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May 2024

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the formation of men and women religious, and seminarians (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that men and women religious, and seminarians, grow in their own vocational journey through human, pastoral, spiritual and community formation, that leads them to be credible witnesses of the Gospel."

4 Saturday
  whiteSaturday in the Fifth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [290] Acts 16:1-10; Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 5; John 15:18-21.
Hours of the day.
  white SJSt José Maria Rubio, priest [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
Optional
 (From the Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints:
Common of Pastors: Readings outside Easter Time
I. Isa 6:1, 6-8; Ps 40(39):2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10+12; Luke 4:16a-22.
II. Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 67(66):2-3, 5, 7-8; John 17:20-26.
III. 1 Pet 5:1-4; Ps 23(22):1-3, 4, 5, 6; John 10:11-16.
Common of Pastors: Readings during Easter Time
I. Acts 20:28-38; Ps 145(144):8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab; John 14:23-29.)
Anniversary:85th anniversary of the death of F. Anthony Puff (78) d. 1939 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:71st anniversary of the death of P. Richard Corish (65) d. 1953 at Leeds, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:34th anniversary of the death of P. John Chula (58) d. 1990 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:19th anniversary of the death of P. Norman MacDonald (79) d. 2005 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:18th anniversary of the death of P. George Orr (87) d. 2006 at Pontypool, Cardiff, Wales. Read Obituary
Anniversary:12th anniversary of the death of P. Patrick Kelly (HIB) (92) d. 2012 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:10th anniversary of the death of P. José Belarmino de Araújo (72) d. 2014 at Lisbon, Portugal. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Saint José María Rubio, Priest (Optional Memorial)

José María Rubio (1864-1929) was born in Dalias, Spain. He joined the Society as a diocesan priest in 1906, at the age of forty-two. In 1911, he was appointed to the Professed House in Madrid, where he remained for the rest of his life. Rubio was fully engaged in preaching, spiritual direction and hearing confessions. He chose to work primarily among the poor. He built up teams of Catholic laity, founded on a strong Eucharistic spirituality, who collaborated in his numerous initiatives in the city’s slums and suburbs. He is acclaimed as the “Apostle of Madrid” and “Father of the Poor”.

1650The archbishop of Sens in France, a friend of the Jansenists, ordered prayers in his diocese for the conversion of the Jesuits.
1881The Society was expelled from the Republic of Nicaragua.
1902Carlos Sommervogel, S.J. dies Historian of the Society of Jesus, bibliographer.
1938Franco invites the Jesuits to return to Spain. They had been banned in 1932.
1971The announcement of the opening of the Center of Concern in Washington, DC.
2003St. Joseph Mary­­­ Rubio, S.J. Parish priest in Madrid. Optional Memorial. He died on May 2, 1929. On this day, in 2003 he was canonized.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2024

Dominical Letter  g f
Golden Number  11
Epact  xix
Solar Cycle 17
Letter of the Martyrology u
Roman Year of Indiction 2
Julian Period Year 6737
Years since the confirmation of the Society 484
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  468
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 3
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 31 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    5 May