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April 2049

7 Wednesday
  violetWednesday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
 [253] Dan 3:14-20, 91-92, 95; Dan 3:52, 53, 54, 55, 56; John 8:31-42.
Hours of the day.
  whiteSt John Baptist de la Salle, priest
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Teachers
Readings from the Common of Saints: [549] 2 Tim 1:13-14; 2:1-3 (#722.11); Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6 (#739.1); Matt 18:1-5 (#742.7).
Commemoration

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1506St. Francis Xavier is born at the family castle in Navarre. Six days later Peter Faber is born.
1994Three 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.
2014In Homs, Syria, Frans Van der Lugt is assassinated.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2049

Dominical Letter  c
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 14
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 12
Julian Period Year 6762
Years since the confirmation of the Society 509
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  493
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 28
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 18 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    25 April