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June 2070

26 Thursday
  greenThursday of the twelfth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [374] 2 Kgs 24:8-17; Ps 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9; Matt 7:21-29.
 Hours of the day.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Joachim and Anne, grandparents of Jesus (cf. Acts 22:7-8) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:129th anniversary of the death of P. Kazimiro Konopka (62) d. 1941 at Lvov, Poland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:99th anniversary of the death of F. James McGuigan (68) d. 1971 at Glasgow, Scotland. Read Obituary
Birthday:80th birthday of S. Hassan A. PHIRI (born this day in 1990).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1527At Alcala, a nobleman having uttered an imprecation against St. Ignatius, perished miserably in an explosion of gunpowder.
1578About this time, Father David Wolfe died in Clare, Ireland. He was the pioneer Jesuit of the Irish Mission and suffered imprisonment for 5 years.
1580Peter Claver is born in Verdu, Spain.
1881The banishment of 83 members of the Society of Jesus from the Republic of Nicaragua.
1923Shadowbrook, New England Province house of formation, is established.
1988Hans Urs Von Balthasar dies. A theologian, one-time a Jesuit. He had been named a Cardinal in May, but died three days before being installed. He was also in the process of being readmitted to the Society of Jesus.
2007Tony Montfort dies. Layman, worked at Jesuit Missions, London, for 44 years.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2070

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  19
Epact  xvii
Solar Cycle 7
Letter of the Martyrology s
Roman Year of Indiction 3
Julian Period Year 6783
Years since the confirmation of the Society 530
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  514
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 49
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 30 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    4 May