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February 2026

12 Thursday
 greenThursday of the fifth week in Ordinary Time.
 Mass ad lib.
Cycle II [332] 1 Kgs 11:4-13; Ps 106:3-4, 35-36, 37+40; Mark 7:24-30.
 Hours of the day.
Anniversary:122nd anniversary of the death of P. Reginald Colley (55) d. 1904 at Stonyhurst, Lancs, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:9th anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Bex (ZIM) (95) d. 2017 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:30th birthday of S. Francisco João SANTOS (born this day in 1996).
Birthday:68th birthday of P. Tadeusz ÅšWIDERSKI (born this day in 1958).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1787At Milan the death of Rudiger Boscovich, among the most famous scientists in Jesuit history. His theory of the composition of matter foreshadowed in part modern atomic theory.
1866Pope Pius IX wrote a papal brief in favor of La Civilta Cattolica.
1958Joseph Bonsirven, S.J. dies Scripture scholar.
1964The Jesuits, 18 Canadian Jesuits, are expelled from Haiti.
1967Francis X. Roser, S.J. dies A scientist, he worked on the measurement of radioactivity in Brazil.
1977Calvert Alexander dies. Editor of Jesuit Missions.
2000Richard McCormick, S.J. dies, age 77. Taught at seminaries, wrote ‘Notes on Moral Theology’ for Theological Studies, and many books on moral theology and medical ethics.

 


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