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April 2044

6 Wednesday
  violetWednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
 [253] Dan 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dan 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; John 8:31-42.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:147th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Wright (46) d. 1897 at Blackpool, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:44th anniversary of the death of F. Patrick McElduff (77) d. 2000 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:40th anniversary of the death of F. Evaristo Mapuranga (53) d. 2004 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:33rd anniversary of the death of P. Francis O'Neill (83) d. 2011 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:52nd birthday of S. Victor C CHIPALABWE (born this day in 1992).
Jubilee:Oak Jubilee of P. Ludwig REAL who celebrates 80 years in the Society today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Feast of Blessed Juliana of Cornelion. She was placed in the Jesuit martyrology at the request of Fr. General Ledochowski. She lived 1193-1258 and helped spread devotion to Corpus Christi, petitioning for a feast to honor it.
1570Jesuits became the confessors in St. Peter’s Basilica in the transfer to the Society of the "College of Penitentiaries."
1581St. Edmund Campion published his Decem Rationes.
1669At Paris, St. Claude de la Colombiere was ordained a priest.
1672In the Marianne Isle, the Ven. Fr. Diego de San Vitores suffered martyrdom after converting 30,000 persons to the faith. When only 13 years old he heard our Lady tell him three distinct times to enter the Society.
1850First edition of La Civilta Cattolica appears. The first journal of the restored Society.
1987Brother Vincent Canas Costa (age 48). After 11 years on the mission in Brazil, he is killed by a blunt wound in the stomach.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2044

Dominical Letter  c b
Golden Number  12
Epact  *
Solar Cycle 9
Letter of the Martyrology P
Roman Year of Indiction 7
Julian Period Year 6757
Years since the confirmation of the Society 504
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  488
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 23
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 17 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    24 April