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May 2078

6 Friday
  whiteFriday in the Fifth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [289] Acts 15:22-31; Ps 57:8-9, 10+12; John 15:12-17.
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:183rd anniversary of the death of F. Augustine Book (39) d. 1895 at Chishawasha, BSA Co.. Read Obituary

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 2078

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  8
Epact  xvi
Solar Cycle 15
Letter of the Martyrology r
Roman Year of Indiction 11
Julian Period Year 6791
Years since the confirmation of the Society 538
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  522
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 57
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 3 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    8 May