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May 2059

29 Thursday
  greenThursday of the eighth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [350] Sir 42:15-25; Ps 33:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Mark 10:46-52.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteSt Paul VI, pope
Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [571A] 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23 (#722.4); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 (#721.5); Matt 16:13-19 (#724.2).
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Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   whiteBl Joseph Gerard, PriestOptional 
Common of Pastors
Anniversary:160th anniversary of the death of F. Peter Paravicini (64) d. 1899 at Itu, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:50th anniversary of the death of P. Gerald McCabe (76) d. 2009 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:84th birthday of P. Augusto CĂ©sar Pedro JĂ“ (born this day in 1975).
Birthday:77th birthday of P. Shepherd MUHAMBA (born this day in 1982).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

St. Ursula Ledochowska, Foundress of missionary sisters, sister of Jesuit General and Blessed Teresa Ledochowska. Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus.
1566Father Pedro Martinez and two companions set sail for Florida, a region occupied at the time by barbarous tribes. (FB)
1760The bankrupt creditors of Fr. Antoine Lavalette, superior of the Martinique mission, press the Society to repay his unauthorized trading debts, an occasion helping to lead to the banning of the Society in France.
1815The restoration of the Society in Spain was proclaimed by royal decree.
1991John Paul II announces that Paulo Dezza, S.J. is to become a Cardinal, as well as Jan Korec, in Slovakia. There are now seven Jesuit Cardinals, the largest number ever.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2059

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 24
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 7
Julian Period Year 6772
Years since the confirmation of the Society 519
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  503
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 38
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 30 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    4 May