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April 2087

4 Friday
  violetFriday in the Fourth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [248] Wis 2:1a, 12-22; Ps 34:17-18, 19-20, 21+23; John 7:1-2, 10, 25-30
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:130th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Naime (69) d. 1957 at Blackpool, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:78th anniversary of the death of P. Manuel Joaquim Pereira (89) d. 2009 at Esposende, Portugal. Read Obituary

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 2087

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 24
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6800
Years since the confirmation of the Society 547
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  531
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 66
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 20 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    27 April