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June 2024

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For those fleeing their own countries (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that migrants fleeing from war or hunger, forced to undertake journeys fraught with danger and violence, may find welcome and new living opportunities in their host countries."

29 Saturday
  redSTS PETER AND PAUL, apostles
Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity.
Cycle II Vigil Mass:  [590] (Vigil Mass) Acts 3:1-10; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; Gal 1:11-20; John 21:15-19.
Cycle II Mass during the day:  [591] (Mass during the Day) Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; 2 Tim 4:6-8, 17-18; Matt 16:13-19.
 Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Peter and Paul, apostles (cf. Mt. 16:18-19) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:84th anniversary of the death of P. William Brand (65) d. 1940 at Edinburgh, Scotland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:62nd anniversary of the death of P. Philip Widdowson (70) d. 1962 at Roehampton, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:50th anniversary of the death of P. Leslie Piper (69) d. 1974 at Edinburgh, Scotland. Read Obituary
Birthday:22nd birthday of NS. Kudzai SUSHA (born this day in 2002).
Jubilee:Wooden Jubilee of P. Tilimboyi Vincent NCHIMUNYA who celebrates 5 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:Wooden Jubilee of P. Edson HAMBAYI who celebrates 5 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:Golden Jubilee of P. Ronald HIDAKA who celebrates 50 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:Sapphire Jubilee of P. John MUJDRICA who celebrates 45 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:Coral Jubilee of P. Jakub ROSTWOROWSKI who celebrates 35 years since professing Final Vows today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1537St. Ignatius and Companions are ordained sub-deacons in Venice. 1542. Peter Faber begins writing his Memoriale.
1546Paul III by his Brief, Exponi nobis, empowers the Society to admit Coadjutors, both spiritual and temporal, thus admit brothers.
1553At Louvain, certain parish priests urged the faithful not to confess to Jesuits. This was condemned by the theological faculty.
1853Pius IX, by his Bull Romani Pontifices makes over the Palazzo Borromeo (Via del Seminario 120), to the German College.
1888F.X. Weninger, S.J. dies at Cincinnati. Missionary, preacher.
1909Fr. General Wernz calls on the whole Society to assist the mission to Japan.
1909St. Pius X entrusted the Pontifical Biblical Institute to the Society.
1930The North America Martyrs, and Robert Bellarmine, are canonized by Pius XI.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2024

Dominical Letter  g f
Golden Number  11
Epact  xix
Solar Cycle 17
Letter of the Martyrology u
Roman Year of Indiction 2
Julian Period Year 6737
Years since the confirmation of the Society 484
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  468
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 3
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 31 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    5 May