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August 2077

6 Friday
  whiteTransfiguration of the Lord
Mass of the Transfiguration; Gloria, proper readings, Creed, Preface of the Assumption.
Yr A Mass of the Day: [614] Dan 7:9-10, 13-14; Ps 97:1-2, 5-6, 9; 2 Peter 1:16-19; Matt 17:1-9.
 Hours of the solemnity; Te Deum.
Anniversary:99th anniversary of the death of P. Edward Callaghan (56) d. 1978 at Liverpool, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:85th anniversary of the death of P. Thomas O'Brien (60) d. 1992 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:146th birthday of P. Norbert GILLE (born this day in 1931).
Birthday:109th birthday of P. John MWELWA (born this day in 1968).
Jubilee:Emerald Jubilee of P. Daniel KAMUZYU who celebrates 55 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:Emerald Jubilee of P. Noah LUNGU who celebrates 55 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:Emerald Jubilee of P. Emmanuel CHISANGA who celebrates 55 years of Priesthood today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1552At Vienna, the death of Claude Le Jay. Peter Canisius preached at his funeral.
1573Pope Gregory XIII published his Bull "Postquam Deo placuit," which founded the German College.
1573Pope Gregory XIII published his Bull Postquam Deo placuit, which founded the German College.
1651Francois Fenelon B Jesuit educated theologian/spiritual writer.
1762A Decree of the French Parliament was published accusing the Society of every heresy, every crime, every infamy, and confiscating all its property.
1816Letter of Thomas Jefferson to John Adams. "I dislike with you the restoration of the Jesuits, because it makes a retrograde step from light toward darkness."
1897Jerome D’Souza is born in India. He was a Rector, diplomat, worked at the United Nations.
1945Hiroshima - atomic destruction. A pilot, Robert Lewis, later enters the Jesuits. Fr. Arrupe aids the injured.
1967August 6-l9th. Santa Clara Conference of the American Assistancy on the "Total Formation of the Jesuit Priest."
2000Jesuit Bishop Michael Kaniecki, of Fairbanks, Alaska, dies of heart attack.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2077

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  7
Epact  v
Solar Cycle 14
Letter of the Martyrology e
Roman Year of Indiction 10
Julian Period Year 6790
Years since the confirmation of the Society 537
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  521
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 56
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 11 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    18 April