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August 2024

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For political leaders (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that political leaders be at the service of their own people, working for integral human development and the common good, taking caring of those who have lost their jobs and giving priority to the poor."

28 Wednesday
  whiteSt Augustine, bishop and doctor of the Church
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [427] 2 Thess 3:6-10, 16-18; Ps 128:1-2, 4-5; Matt 23:27-32.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [633] 1 John 4:7-16 (#740.17); Ps 119:9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 (#727.3); Matt 23:8-12 (#730.4).
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Hezekiah, king (cf. 2 Kgs. 18:5) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:73rd anniversary of the death of P. Alfred Connell (45) d. 1951 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Birthday:41st birthday of P. Mwamba D. MUTALE (born this day in 1983).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1628Edmund Arrowsmith dies a martyr in Lancashire, England. 1632 Paul Le Jeune completes the first Jesuit Relations.
1633The martyrdom in Japan of the Italian Jesuit, Jácome Antonio Granoni.
1879The arrival of Fr. Depelchin and Augustine Law in South Africa to begin the mission there.
1983Dennis J. McCarthy, S.J. dies scripture scholar.
1985The death of Domenico Mondrone, for 54 years a writer for Civilta Cattolica. He wrote much on hagiography.
2003The death Maurice Giuliani, founder of Christus, expert in spirituality and a Councillor to Fr. Arrupe.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2024

Dominical Letter  g f
Golden Number  11
Epact  xix
Solar Cycle 17
Letter of the Martyrology u
Roman Year of Indiction 2
Julian Period Year 6737
Years since the confirmation of the Society 484
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  468
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 3
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 31 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    5 May