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April 2079

9 Sunday
  violetFifth Sunday of Lent.
Mass of the Sunday, or of the Third Scrutiny; Creed, Preface of Fifth Sunday (with Year "A" readings) or Lent I - II.
Yr C [36] Isa 43:16-21; Ps 126:1-2a, 2b-3, 4-5, 6; Phil 3:8-14; John 8:1-11.
Yr C Alt. (from Year A) [34] Ezek 37:12-14; Ps 130:1-2, 3-4, 5-6, 7-8; Rom 8:8-11; John 11:1-45 or 11:3-7, 17, 20-27, 33b-45.
 In Year C, during the week, Year A's gospel (Jn 11:1-45) may be used [1st R: 2 Kgs 4:18b-21, 32-37; Ps 17] Lect. [250]
Hours of the Sunday.
Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:96th anniversary of the death of P. Alfons Pollet (51) d. 1983 at London, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:89th anniversary of the death of P. John Carroll (NEN) (67) d. 1990 at Likuni, Malawi. Read Obituary
Birthday:107th birthday of P. Rampeoane HLOBO (born this day in 1972).
Birthday:145th birthday of P. Emmanuel KUJUR (born this day in 1934).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1553Ignatius sends Jerome Nadal as Commissary into Spain to publish the Constitutions.
1615William Weston, S.J. dies at Valladolid.
1879Angelo M. Paresci, S.J. dies at Woodstock. He was the founder and first Rector of Woodstock College.
1905The amputation of the right arm of Fr. General Luis Martin.
1913Pope St. Pius X spoke his praises of the Apostleship of Prayer. It counted 25 million members. The periodical The Messenger of the Sacred Heart appears in 42 editions in more than 20 languages.
1934Aloysius Pieris, S.J. born. Sri Lanka theologian.
1998John Coventry, S.J. dies Provincial, theologian, writer, of Great Britain.

 


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