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April 2068

4 Wednesday
  violetWednesday in the Fourth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [246] Isa 49:8-15; Ps 145:8-9, 13cd-14, 17-18; John 5:17-30.
Hours of the day.
  whiteSt Isidore, bishop and doctor of the Church
Common of Pastors, or Common of Doctors of the Church
Readings from the Common of Saints: [547] 2 Cor 4:1-2, 5-7 (#722.6); Ps 37:3-4, 5-6, 30-31 (#727.2); Luke 6:43-45 (#730.6).
Commemoration
Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   whiteSt Benedict’ ReligiousOptional 
Common of Holy Men and Women
Anniversary:111th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Naime (69) d. 1957 at Blackpool, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:59th anniversary of the death of P. Manuel Joaquim Pereira (89) d. 2009 at Esposende, Portugal. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Golden Jubilee of P. George Mtaja BWANALI who celebrates 50 years since professing Final Vows today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1767The Society was expelled from all its houses in Spain and subjected to great cruelty.
1871There is plundering of the Jesuit house at rue de Sevres in Paris by the Communards.
1873In Mexico a law to expel the Society was proposed in Parliament.

 


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