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December 2041

4 Wednesday
  violetWednesday of the first week in Advent.
Mass of the day. Preface of Advent I
Cycle I [177] Isa 25:6-10a; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; Matt 15:29-37.
Hours of the day.
  whiteSt John Damascene, priest and doctor of the ChurchOptional
Anniversary:115th anniversary of the death of P. Aloysius Leboeuf (68) d. 1926 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:90th anniversary of the death of F. Thomas Tryers (72) d. 1951 at Heythrop, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:52nd anniversary of the death of P. John Magan (73) d. 1989 at New York, NY, USA. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1674Pere Marquette, S.J. erects a mission on shores of Lake Michigan, which place later becomes the city of Chicago.
1848Two Jesuits land in Australia and begin our work there: Fr.Kranewitter and his companion.
1870The Roman College, appropriated by the Piedmontese government that had invaded Rome, was reopened as a state Liceo. The monogram of the Society over the main entrance was effaced.
1984Fr. Fernando Cardenal, the Nicaraguan Minister of Education, receives the document dismissing him from Society of Jesus. He will re-enter the Society in 1996.
1989John Magan, S.J. dies. He was a founder of the youth or high school retreat ministry at Gonzaga Retreat House, Monroe, NY. In his later years he was a missionary in Zimbabwe, and then a counselor for those addicted to drugs.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2041

Dominical Letter  f
Golden Number  9
Epact  xxvii
Solar Cycle 6
Letter of the Martyrology H
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6754
Years since the confirmation of the Society 501
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  485
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 20
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 21 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    21 April