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September 2087

28 Sunday
  greenTwenty-Sixth Sunday in Ordinary Time
173rd World Day of Migrants and Refugees (est. 1914)
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [137] Num 11:25-29; Ps 19:8, 10, 12-13, 14; Jas 5:1-6; Mark 9:38-43, 45, 47-48.
 Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:190th anniversary of the death of P. Emílio André (38) d. 1897 at Quelimane, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:80th anniversary of the death of C. Adam Kozlowiecki (96) d. 2007 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Birthday:102nd birthday of S. Nelson José FONSECA BONÊS (born this day in 1985).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1566On the island of Tatacuran, off the coast of Florida, Father Pedro Martinez was killed by savages the moment he set foot on land. He was the first Jesuit in USA, and the first Jesuit martyr in USA.
1566The death of Pedro Martinez, the ï¬rst Jesuit to enter the continental United States. He was killed by natives on the island of Tatacuran, Florida.
1572Fifteen Jesuits arrive in Mexico, including Fr. Sanchez, as Provincial, to establish the Mexican Province. They soon open a college.
1972Erich Przywara dies. Writer, theologian.
1978Ben Masse, S.J. dies Assistant Editor of America, 1941-71.
2009The death of Paul Besanceny, S.J., age. 85. He served as Provincial of Detroit nand the Eastern Africa Province, and then served in Sudan.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2087

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 24
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6800
Years since the confirmation of the Society 547
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  531
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 66
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 20 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    27 April