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July 2073

7 Friday
  greenFriday of the thirteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [381] Gen 23:1-4, 19; 24:1-8, 62-67; Ps 106:1b-2, 3-4a, 4b-5; Matt 9:9-13.
 Hours of the day.
Anniversary:66th anniversary of the death of F. Francis Waddilove (92) d. 2007 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:64th anniversary of the death of P. Fabian Masina (45) d. 2009 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:54th anniversary of the death of P. John Bangwe (ZAM) (37) d. 2019 at Kapiri Mposhi, Zambia. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1586Landing in England of Robert Southwell and Henry Garnet. 1830. Letter of Fr. General Roothaan on Love for the Society.
1835The Society in Spain is again suppressed and all its property seized. 1867. The beatification of the 205 Japanese Martyrs, thirty-three of them members of the Society of Jesus.
1867The beatification of the 205 Japanese Martyrs, 33 of them members of the Society of Jesus.
1896Peter Claver is declared patron of the missions among black people.
1907The Buffalo Mission is separated from the German Province.
1930Sir Arthur Conan Doyle dies Author, Jesuit educated.
1936Arthur Vermeersch, S.J. dies theology/spirituality.
1944All USA citizens including 77 Jesuits are interned at Santo Tomas, Philippines, for eight months.
1984Fr. Kolvenbach has a pleasant visit with Pope John Paul II. He asks the Pope for his blessing on all Jesuits, especially Superiors. In granting it, the Pope adds "They are the ones who need it most."
2003Robert Springer, S.J. dies. Pastoral, moral theologian.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2073

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  3
Epact  xxi
Solar Cycle 10
Letter of the Martyrology B
Roman Year of Indiction 6
Julian Period Year 6786
Years since the confirmation of the Society 533
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  517
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 52
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 26 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    30 April