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May 2068

31 Thursday
  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:74th anniversary of the death of P. Xolile Keteyi (41) d. 1994 at Pietermaritzburg, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:62nd anniversary of the death of P. Claudio Rossi (61) d. 2006 at Palestrina, Italy. Read Obituary
Birthday:88th birthday of P. Nicholas HAMAKALU (born this day in 1980).
Birthday:116th birthday of P. Stephen BUCKLAND (born this day in 1952).
Jubilee:Sapphire Jubilee of NS. Patrick KAPILI who celebrates 45 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:Sapphire Jubilee of NS. Modesto NUMERI BISSUASSE who celebrates 45 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:Sapphire Jubilee of NS. Marcelino Maxwell Tinashe NYASULU who celebrates 45 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 2068

Dominical Letter  A g
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 5
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6781
Years since the confirmation of the Society 528
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  512
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 47
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 22 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    29 April