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October 2098

28 Tuesday
  redSts Simon and Jude, apostles
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Yr A[666] Eph 2:19-22; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; Lk 6:12-16.
 Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Simon and Jude, apostles (cf. Acts 1:13-14a, Jn. 14:22-23) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:197th anniversary of the death of P. Walter Bridge (66) d. 1901 at Boscombe, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:165th anniversary of the death of F. António Augusto Pinheiro (64) d. 1933 at Macau, Hong Kong. Read Obituary
Anniversary:118th anniversary of the death of P. Brian Sharkey (63) d. 1980 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:112th anniversary of the death of P. Lawrence Kearns (HIB) (74) d. 1986 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1510St. Francis Borgia is born.
1550St. Stanislaus Kostka born on this day and he also received the habit on this day in Rome in 1567. He would die nine months later.
1552At Rome, the opening of the German College.
1584Pope Gregory XIII dedicates the Roman College. He is received by Fr. General Acquaviva and the professors, including Bellarmine, Suarez, and Clavius.
1939President F.D. Roosevelt visits Fordham University.
1940Joseph J. Williams, S.J. dies New England Province, from the Jamaica mission; author, ethnologist, Hebrewisms of West Africa.
1949Leonard Feeney is dismissed from the Society of Jesus.
1956In La Vega, Dominican Republic, the inauguration of Radio Santa María, a station founded by the Jesuits to provide popular or basic education throughout that country.
1958Wilfrid Parsons, S.J. dies. Founder of Thought magazine and editor of America, 1925-36. He was then Professor at Georgetown University and Catholic University, age 71.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2098

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  9
Epact  xxvii
Solar Cycle 7
Letter of the Martyrology H
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6811
Years since the confirmation of the Society 558
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  542
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 77
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 20 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    27 April