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May 2084

6 Saturday
  whiteSaturday in the Sixth Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle II [296] Acts 18:23-28; Ps 47:2-3, 8-9, 10; John 16:23b-28.
Hours of the day.

In the evening:
  whiteVigil of AscensionSolemnity
Mass of the Vigil; gloria, creed, Preface of the Ascension I or II, special Communicantes in Eucharistic Prayer I.
 [60] Acts 1:15-17, 20a, 20c-26; Ps 103:1-2, 11-12, 19-20; 1 John 4:11-16; John 17:11b-19.
For pastoral reasons, the texts of the day Mass may also be used.
Evening Prayer I of the Ascension.
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:189th 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 2084

Dominical Letter  b A
Golden Number  14
Epact  xxii
Solar Cycle 21
Letter of the Martyrology C
Roman Year of Indiction 2
Julian Period Year 6797
Years since the confirmation of the Society 544
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  528
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 63
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 26 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    30 April