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November 2026

12 Thursday
  redSt Josaphat, bishop and martyrMemorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [494] Phlm 7-20; Ps 146:7, 8-9a, 9bc-10; Luke 17:20-25.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [674] Eph 4:1-7, 11-13 (#722.8); Ps 1:1-2, 3, 4+6 (#739.1); John 17:20-26 (#742.26).
Anniversary:80th anniversary of the death of P. Alfred Burbridge (76) d. 1946 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:18th anniversary of the death of P. José da Costa Araújo (79) d. 2008 at Teresina, Piauí, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:4th anniversary of the death of P. John Dooley (HIB) (92) d. 2022 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Birthday:37th birthday of P. Emmanuel BANDA (born this day in 1989).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1606In the tower of London, Nicholas Owen ("Little John,") was tortured to death on the rack. After death, a hair-shirt was found on his body.
1615At Rome Father Fabius de Fabii, one of the ancient family of the Fabii, had a painful death, having been gored by a savage bull on the way to St. Paul's. He would not seek a miracle from St. Francis Xavier, whose arm had recently been brought to Rome, but preferred to resign himself to God's holy will. He had been Master of Novices, Provincial, and Assistant.
1760Empress Maria Teresa of Austria decreed that the chairs of theology in all the universities within her domain should be held by Dominicans or Augustinians to avoid the "corrupt doctrine taught by the Jesuits."
1914E. Schillebeeckx is born. Theologian. His brother, a Jesuit, was a Provincial in India.
1919Instruction of Father General Ledochowski on typewriters, Usus machinae dactylographicae. They would be allowed for offices, not for persons, and should not be carried from one house to another.
1982Vincent O’Keefe, General Assistant to Fr. Arrupe, received the Xavier Award at the 40th annual dinner.
1989Raymond Adams, S.J. dies Anthropologist, superior, teacher. He was murdered in Cape Coast, Ghana by one he was trying to help.

 


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