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May 2066

5 Wednesday
  whiteWednesday in the Fourth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [281] Acts 12:24-13:5a; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6+8; John 12:44-50.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:112th anniversary of the death of P. Luís Lopes (87) d. 1954 at Baía, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:102nd anniversary of the death of P. Daniel Byrne (HIB) (44) d. 1964 at Choma, N. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:90th anniversary of the death of P. Henry Townsend (65) d. 1976 at London, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:76th anniversary of the death of P. Pascoal AntĂłnio Frias (88) d. 1990 at Lisbon, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:61st anniversary of the death of P. John Gillick (89) d. 2005 at Cape Town, RSA. Read Obituary
Birthday:66th birthday of S. Luciano Francisco VÍCTOR (born this day in 2000).
Birthday:82nd birthday of P. Izequiel L. Estanislau da COSTA (born this day in 1984).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1555In Portugal, Fr. John Nunez Baretto was consecrated Patriarch of Ethiopia. Fr. Andrew Oviedo was consecrated Bishop of Jerusalem. This was in preparation for their mission to Ethiopia.
1585In Japan the Emperor gave full leave to Fr. Gaspar Coelho, vice- provincial, to preach the Gospel.
1782At Coimbra, Sebastian Carvahlo, Marquis de Pombal, a cruel persecutor of the Society in Portugal, died in disgrace and exile. His body remained unburied fifty years, till Father Philip Delvaux performed the last rites in 1832.
1804The Fathers in Maryland desired to be aggregated to the Society in Russia.
1910Mary Lou Williams, jazz pianist, composer, is born. She was a convert to Catholicism by a Jesuit, and a Jesuit served as her musical agent.
1924The Apostolic Letter of Pope Pius XI to Father General, recalling the distinguished merits of the Gregorian University and deciding to build a grand edice.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2066

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  15
Epact  iii
Solar Cycle 3
Letter of the Martyrology c
Roman Year of Indiction 14
Julian Period Year 6779
Years since the confirmation of the Society 526
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  510
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 45
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 11 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    18 April