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September 2068

27 Thursday
  whiteSt Vincent de Paul, priest
89th World Tourism Day (est. 1980)
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [452] Eccl 1:2-11; Ps 90:3-4, 5-6, 12-13, 14+7bc; Luke 9:7-9.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors: For Missionaries, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged
Readings from the Common of Saints: [645] 1 Cor 1:26-31 (#740.2); Ps 112:1bc-2, 3-4, 5-7, 7-8, 9 (#739.7); Matt 9:35-38 (#724.1).
Anniversary:66th anniversary of the death of F. Jacob Grybos (78) d. 2002 at Kasisi, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:50th anniversary of the death of P. José Vicente Martins (97) d. 2018 at Lisbon, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:49th anniversary of the death of P. Armand Nigro (UWE) (91) d. 2019 at Los Gatos, CA, USA. Read Obituary
Birthday:89th birthday of P. Tinashe Solomon MHAKA (born this day in 1979).
SJ NOTE:Monthly Mass for the needs of the Church and the Society should be offered on September 27, the 528th anniversary of the confirmation of the Society (1540).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1540The Bull of Pope Paul III, Regimini militantis Ecclesiae, constituting the Society a Religious Order, was signed at Palazzo San Marco, Rome. It limits the number of professed fathers to 60. Approbation Day. The Birthday of the Society of Jesus.
1604The College of S. Bartholomew is founded in New Granada, Columbia. It gave the Church 17 bishops, and 23 martyrs.
1606At Ingolstadt died Fr. Theodore Canisius, the brother of Peter. For eight years before his death he lost his memory, remembering only the holy names of Jesus and Mary.
1948Apostolic Constitution of Pius XII, Bis Saeculari. the magna carta of the Sodality movement.
1970Teresa of Avila is declared a doctor of the Church by Pope Paul VI. She is the first woman so declared. Had Jesuit directors.
1985Elliott MacGuigan, S.J. dies. Canadian canon lawyer and moral theologian.
2001James J. Hennesey, S.J. dies, age 74. Jesuit historian, and expert on USA Church history.
2017Letter of Fr. Sosa on "Discernment in Common."
2019Announcement of Ignatian Year. 2021-2022.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2068

Dominical Letter  A g
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 5
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6781
Years since the confirmation of the Society 528
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  512
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 47
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 22 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    29 April