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November 2024

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For those who have lost a child (Watch video(Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that all parents who mourn the loss of a son or daughter find support in their community, and may receive peace of heart from the Spirit of Consolation."

28 Thursday
  greenThursday of the thirty-fourth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [506] Rev 18:1-2, 21-23; 19:1-3, 9a; Ps 100:1b-2, 3, 4, 5; Luke 21:20-28.
 Hours of the day.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Sosthenes, collaborator of Paul (cf. 1 Co. 1:1) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:26th anniversary of the death of F. Manuel Brito Gonçalves (67) d. 1998 at Lisbon, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:8th anniversary of the death of P. Vincent Murphy (HIB) (87) d. 2016 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1545Jeronimo de Nadal, whom St. Ignatius had known as a student at Paris, entered the Society. Later Nadal was instrumental in getting Ignatius to narrate his autobiography.
1629At Nagasaki, Blessed Leonard Kimura, Japanese lay brother, died a glorious martyr by fire.
1629The martyrdom in Nagasaki, Japan, of Blessed Leonardo Kimura, who was burned to death.
1680Gian Lorenzo Bernini, sculptor, architect, dies. He was a friend and benefactor of the Society. San Andrea Quirinale was his favorite creation
1759Twenty Fathers and 192 Scholastics set sail from the Tagus for exile. Two were to die on the voyage to Genoa and Civita Vecchia.
1855John Baptist Hus is appointed superior of the New York Canada Mission.
1942Cocoanut Grove Fire. 500 friends and alumni/ae of Holy Cross and Boston College perish.
1954Fr. Martin Scott, S.J. dies age 89. Writer, apologist, Answer Wisely. He wrote more than 25 books.
1980Clement Armitage, S.J. He worked at Jesuit Mission magazine from 1947-1980.
1984Fr. Joseph Pittau, General Counselor, received Japan’s highest honor, the Order of the Rising Sun, for his contribution to education.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2024

Dominical Letter  g f
Golden Number  11
Epact  xix
Solar Cycle 17
Letter of the Martyrology u
Roman Year of Indiction 2
Julian Period Year 6737
Years since the confirmation of the Society 484
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  468
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 3
Sunday Readings  Cycle  B
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 31 March
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    5 May