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November 2025

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For the prevention of suicide (Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that those who are tempted to commit suicide might find the support, care and love they need in their community, and be open to the beauty of life."

23 Sunday
  whiteOur Lord Jesus Christ, Universal KingSolemnity
40th World Youth Day (est. 1986)
Mass of the Solemnity; gloria, creed.
Yr C [162] 2 Sam 5:1-3; Ps 122:1-2, 3-4a, 4b-5; Col 1:12-20; Luke 23:35-43. 
 Hours of the Solemnity. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:78th anniversary of the death of P. Peter Duffy (61) d. 1947 at Tremeirchion, N Wales. Read Obituary
Birthday:50th birthday of P. Godwin MULENGA (born this day in 1975).
Birthday:43rd birthday of P. Omar Boby FRANCISCO (born this day in 1982).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Blessed Miguel Agustín Pro, Priest and Martyr (Optional Memorial)

Miguel Agustín Pro (1891-1927) was born in Guadalupe de Zacatecas, Mexico. In 1911, he joined the Society of Jesus, at a time of political and religious persecution in Mexico. In 1914 the young Jesuits sought refuge in California. Later, Pro continued his priestly training in Spain, Nicaragua, and Belgium. He was ordained a priest in 1925. In June 1926, when he returned to Mexico, the government had suppressed all public worship. Pro worked clandestinely, He was arrested in 1927 on false charges, was condemned, and was publicly executed by a firing squad.

1585The arrival in Rome of St. Aloysius Gonzaga, with letters from his father, to Pope Sixtus V and to Fr. General Acquaviva. He entered the novitiate on November 25.
1654Blaise Pascal has an experience that changed his life. A God of Abraham, God of Isaac, God of Jacob, not the God of the philosophers and scholars... God of Jesus Christ.. Surrender to Jesus Christ.
1927Blessed Miguel Augustin Pro, S.J. priest and martyr: optional memorial in the USA. Assassinated in Mexico on this day 1927 by leaders of the persecution of the Church in Mexico. "Viva Christo Rey." He was 36 and ordained two years.
1979Edwin Cuffe, S.J. dies. Juniorate Professor at St. Andrew on Hudson, NY, USA.
1983The national police occupy the Central American University (El Salvador) and spend 11 hours examining ever book in the library.
2013Decree of Fr. General on the Union of the Missouri and New Orleans Provinces – to create the Central and Southern. Province of the United States.

 


VARIABLES FOR THE YEAR 2025

Dominical Letter  e
Golden Number  12
Epact  *
Solar Cycle 18
Letter of the Martyrology P
Roman Year of Indiction 3
Julian Period Year 6738
Years since the confirmation of the Society 485
Years since the passing of our Holy Father Ignatius  469
Years since the erection of the Southern Africa Province 4
Sunday Readings  Cycle  C
Weekday Readings  Cycle   I
Gregorian Easter 20 April
Julian (Orthodox) Easter    20 April