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July 2087

9 Wednesday
  redSts Leo Ignatius Mangin, priest, Mary Zhu Wu and companions, martyrs [SJ]
Outside SJ churches Seasonal weekday or optional memorial of St Augustine Zhao Rong, priest and companions, martyrs
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle I [385] Gen 41:55-57; 42:5-7a, 17-24a; Ps 33:2-3, 10-11, 18-19; Matt 10:1-7.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [596A] 1 John 5:1-5 (#716.1); Ps 126:1-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); 2 Cor 1:3b-4a (#717.3); Jn 12:24-26 (#718.5)
Anniversary:115th anniversary of the death of P. Ladisllaw Lecznar (67) d. 1972 at Kabwe, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:92nd anniversary of the death of F. Simeão N dos Santos (69) d. 1995 at Johannesburg, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:74th anniversary of the death of P. Gaston Mfinyi Kitoko (55) d. 2013 at Mwene-Ditu, Congo. Read Obituary
Birthday:87th birthday of NS. Clever MADHARA (born this day in 2000).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

St. Augustine Zhao Rong and companions, Chinese martyrs. With Blessed Leo Mangin, S.J. and companions, martyrs.
Saints Leo Ignatius Mangin, Priest, Mary Zhu Wu and Companions, Martyrs (Memorial)

The four French Jesuit priests commemorated today, Leo Ignatius Mangin, Paul Denn, Rémy Isoré, and Modeste Andlauer, were martyred in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, together with a large number of Christian lay men and women. When the Boxers, a militant organization, attacked the mission at Wuyi, Mary Zhu-Wu, a faithful, stood in front of Fr Mangin with arms extended, to protect him, and she was shot dead.

1553St. Ignatius created the Province of Brazil and named Fr. Manuel de Nóbrega as first superior of its 30 Jesuits.
1553The Province of Brazil is constituted, a total of 30 Jesuits with Manuel de Nobrega as Provincial.
1763The Society is expelled from New Orleans and Louisiana at the bidding of the French government. It is also expelled from Illinois County.
1829Jan Roothaan is elected General.
1934The death of Joseph Gianfranceschi, S.J., President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and Director of the Vatican Radio. He received Extreme Unction from Pope Pius XI.
1988James J. O'Connor, S.J. dies editor of Canon Law Digest.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2087

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  17
Epact  25
Solar Cycle 24
Letter of the Martyrology F
Roman Year of Indiction 5
Julian Period Year 6800
Years since the confirmation of the Society 547
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  531
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 66
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 20 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    27 April