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May 2061

3 Tuesday
  redSts Philip and James, apostlesFeast
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Cycle I [561] 1 Cor 15:1-8; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; John 14:6-14.
 Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. James, apostle and patron of the diocese (cf. Acts 1:13-14a) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:70th anniversary of the death of F. Francis Ãœberman (94) d. 1991 at Stara Wies, Poland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:37th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Tafadzwa Masakare (SAP) (41) d. 2024 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:75th birthday of F. Arnold MURWIRA (born this day in 1986).
Birthday:69th birthday of S. Innocent G. KALULU (born this day in 1992).
Jubilee:Granite Jubilee of P. Fidelis MUKONORI who celebrates 90 years in the Society today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1560The first band of Jesuit missionaries head to Angola.
1606The martyrdom of Henry Garnet, SJ, who was falsely charged with complicity in the Gunpowder Plot. At St. Paul's Churchyard, London.
1611At Nanking, the opening of the first church, a Jesuit one, in that city. 1764. The last of the French Canadian Jesuit martyrs, Fr. Simon Gounon, drowns taking communion to the sick.
1900Hugo Rahner, S.J. is born.
1945Innsbruck is taken over by the American troops. Theology at the Canisianum resumes a few months later.
1978The death of Leo C. Brown, labor arbitrator who from 1942 to his death served as mediator for hundreds of worker-management disputes.
1987Rupert Mayer, S.J. is beatified in Munich. Apostle of Munich.
1994Vincent Potter dies. Philosopher, professor at Fordham, expert on C.S. Peirce.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2061

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  10
Epact  viii
Solar Cycle 26
Letter of the Martyrology h
Roman Year of Indiction 9
Julian Period Year 6774
Years since the confirmation of the Society 521
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  505
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 40
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 10 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    10 April