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May 2028

7 Sunday
  whiteFourth Sunday of Easter
65th World Day for Prayers for Priestly and Religious Vocations ('Good Shepherd' Sunday) (est. 1963)
Mass of the day, Gloria, Creed, Preface of Easter I - V.
Yr C [51] Acts 13:14, 43-52 Ps 100:1-2, 3, 5; Rev 7:9, 14b-17; John 10:27-30.
Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:137th anniversary of the death of F. Aloysius van den Abele (28) d. 1891 at Inhambane, Portuguese Eastern Africa. Read Obituary
Anniversary:37th anniversary of the death of P. Waclaw Kolodziejczyk (82) d. 1991 at Penley, Wales. Read Obituary
Anniversary:8th anniversary of the death of P. David Gaffney (HIB) (79) d. 2020 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:58th birthday of P. VirgĂ­lio Arimateia DOMINGOS (born this day in 1970).
Birthday:43rd birthday of F. Augusto José AZEVEDO (born this day in 1985).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1626At Nagasaki, Ven. Father John Baptist de Baeza died. In the space of three years he is said to have baptized 75,000 adults at Goa, Macao, Mozambique, and in Japan.
1909Apostolic Letter of Pius X, "Vinea Electa" erects the Pontifical Biblical Institute, to combat "false, erroneous and heretical views, especially those recently current."
1938Proclamation of the decree by Franco that restores the Society in Spain.
1945Fr. Ferdinand Bonsrel, S.J. dies missionary in Sri Lanka from l901-45. Educator, scientist, honored by a stamp.
1965General Congregation 31 opens its first session. It will elect Fr. Pedro Arrupe as Superior General.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2028

Dominical Letter  b A
Golden Number  15
Epact  iii
Solar Cycle 21
Letter of the Martyrology c
Roman Year of Indiction 6
Julian Period Year 6741
Years since the confirmation of the Society 488
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  472
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 7
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 16 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    16 April