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August 2026

16 Sunday
  greenTwentieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr A [118] Isa 56:1, 6-7; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6+8; Rom 11:13-15, 29-32; Matt 15:21-28.
 Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 4 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:122nd anniversary of the death of F. Edward de Smedt (35) d. 1904 at Dunbrody, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:57th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Otto (71) d. 1969 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:17th anniversary of the death of F. Franz Gabriel (89) d. 2009 at Berlin, Germany. Read Obituary
Anniversary:3rd anniversary of the death of F. Paul A. Desmarais (SAP) (78) d. 2023 at Pickering, ON, Canada. Read Obituary
Birthday:92nd birthday of F. Hubert SIMON (born this day in 1934).
Birthday:25th birthday of S. Yohane André JEMUSSE (born this day in 2001).
Birthday:26th birthday of S. Sean Tanaka SHONIWA (born this day in 2000).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1773The Suppression of the Society of Jesus by Clement XIV. Publication of the Brief Dominus ac Redemptor. Father General Ricci is led away prisoner to the English College. There were 22,589 Jesuits, and 670 colleges.
1773The suppression of the Society of Jesus came with the publication of Clement XIV’s Brief "Dominus ac Redemptor." Father General Lorenzo Ricci was led away as a prisoner to the English College.
1802The death of Pierre Gibault, S.J. He accompanied Clark on his explorations to the Mississippi.
1962Joseph Schuh, S.J. arrives in Lagos, Nigeria. The mission of the NY Province begins there.
1967John Courtney Murray, S.J. dies. Theologian. We Hold These Truths.

 


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