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July 2026

16 Thursday
  greenThursday of the fifteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [392] Isa 26:7-9, 12, 16-19; Ps 102:13-14ab+15, 16-18, 19-21; Matt 11:28-30.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteOur Lady of Mount Carmel
Common of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Readings from the Common of Saints: [601] Zac 2:14-17 (#707.11); Luke 1:46-47, 48-49, 50-51, 52-53, 54-55 (#709.5); Matt 12:46-50 (#712.3).
Optional
Anniversary:66th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Seed (76) d. 1960 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:51st anniversary of the death of P. Sean McCarron (HIB) (68) d. 1975 at Limerick, Ireland. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Wooden Jubilee of P. Carlos Protásio XAVIER who celebrates 5 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:Wooden Jubilee of P. Laissone Evaristo MATIAS who celebrates 5 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:Wooden Jubilee of P. Ireneu Modesto MOISÉS who celebrates 5 years of Priesthood today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1576Gregory XIII exempted the members of the Society from attendance at public processions by his Constitution, Quaecumque sacrarum religionum.
1580At Lyford Castle, the betrayal and arrest of Edmund Campion and Brother Ralph Emerson by Elliot.
1766Giuseppe Castiglione, S.J. dies age 78. brother, Painter, missionary to China. Painting of "One Hundred Excellent Horses." The emperor paid him tribute and his funeral expenses. A Jesuit remarked that "he with his art promoted the cause of Christianity more than anyone else had."
1781In Canada died Father Potier, the last of the Jesuit missionaries in Western Canada, where he had labored 7 years.
2002David Toolan, S.J. dies, age 66. Writer, assistant editor at Commonweal, and America, and author of At Home in the Cosmos, on science and theology, and ecology.

 


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