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August 2087

3 Sunday
  greenEighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr B [113] Exod 16:2-4, 12-15; Ps 78:3-4, 23-24, 25+54; Eph 4:17, 20-24; John 6:24-35.
 Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.
[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:172nd anniversary of the death of P. Ferdinand Engels (68) d. 1915 at Chishawasha, BSA Co.. Read Obituary
Anniversary:82nd anniversary of the death of P. William Broderick (64) d. 2005 at London, England. Read Obituary

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 2087

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 24
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6800
Years since the confirmation of the Society 547
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  531
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 66
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 20 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    27 April