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June 2022

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For families (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"We pray for Christian families around the world; may they embody and experience unconditional love and advance in holiness in their daily lives."

9 Thursday
  whiteOur Lord Jesus Christ, the Eternal High PriestFeast
Mass of the feast. Gloria, Preface of the priesthood of Christ and of the Church
Yr C Isa 6:1-4,8 or Heb 2:10-18; Ps 23 (22):2-3, 5, 6 (â„ź.1);  John 17:1-2, 9, 14-26.
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Hours of the feast. Te Deum.
Anniversary:123rd anniversary of the death of F. Miguel Ramos (28) d. 1899 at Boroma, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:62nd anniversary of the death of P. Thomas Swift (58) d. 1960 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:47th anniversary of the death of P. Michael Geoghegan (70) d. 1975 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:6th anniversary of the death of P. Hilary Rudez (94) d. 2016 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Saint Joseph de Anchieta, Priest (Optional Memorial)

Joseph de Anchieta (1534-1597) was born in Tenerife, Spain. He was sent for studies to Coimbra, Portugal, and there entered the Jesuit novitiate in 1551. He suffered a spinal injury during his novitiate and was sent to Brazil to recuperate, but remained there for forty-four years. Over the years he was present at the decisive events of the first century of Brazilian history. He became a major architect of the “reductions” which aimed to educate the nomadic tribes and protect them from slave-raiders. In several ways he was a most extraordinary man and is acclaimed as the “Apostle of Brazil. Anchieta was declared a Saint through a decree of “equivalent canonization” by Pope Francis on 3 April 2014.

1553Manuel da Nobrega was named provincial of the Jesuits in Brazil. He was involved in the foundations of the cities of Salvador, Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro.
1553Manuel de Nobrega named Provincial of the Jesuits in Brazil. Earlier, at the age of 31 he had been appointed director of the Jesuits in Latin America. He was involved in the foundations of the cities of Salvador, Sao Paolo and Rio de Janeiro.
1555At Saragossa, the Vicar General, prejudiced against the infant Society, forbad the faithful to hear Mass in the Jesuit chapel.
1597Blessed Joseph Ancieta, S.J. optional memorial. "Apostle of Brazil. Birds and beasts paid him reverence: he seemed in innocence to resemble Adam before the fall. When in captivity he composed a hymn of 4,000 Latin verses in Our Lady's honor." Brazil's most famous missionary, and the founder of the cities of Sao Paulo and Rio de Janeiro. He died on this day in 1597.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2022

Dominical Letter  b
Golden Number  9
Epact  xxvii
Solar Cycle 15
Letter of the Martyrology H
Roman Year of Indiction 15
Julian Period Year 6735
Years since the confirmation of the Society 482
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  466
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 1
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 17 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    24 April