Cycle II [292] Acts 16:22-34; Ps 138:1-2ab, 2cde-3, 7c-8; John 16:5-11.
 Hours of the memorial
Anniversary:187th anniversary of the death of F. Thomas Kunsztowicz (56) d. 1895 at Stara Wies, Poland.
Anniversary:182nd anniversary of the death of P. Henry Depelchin (78) d. 1900 at Calcutta, India. Read Obituary
Anniversary:93rd anniversary of the death of P. Marian Folta (82) d. 1989 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:88th anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Boron (91) d. 1994 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1595St. Philip Neri, priest. Memorial. Most devoted to the Society of Jesus, he had asked to be admitted to the Society, but St. Ignatius saw that it was not his vocation.
1645St. Mariana Parades of Quito dies. She lived a solitary, with extreme penances. She spent each Friday night in a coffin and had three hours of sleep each night and died at age of 26. Her feast in June 2. She was directed by Jesuits and is listed in one Jesuit martyrology.
1647Massachusetts passed a law banning Jesuits; they would be put to death if they returned after banishment.
1647The state of Massachusetts passed a law banning Jesuits. First time offenders are banished. Second time offenders will be executed.
1673Ching Wei-San (Emmanuel de Sigueira) dies, the first Chinese Jesuit priest.
1803Archbishop Carroll and Bishop Neale of Maryland write to Fr. General Gruber that thirteen ex-Jesuits beg to be admitted to the Society, together with a few other priests.
1839St. Francis Jerome is canonized by Pope Gregory XVI.
1871At Paris the Communards executed five French Jesuits: Frs Olivaint, Canbert and deBengy today, and Ducoudray and LeClerc two days earlier.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2082

Dominical Letter  d
Golden Number  12
Epact  *
Solar Cycle 19
Letter of the Martyrology P
Roman Year of Indiction 15
Julian Period Year 6795
Years since the confirmation of the Society 542
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  526
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 61
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 19 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    19 April