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August 2039

3 Wednesday
  greenWednesday of the eighteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [409] Num 13:1-2, 25-14:1, 26a-29a, 34-35; Ps 106:6-7ab, 13-14, 21-22, 23; Matt 15:21-28.
 Hours of the day.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Gamaliel (cf. Acts 5:38–39) [from the Roman Martyrology].
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Lydia (cf. Acts 16:14) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:124th anniversary of the death of P. Ferdinand Engels (68) d. 1915 at Chishawasha, BSA Co.. Read Obituary
Anniversary:34th anniversary of the death of P. William Broderick (64) d. 2005 at London, England. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Porcelain Jubilee of P. Godfrey DLAMINI who celebrates 20 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:Crystal Jubilee of P. Kelvin MUNKULI who celebrates 15 years of Priesthood today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1553Queen Mary Tudor made her solemn entrance into London. As she passed St. Paul’s School, an address was delivered by Edmund Campion, then a boy of Thirteen Close by the Queen rode Princess Elizabeth, the future Queen, destined to be welcomed to Oxford at a later time by Campion, selected from the students as orator.
1586At London the arrest of Fr. William Weston and his imprisonment in the Clink.
1645The death of Ven. Brian Cansï¬eld, missionary to England for 25 years. He was arrested while celebrating Mass, and suffered such a beating in prison that he died a few days after he was released.
1772In Rome Ours are driven from the Irish College, and falsely accused of maladministration. An attack is made on the novitiate of S. Andrea and the German College.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2039

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  7
Epact  v
Solar Cycle 4
Letter of the Martyrology e
Roman Year of Indiction 2
Julian Period Year 6752
Years since the confirmation of the Society 499
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  483
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 18
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 10 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    17 April