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October 2072

29 Saturday
  greenSaturday of the thirtieth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [484] Phil 1:18b-26; Ps 42:2, 3, 5cdef; Luke 14:1, 7-11.
 Hours of the day.
  white   greenSaturday Memorial of the Blessed Virgin MaryOptional
Anniversary:124th anniversary of the death of F. Stephen Rodenbuher (76) d. 1948 at Szeged, Hungary. Read Obituary
Anniversary:116th anniversary of the death of P. Charles Daignault (83) d. 1956 at Musami, S. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:89th anniversary of the death of P. James Cogger (79) d. 1983 at London, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:82nd anniversary of the death of P. William Thomas (82) d. 1990 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:80th anniversary of the death of P. Denis Carroll (72) d. 1992 at Monze, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:61st anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Dooley (92) d. 2011 at Bournemouth, England. Read Obituary
Birthday:89th birthday of P. Ricardo DA SILVA (born this day in 1983).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1632At Alost, in Belgium, the Scholastic, William Assaliers, seeing one of Ours dying and another about to leave the Society, prayed that he might sooner die than lose his vocation. He died within a few days.
1906Jesuit missionaries are granted faculties to celebrate Mass at sea as long as the time is tranquil.
1931An Apostolic Letter of Pius XI, Providentissimus Deus proclaims Robert Bellarmine a Doctor of the Church.
1996Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa dies killed. Archbishop of Bukavu, Zaire. He had been Jesuit Provincial, 1980-86. Age 70. He had denounced the political and economic exploitation of Rwandan refugees who sought refuge in Kivu.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2072

Dominical Letter  c b
Golden Number  2
Epact  x
Solar Cycle 9
Letter of the Martyrology k
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6785
Years since the confirmation of the Society 532
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  516
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 51
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 10 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    10 April