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December 2023

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For people with disabilities (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that people with disabilities may be at the centre of attention in society, and that institutions may offer inclusion programmes that value their active participation."

29 Friday
  whiteFifth day in the Octave of Christmas
Mass of the day; Gloria; preface of Christmas I - III; Special Communicantes in Roman Canon.
Cycle I [202] 1 John 2:3-11; Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 5b-6; Luke 2:22-35.
Hours of the day.Te Deum.
  redSt. Thomas Becket, bishop and martyr
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [699] 2 Tim 2:8-13; 3:10-12 (#716.5); Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9 (#715.2); Matt 16:24-27 (#742.6).
Optional
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. David, king (cf. 2 Sa. 5:3-4) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:85th anniversary of the death of P. Alphonse Daignault (88) d. 1938 at Montreal, Canada. Read Obituary
Anniversary:76th anniversary of the death of P+. Robert Brown (70) d. 1947 at Oxford, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:64th anniversary of the death of P. José Manuel Teixeira (48) d. 1959 at Soutelo, Braga, Portugal. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1594At Paris the execution of Jean Chatel for the attempted execution of King Henry IV. Because he had been educated at the Jesuit College de Clermont, the Society was exiled, its property confiscated, and one of its members executed.
1651At Prague died Father Bernard Oppel. When Rector of the College he gave his own clothes to the poor, and melted down the church plate to relieve the plague-stricken.
1886Publication of the beatiï¬cation decree of the English martyrs.
1975In Moravia the death of Frantisek Nemec who had been interned in Dachau and then lived in Moscow as a scientist who also taught catechism to children.
1979A Papal Bull of Pope John Paul II nominates Carlo Martini, S.J. as Archbishop of Milan.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2023

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  10
Epact  viii
Solar Cycle 16
Letter of the Martyrology h
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6736
Years since the confirmation of the Society 483
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  467
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 2
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 9 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    16 April