function getOrthodoxEaster($date)
{
/*
Takes any Gregorian date and returns the Gregorian
date of Orthodox Easter for that year.
*/
$year = date("Y", $date);
$r1 = $year % 19;
$r2 = $year % 4;
$r3 = $year % 7;
$ra = 19 * $r1 + 16;
$r4 = $ra % 30;
$rb = 2 * $r2 + 4 * $r3 + 6 * $r4;
$r5 = $rb % 7;
$rc = $r4 + $r5;
//Orthodox Easter for this year will fall $rc days after April 3
return strtotime("3 April $year + $rc days");
}
?>
24th International Day in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust (est. 2005)
Mass ad lib.
Cycle I
[322] Heb 11:1-2, 8-19;Luke 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75; Mark 4:35-41.
Hours of the day.
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St Angela Merici, virgin Common of Virgins, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Teachers (Readings from the Common of Saints: [521] 1 Peter 4:7b-11 (#740.15); Ps 148:1bc-2, 11-13a, 13c-14 (#733.2); Mark 9:34b-37 (#742.15).
Optional
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Saturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Optional
Anniversary:
14th anniversary of the death of P. Cornelius O'Driscoll (81) d. 2015 at Dublin, Ireland.
Anniversary:
8th anniversary of the death of P. Wolf Huwe (GER) (82) d. 2021 at Berlin, Germany.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1539
Paul III dispenses Ignatius from reading the divine office because of health (exhaustion and stomach pain).
1602
The grotto or cave at Manresa, famous in the life of St. Ignatius, became the property of the Society.
1805
The Maryland mission being affiliated to the Society in Russia, Father Robert Molyneux, the First Superior of the Mission, and Father Charles Sewall renew their vows.
1829
The death of Father General Luigi Fortis, the 20thsuperior general of the Society of Jesus, who led the reconstruction of the Society when it was restored after the Suppression.
1919
One Novice and one Junior die of flu epidemic at St. Andrew on Hudson, New York.
1984
Br. Angelo Mulatti dies in Rome, the last survivor of those who built the Curia on the Borgo Santo Spirito. He also suggested that a statue of the Sacred Heart be erected at the base of the old observatory.
1998
Fr. Edward Malatesta, S.J. dies. He became an expert on China.
407
407. John Chrysostom dies. This has been a traditional feast for Juniors.