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December 2031

7 Sunday
  violetSecond Sunday of AdventPsalter Week 2
Mass of the Sunday; creed; the Gloria is omitted. Preface of Advent I. Ritual and funeral Masses are prohibited.
Yr A [4] Isa 11:1-10; Ps 72:1-2, 7-8, 12-13, 17; Rom 15:4-9; Matt 3:1-12.
Hours of the Sunday; Te Deum
Anniversary:35th anniversary of the death of P. Stefan Smirzik (75) d. 1996 at Cambridge, Canada. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1549At Rome the death of Fr. Peter Codazzo, the first Italian to join the Society and the man who gave to Ignatius the church and property of Santa Maria della Strada.
1551Lainez discourses at the Council of Trent on the Mass as a sacrifice.
1598Gian Lorenzo Bernini is born. Sculptor, architect, painter, he designed the colonnade of St. Peter's, and was a friend and benefactor of the Society of Jesus.
1649Charles Garnier, S.J. dies at the hands of the Iroquois.
1649The martyrdom in Etarita, Canada, of St. Charles Garnier, missionary to the Petun Indians, among whom he died during an Iroquois attack.
1688At Rome died Father Honoratus de Fabri, grand penitentiary, and a great scientist. He taught the circulation of the blood before Harvey's book was published.
1985Gabriel Barakana, in Burundi, is sentenced with some laypersons to four years in prison for opposition to the government.
1992Pater Leppich dies. Famed preacher – "Pater Leppich Spricht."
2020Father General appointed Fr. Leonard Chiti as Provincial of the new Southern Africa Province; he will assume office on the date the decree takes effect, that is, 25 March 2021. Father General’s letter was sent to the three present Major Superiors whose entities are united in the new Province: Frs. David Rowan (South Africa), Leonard Chiti (Zambia-Malawi) and Chiedza Chimhanda (Zimbabwe-Mozambique).

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2031

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  18
Epact  vi
Solar Cycle 24
Letter of the Martyrology f
Roman Year of Indiction 9
Julian Period Year 6744
Years since the confirmation of the Society 491
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  475
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 10
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 13 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    13 April