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April 2078

30 Saturday
  whiteSaturday in the Fourth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [284] Acts 13:44-52; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; John 14:7-14.
Hours of the day.
  white St Pius V, pope Optional
 (Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [558] 1 John 4:1-5 (#722.3); Ps 110:1, 2, 3, 4 (# 721.7); John 21:15-17 (#724.12).)
Archdiocese of Lilongwe, Malawi
   whiteOur Lady of Africa, Patronal Feast of the ArchdioceseFeast
Mass from the Common of the BVM, Gloria, readings from the Common of the BVM, preface of the BVM.
Archdiocese of Lusaka, Zambia
   whiteAnniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of the Child Jesus (2006)Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II.
Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum.
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   whiteOur Lady, Mother of AfricaFeast
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Anniversary:83rd anniversary of the death of P. Edward Hancko (74) d. 1995 at Presov, Slovakia. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1534Pierre Favre is ordained a deacon in Paris.
1555The death of Pope Marcellus II, greatly admired by St. Ignatius. Whenever he wished to turn a conversation to some other subject, he would say, "Let us talk about good Pope Marcellus."
1595Abraham George, S.J. dies, the first of eight Jesuit martyrs in Ethiopia. l632. At Ingolstadt, John, Count de Tilly, the great Catholic hero, assisted by his Jesuit confessor, breathed his last. He had received his education from the Society.
1595The death of Abraham George, the ï¬rst of eight Jesuit martyrs in Ethiopia.
1984Aime Duval, S.J. dies. Singer and recovering alcoholic.
1985Philip J. Donnelly, S.J. dies He taught at Weston from l939 to 1979, (except for two years away) as professor of Dogmatic Theology.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2078

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 15
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 11
Julian Period Year 6791
Years since the confirmation of the Society 538
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  522
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 57
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 3 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    8 May