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May 2079

29 Monday
  whiteMonday in the Sixth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle I [291] Acts 16:11-15; Ps 149:1b-2, 3-4, 5-6a+9b; John 15:26-16:4a.
Hours of the day.
  white St Paul VI, popeOptional
 (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).)
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   whiteBl Joseph Gerard, PriestOptional 
Common of Pastors
Anniversary:180th anniversary of the death of F. Peter Paravicini (64) d. 1899 at Itu, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:70th anniversary of the death of P. Gerald McCabe (76) d. 2009 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:104th birthday of P. Augusto CĂ©sar Pedro JĂ“ (born this day in 1975).
Birthday:97th 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 2079

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  9
Epact  xxvii
Solar Cycle 16
Letter of the Martyrology H
Roman Year of Indiction 12
Julian Period Year 6792
Years since the confirmation of the Society 539
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  523
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 58
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 23 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    23 April