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May 2027

6 Thursday
  whiteThursday in the Sixth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle I [294] Acts 18:1-8; Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3cd-4; John 16:16-20.
Hours of the day.
Diocese of Tete, Mozambique
   whiteAnniversary of the Dedication of the Cathedral of St James, the Great (1991)Feast
Mass of the Dedication of a Church, Gloria, proper readings [701-706], Peface of the Dedication of a Church II.
Hours of he Dedication, Te Deum
Anniversary:132nd anniversary of the death of F. Augustine Book (39) d. 1895 at Chishawasha, BSA Co.. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Wooden Jubilee of P. Kenneth SIMALALO who celebrates 5 years since professing Final Vows today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1638At Ypres, in Belgium, the death of Cornelius Jansenius, the founder of Jansenism, and author of the 'Augustinus', at which he worked for 20 years. Speaking of the Jesuits he said: "Perfecto odio oderam illos". (I detest them with a total hatred)
1816In a letter to Thomas Jefferson, John Adams called Jesuits "a body of men worthy of damnation."
1816Letter of John Adams to Thomas Jefferson mentioning the Jesuits. "If any congregation of men could merit eternal perdition on earth and in hell, it is the company of Loyola."
1927At St. Andrew on Hudson, a Junior runs to the Fathers and says that two KKK are burning down Della Strada chapel. The fathers investigate and discover two pious women with white handkerchiefs on their heads visiting the chapel and lighting candles.
1963Vincent A. McCormick, S.J. dies. He had been the American Assistant.
1989The death of Daniel Pasupasu. He had twice been provincial of Central Africa. Regarding a term of office for the General, he said simply that "in Africa the chief is chief for life." At CG 33.
1998Philip Caraman, S.J. dies. He was an author on Jesuit Saints/History.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2027

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  14
Epact  xxii
Solar Cycle 20
Letter of the Martyrology C
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6740
Years since the confirmation of the Society 487
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  471
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 6
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 28 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    2 May