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October 2051

6 Friday
  greenFriday of the twenty-sixth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [459] Bar 1:15-22; Ps 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9; Luke 10:13-16.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteSt Bruno, priest
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: [652] Phil 3:8-14 (#740.9); Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6 (#739.1); Luke 9:57-62 (#742.19).
Optional
Anniversary:161st anniversary of the death of P. John Lea (52) d. 1890 at Edinburgh, Scotland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:103rd anniversary of the death of P. Francis Madden (76) d. 1948 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Blessed Diego de San Vitores, priest, martyr. Memorial 1552. Matteo Ricci is born.
1566Pedro Martinez, S.J., the first Jesuit to set foot in the USA is the first Jesuit to be martyred in the USA, in northern Florida, near what is now Jacksonville.
1773In London, Dr. James Talbot, the Apostolic Vicar, promulgated the Letter of Suppression of the Society, and sent copies to Maryland and Pennsylvania.
1973The death of Ignacio Iparraguirre in a fall in Rome. Expert on Ignatius and Jesuit spirituality.
1977In France, the death of Rene Charvet, age 94, veteran missionary in China. The moving homily was delivered by the deceased through a recording he made a few months before he died.
1985Three Jesuits are beatified, Diego de San Vitores, Jose Rubio, and Francis Garate.
1993Cardinal Victor Razafimahatratra, S.J. dies age 72, Archbishop of Antananarivo, Madagascar.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2051

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  19
Epact  xvii
Solar Cycle 16
Letter of the Martyrology s
Roman Year of Indiction 14
Julian Period Year 6764
Years since the confirmation of the Society 511
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  495
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 30
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 2 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    7 May