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February 2026

20 Friday
  violetFriday after Ash Wednesday.
20th World Day of Social Justice (est. 2007)
Mass of the day. Preface of Lent I - IV
 [221] Isa 58:1-9a; Ps 51:3-4, 5-6ab, 18-19; Matt 9:14-15.
Hours of the day.
Anniversary:84th anniversary of the death of P. Christian Malin (64) d. 1942 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:65th anniversary of the death of P. James B. Rowland (72) d. 1961 at Holywell, Wales. Read Obituary
Anniversary:8th anniversary of the death of P. António Pereira dos Reis (82) d. 2018 at Lisbon, Portugal. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1515Ignatius commits a grave crime in Azpeitia, and a process begins against him.
1528Ignatius age 36, arrives in Paris to continue his studies, including Latin. He will stay there seven years. It was a journey of 700 miles.
1582Three Japanese princes sailed from Japan for Rome to pay homage to Pope Gregory XIII. Fr. Valignani, who arranged the embassy, accompanied them as far as Goa.
1647Br. Cuthbert Prescott dies in prison. He used to send Catholic youth to St. Omer by ship, in defiance of the penal laws. About 100 made the trip annually.
1896Henri de Lubac, S.J. is born. theologian, later a Cardinal.
1927Fr. Anthony J. Maas, S.J. dies Life of Jesus According to Gospel History, familiar to many novices. Was written in 1891. He had also been a tertian instructor, and Provincial from 1912-18.
1947The Maryland Provincial David Nugent announces that the province is being given the Jamshedpur Mission, from the Ranchi and Calcutta Provinces.
1986The death of Fr. James Walsh, founder and long time editor of The Way.

 


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