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May 2079

8 Monday
  whiteMonday in the Third Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Easter I - V "...in this time."
Cycle I [273] Acts 6:8-15; Ps 119:23-24, 26-27, 29-30; John 6:22-29.
Hours of the day.
  white SJBl. John Sullivan, SJ, priest
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement
Optional
 (From the Common of Holy Men & Women: For Teachers, or from the Common for Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints:
Common of Pastors: Readings outside Easter Time
I. Isa 6:1, 6-8; Ps 40(39):2+4ab, 7-8a, 8b-9, 10+12; Luke 4:16a-22.
II. Eph 4:1-7, 11-13; Ps 67(66):2-3, 5, 7-8; John 17:20-26.
III. 1 Pet 5:1-4; Ps 23(22):1-3, 4, 5, 6; John 10:11-16.
Common of Pastors: Readings during Easter Time
I. Acts 20:28-38; Ps 145(144):8-9, 10-11, 12-13ab; John 14:23-29.)
Anniversary:159th anniversary of the death of P. Richard Sykes (66) d. 1920 at Dunbrody, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:120th anniversary of the death of P. Augustine Ganley (59) d. 1959 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:104th anniversary of the death of P. Terence Corrigan (59) d. 1975 at London, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:87th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Sommer (77) d. 1992 at Clarkston, USA. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1521Peter Canisius is born in Nijmegen. This is sixteen days before St. Ignatius is wounded.
1586Fathers Henry Garnet and Robert Southwell left Rome for the English mission.
1853Jan Roothaan dies. He was the 2lst General of the Society and General for 24 years. His furtherance of the Spiritual Exercises, the foreign missions, and education, greatly influenced the spirit and works of the Society. He is a Servant of God.
1861President Abraham Lincoln visits Georgetown University to review the 69th New York Regiment which was based there.
1900Sod is turned, the beginning of building of the novitiate of St. Andrew on Hudson, Poughkeepsie, NY.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2079

Dominical Letter  A
Golden Number  9
Epact  xxvii
Solar Cycle 16
Letter of the Martyrology H
Roman Year of Indiction 12
Julian Period Year 6792
Years since the confirmation of the Society 539
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  523
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 58
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 23 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    23 April