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October 2023

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the Synod (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"Let us pray for the Church, that she may adopt listening and dialogue as a style of life at every level, allowing herself to be guided by the Holy Spirit towards the world’s peripheries."

30 Monday
  greenMonday of the thirtieth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [479] Rom 8:12-17; Ps 68:2+4, 6-7ab, 20-21; Luke 13:10-17.
 Hours of the day.
  redBl Dominic Collins, religious, martyr [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
From the Common of Martyrs, or from the Common of Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints:
Common of Martyrs: Readings outside Easter Time
I. Wisdom 10:10-14; Ps 116(115):10+15, 16-17, 18-19; John 15:9-17.
II. Phil 1:20b-26; Ps 31(30):3b-4, 6-8a, 16b-17, 21; Matt 10:16-22.
III. 1 Pet 3:14-17; Ps 124(123):2-3, 4-5, 7cd-8; John 12:24-26.
Common of Martyrs: Readings during Easter Time
I. Rev 12:10-12b; Ps 34(33):2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 17:11b-19.

Common of Religious
I. Eph 6:10-18; Ps 63(62):2, 3-4, 5-6, 8-9; Luke 14:1, 7-11.
II. Rom 12:1-2, 9-18; Ps 112(111):1-2, 3-4, 7b-8, 9; Luke 6:20-23.
Optional
Anniversary:38th anniversary of the death of P. João de Deus Kamtedza (55) d. 1985 at Ulóngwè, Chapotera, People's Rep. of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:38th anniversary of the death of P. Silvio Moreia (44) d. 1985 at Ulóngwè, Chapotera, People's Rep. of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:26th anniversary of the death of P. Joakim Chisemphere (39) d. 1997 at Chinyunyu, Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Birthday:87th birthday of P. Bronisław KONDRAT (born this day in 1936).
Birthday:23rd birthday of NS. Stanley TEMBO (born this day in 2000).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Blessed Dominic Collins, martyr. Optional Memorial
Blessed Dominic Collins, Religious and Martyr (Optional Memorial)

Dominic Collins (1566-1602) was born in Youghal, Ireland. As a young man, he enlisted in the army of the Duke of Mercoeur, France. He served with distinction the cause of the Catholic League for over nine years. He was appointed military governor of Brittany. At thirty-two, he settled into a comfortable life in Spain. He felt, however, the call to religious life. He was accepted into the novitiate in Santiago de Compostela in north-west Spain, as a coadjutor Brother in 1598. In February 1601, he accompanied a Jesuit chaplain to Ireland on a mission from the King of Spain. When they landed, Ireland was being besieged by the English. Collins was arrested, imprisoned, and finally sentenced to death.

1534The election of Pope Paul III (Cardinal Alessandro Farnese) who by his Bull Regimini militantis, constituted the Society a Religious Order.
1610At Peking, were celebrated the solemn public obsequies of Father Ricci, who died on May 11th.
1638In the English College, Rome, John Milton, the great poet, dined with the Fathers and students.
1873Arrival of Father Beckx at San Girolamo, Fiesole.
1873At Rome, the Gesu, the Roman College, S. Andrea were occupied by the Government.
1985Fr. Goncalvez Kamtedza, S.J. pastor, aged 55, and Fr. Silvio Moreira, S.J. aged 44, parish priest, are killed by unknown assassins in Mozambique.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2023

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  10
Epact  viii
Solar Cycle 16
Letter of the Martyrology h
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6736
Years since the confirmation of the Society 483
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  467
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 2
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 9 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    16 April