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October 2085

9 Tuesday
  greenTuesday of the twenty-seventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle I [462] Jonah 3:1-10; Ps 130:1b-2, 3-4ab, 7-8; Luke 10:38-42.
 Hours of the day.
  redSt Denis, bishop and martyr, and companions, martyrs
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [654] 2 Cor 6:4-10 (#716.4); Ps 126:1bc-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); Matt 5:13-16 (#742.2).
Optional
  whiteSt John Leonardi, priest
Common of Pastors, or Common of Holy Men and Women: For Those Who Work for the Underprivileged
Readings from the Common of Saints: [655] 2 Cor 4:1-2, 5-7 (#722.6); Ps 96:1-2, 2-3, 7-8, 10 (#721.5); Luke 5:1-11 (#724.7).
Optional
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Abraham, patriarch (cf. Gn. 17:3-5) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:136th anniversary of the death of P. Vladimir ZukotýNsky (85) d. 1949 at Stara Wies, Poland . Read Obituary
Anniversary:98th anniversary of the death of P. Louis Haven (67) d. 1987 at Kabwe, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:80th anniversary of the death of P. James McPolin (HIB) (74) d. 2005 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1607Francis de Sales visits the chapel of Blessed Peter Faber whom he revered as a saint.
1627Jansenius lefdt Louvain for Salamanca to create an excitement against the Jesuits and prevent Philip IV from giving to them the large college of Madrid.
1820The 20th General Congregation of the Society opened. The first to be held by the restored Society, it elected Luigi Fortis as Superior General.
1820The 20th General Congregation opens. The first of the restored Society. Aloysius Fortis is elected the 20th Superior General.
1972Jose Maria Posada dies Columbia. Social worker and Provincial.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2085

Dominical Letter  g
Golden Number  15
Epact  iii
Solar Cycle 22
Letter of the Martyrology c
Roman Year of Indiction 3
Julian Period Year 6798
Years since the confirmation of the Society 545
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  529
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 64
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 15 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    15 April