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November 2026

13 Friday
  whiteSt Stanislaus Kostka, religious [SJ]
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Memorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [495] 2 John 4-9; Ps 119:1, 2, 10, 11, 17, 18; Luke 17:26-37.
Hours of the Memorial.

Readings from the Common of Saints: 2 Pet 1:2-11, Ps 122 (121):1-2, 3-4a, 4b-5, 8-9, Luke 2:41-51
Anniversary:40th anniversary of the death of P. George Edmonstone (70) d. 1986 at Grahamstown, RSA. Read Obituary
Birthday:33rd birthday of S. Laison MUCHINI (born this day in 1993).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Saint Stanislaus Kostka, Religious (Memorial)

Stanislaus Kostka (1550-1568) was born in Poland. In 1567 he was sent for studies to the Jesuit College in Vienna. In order to join the Jesuits, against the opposition of his family, Stanislaus walked the 750 kilometres to Germany, and with the blessings of Fr Peter Canisius, the Provincial Superior there, he was admitted to the Society of Jesus in Rome. In the novitiate, Stanislaus was blessed with mystical experiences. He died of illness on 15 August 1568.

1538Pope Paul III caused the Governor of Rome to publish the verdict proclaiming the complete innocence of Ignatius and his companions of all heresy.
1607Paul Kostka, brother of St. Stanislaus, dies in Poland. He had sought admission to the Society. Father General Acquaviva had given him leave to enter, but he died while making his preparations.
1806The first novitiate in North America is opened. In Maryland Robert Molyneux, Superior, makes his solemn profession to Bishop John Carroll who was empowered by Fr. General Gruber to receive the profession.
1855Bishop James Oliver Van de Velde, S.J. dies Natchez,Miss. A Missiouri Province Jesuit, he was President of St. Louis University and the second bishop of Chicago from 1848-53.
1950Students move into the new site of Boston College High.
1988Pope John Paul II prays at the tomb of Stanislaus Kostka, saying that "as a student at the Belgian College, nearly every day I came to pray to St. Stanislaus..."

 


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