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November 2026

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The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls)
Mass 1, 2 or 3 of All Souls; 3 readings from [668] or the Common of the Dead [1011ff]; (Creed on Sundays;) Preface for the Dead I - V
Priests may celebrate three Masses; second is offered for all faithful departed, third for intentions of the Pope.
Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity.
 Hours of the Dead with proper 2nd reading for Office of Readings.
 Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum.
Anniversary:72nd anniversary of the death of P. Lawrence Wisely (49) d. 1954 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1578In the Roman College, Father Francis Suarez began to give lectures in theology. Pope Gregory XIII came to hear them.
1585Aloysius Gonzaga renounces his family heritage and inheritance at the family palace in Mantua at the age of 17 and joins the Society three weeks later.
1661The death of Brother Daniel Seghers, S.J. He was a famous Flemish painter of insects and flowers. He was a pupil of Brueghel and a friend of Rubens.
1769Jesuits expelled from the Marianas including Guam. They had extensive land holdings, which went to Augustinans.
1887John Bapst, S.J. dies Missionary, and first President of Boston College 1864-69. He was Superior of the Canada/NY Mission 1869-73. He had been tarred and feathered in 1854 in Maine.
1928Francis Finn dies. He was a world renowned "juvenile author," with 27 books, many of them translated into several languages. Some scenes and characters came from St. Mary’s College, Kansas.
1971Georg Otto Schurhammer, S.J. dies Biographer of Xavier. A missionary in India, he became ill before ordination, and promised to write a life of Xavier if he recovered. He did in four large volumes. It was a life long task.

 


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