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June 2026

11 Thursday
  redSt Barnabas, apostle
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [580] Acts 11:21b-26; 13:1-3 (proper); Ps 98:1, 2-3ab, 3c-4, 5-6; Matt 10:7-13.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Barnabas, apostle (cf. Acts 4:36-37) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:132nd anniversary of the death of F. José Rieder (37) d. 1894 at Quelimane, Province of Mozambique. Read Obituary
Anniversary:115th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Dichamp (57) d. 1911 at Stonyhurst, Lancs, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:109th anniversary of the death of F. Augustine Zurek (70) d. 1917 at Katondwe, N. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:89th anniversary of the death of F. Jacob Longa (80) d. 1937 at Kasisi, N. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:63rd anniversary of the death of P. Henry Quin (88) d. 1963 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:27th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph McDonald (81) d. 1999 at Chikuni, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:19th anniversary of the death of F. Amadeu Inácio (93) d. 2007 at Cernache, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:8th anniversary of the death of P. Shaun Carls (SAF) (54) d. 2018 at Clarens, RSA.
Jubilee:Palladium Jubilee of P. Andrews THEKKEKARA (MDU) who celebrates 75 years in the Society today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1612At Quito died Mark Antonio, an Italian lay-brother known as "the Saint." To the age of 80, he macerated his body with fasts, disciplines, hair shirts. Once during Mass he was seen raised in the air, his face shining with light.
1742Pope Benedict XIV forbade the Chinese and Malabar Rites; persecution broke out at once in China.
1844Gerard Manley Hopkins, S.J., is born.
1927John O’Malley, S.J. born. Historian.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2026

Dominical Letter  d
Golden Number  13
Epact  xi
Solar Cycle 19
Letter of the Martyrology l
Roman Year of Indiction 4
Julian Period Year 6739
Years since the confirmation of the Society 486
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  470
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 5
Sunday Readings  Cycle  A
Weekday Readings  Cycle   II
Gregorian Easter 5 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    12 April