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May 2044

31 Tuesday
  whiteThe Visitation of the Blessed Virgin MaryFeast
Mass of the feast; Gloria, preface of the feast.
Cycle II [572] Zeph 3:14-18a or Rom 12:9-16; Isa 12:2-3, 4bcd, 5-6; Luke 1:39-56.
 Hours of the feast; Te Deum.
Anniversary:50th anniversary of the death of P. Xolile Keteyi (41) d. 1994 at Pietermaritzburg, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:38th anniversary of the death of P. Claudio Rossi (61) d. 2006 at Palestrina, Italy. Read Obituary
Birthday:64th birthday of P. Nicholas HAMAKALU (born this day in 1980).
Birthday:92nd birthday of P. Stephen BUCKLAND (born this day in 1952).
Jubilee:Porcelain Jubilee of NS. Cephas Joseph CHODZAZA who celebrates 20 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:Porcelain Jubilee of NS. Christopher Paidamoio MURASI who celebrates 20 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:Porcelain Jubilee of NS. Dennis Simbarashe ALUBEMBE who celebrates 20 years in the Society today.
SJ NOTE:Monthly Mass for the needs of the Church and the Society should be offered on May 31.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1653Publication of the bull of Pope Innocent X declaring that Five Heretical Propositions were really contained in Jansenius' Augustinus. The Jansenists retaliated by violent calumnies against the Society.
1823Twelve Belgian Jesuits, including Fr. Van Quickenborne, superior, Peter De Smet, and Peter Verhaegen arrive in the St. Louis area by flatboat down the Ohio River and then a 120 mile walk across Illinois. They celebrate the feast of Corpus Christ the next day at the Cathedral. The mission begins.
1900The new novitiate of the Buffalo Mission, St. Stanislaus in South Brooklyn, Ohio, near Cleveland, is blessed.
1992The canonization of Claude de la Colombiere by Pope John Paul II, 63 years after he was beatified by Pius XI.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2044

Dominical Letter  c b
Golden Number  12
Epact  *
Solar Cycle 9
Letter of the Martyrology P
Roman Year of Indiction 7
Julian Period Year 6757
Years since the confirmation of the Society 504
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  488
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 23
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 17 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    24 April