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May 2035

9 Wednesday
  whiteWednesday in the Seventh Week of Easter
Mass of the day. Preface of Ascension or of Easter "...in this time."
Cycle I [299] Acts 20:28-38; Ps 68:29-30, 33-35a, 35bc-36ab; John 17:11b-19.
Hours of the day.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Isaiah, prophet (cf. Is. 6:5-7) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:131st anniversary of the death of F. Fernando Weber (27) d. 1904 at Zumbo, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:89th anniversary of the death of P. Arthur Day (79) d. 1946 at Preston, Lancs, England. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1621St. John Berchman's was standing on the steps of the Gesu with the other Fathers and Brothers when the newly elected Pope Gregory XV passed with great pomp on his way to the Lateran for his coronation. The Saint mortified his eyes and saw nothing of the Papal procession.
1661The Superior General, Goswin Nickel was 84 years old and ill at the time. He could not effectively govern the Society. With the approval of Pope Alexander VII, the 11th General Congregation elected Giovanni Paolo Oliva as Superior General.
175819th General Congregation opens, the last of the Old Society. It will elect Ricci.
1758The 19th General Congregation opened, the last of the Old Society. It elected Lorenzo Ricci as superior general in a time of great uncertainty, with the papal throne vacant after the death of BenedictXIV.
1820The Jesuits exiled from Polotsk, Russia, enter Austria.
1921Dan Berrigan, S.J. is born. poet, peacemaker, pacifist.
1978The death of Fr. Antonio Messineo, after 47 years on the staff of La Civilta Cattolica. He was widely consulted on social rights.
1991The Holy House where St. Ignatius was born and lived and converted is formally handed over to the Society of Jesus.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2035

Dominical Letter  g
Golden Number  3
Epact  xxi
Solar Cycle 28
Letter of the Martyrology B
Roman Year of Indiction 13
Julian Period Year 6748
Years since the confirmation of the Society 495
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  479
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 14
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 25 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    29 April