function getOrthodoxEaster($date)
{
/*
Takes any Gregorian date and returns the Gregorian
date of Orthodox Easter for that year.
*/
$year = date("Y", $date);
$r1 = $year % 19;
$r2 = $year % 4;
$r3 = $year % 7;
$ra = 19 * $r1 + 16;
$r4 = $ra % 30;
$rb = 2 * $r2 + 4 * $r3 + 6 * $r4;
$r5 = $rb % 7;
$rc = $r4 + $r5;
//Orthodox Easter for this year will fall $rc days after April 3
return strtotime("3 April $year + $rc days");
}
?>
20th World Day for Grandparents and the Elderly (est. 2021)
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr C
[111] Gen 18:20-32; Ps 138:1-2a, 2b-3, 6-7a, 7b-8; Col 2:12-14; Luke 11:1-13.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum. Week 1 of the Psalter.
[RM]
Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Lazarus, Martha and Mary (cf. Jn. 11:43-44, Jn. 11:27, Lk 10:42) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:
69th anniversary of the death of F. Ladislaus Misiag (80) d. 1971 at Lusaka, Zambia.
Anniversary:
47th anniversary of the death of P. Manuel Gama (71) d. 1993 at Lisbon, Portugal.
Jubilee:
Palladium Jubilee of P. Francis WAFER who celebrates 75 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Sapphire Jubilee of P. Paul MAYERESA who celebrates 45 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:
Sapphire Jubilee of P. Francis Gibson MUNYORO who celebrates 45 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Sapphire Jubilee of P. Emmanuel Kabamba NSHIMBI who celebrates 45 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Sapphire Jubilee of P. Godwin MULENGA who celebrates 45 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Sapphire Jubilee of P. Ugenio PHIRI who celebrates 45 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:
Ruby Jubilee of P. Lawrence DAKA who celebrates 40 years of Priesthood today.
On this day in our Jesuit history...
1535
In Paris the first Mass of St. Peter Faber.
1586
At Toledo Fr. John Manuel, Rector of the Professed House was called to his eternal reward. When there were three loaves in the house he ordered one to be given to a beggar. Presently a young man, unknown to the community, brought a plentiful supply of provisions.
1644
At Rome the death of Urban VIII, most friendly to the Society. 1883. Amidst the revolution in Portugal an attack is made on the Jesuit Fathers.
1945
The consecration of the chapel of La Storta. It was rebuilt by the Society after being destroyed by bombs on May 18, 1944.
2003
James Gill, S.J. dies. Psychiatrist, Institute for the Study of Human Sexuality, and founder of Human Development Magazine.