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April 2027

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: That art might be a gift that humanizes. (Watch video) (Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that art might be perceived as a true gift that humanizes us, lifts up the spirit, and helps us contemplate Godā€™s beauty in creation."

New Moon

7 Wednesday

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St John Baptist de la Salle, priest

Memorial

Mass of the memorial; preface of Easter I - V, or of the saint.

Cycle I

[269] Acts 5:17-26; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; John 3:16-21.

Hours of the memorial

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1506

St. Francis Xavier is born at the family castle in Navarre. Six days later Peter Faber is born.

1994

Three Jesuit priests killed, with 14 others at Centre Christus in Rwanda: Chrysologus Mahame (the first Rwandan Jesuit, age 67), Patrick Gahizi (age 48) , and Innocent Rutagambwa (age 46). Beginnings of genocide in Rwanda, one half million killed in the next seven months.

2014

In Homs, Syria, Frans Van der Lugt is assassinated.

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