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July 2023

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For a Eucharistic life (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that Catholics place at the centre of their lives the Eucharistic Celebration, which transforms human relationships profoundly and opens up an encounter with God and their brothers and sisters."

4 Tuesday
  greenTuesday of the thirteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [378] Gen 19:15-29; Ps 26:2-3, 9-10, 11-12; Matt 8:23-27.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteSt Elizabeth of Portugal
Common of Holy Men and Women: For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged
Readings from the Common of Saints: [594] 1 John 3:14-18 (#740.16); Ps 112:1-2, 3-4, 5-6,7-8, 9 (#739,7); Matt 25:31-46 or 25:31-40 (#742.13).
Optional
Anniversary:126th anniversary of the death of F. José Jorge (41) d. 1897 at Chupanga, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1558To celebrate the election of Fr. James Lainez as general, a "brilliant academical exhibition" was given in the Pantheon in Rome by the scholastics.
1648Fr. Anthony Daniel is shot with arrows and cast into flames in Canada by the Iroquois. The Huron village is taken.
1751General Congregation XVII elected 69-year-old Ignacio Visconti to be superior general.
1869The Buffalo Mission (German speaking)is established with 13 fathers and 8 brothers. They take responsibility for St. Michael and St. Anne parishes in Buffalo.
1872Kaiser Wilhelm I signs the so called "Jesuit law." Jesuits are"enemies of the Reich". 550 are expelled.
1886F.X. Gautralet, S.J. dies . He founded the Apostleship of Prayer in 1844. 2003. The death of Bertrand deMargerie, S.J. French theologian and spiritual writer.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2023

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  10
Epact  viii
Solar Cycle 16
Letter of the Martyrology h
Roman Year of Indiction 1
Julian Period Year 6736
Years since the confirmation of the Society 483
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  467
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 2
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 9 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    16 April