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March 2026

23 Monday
  violetMonday in the Fifth Week of Lent
Mass of the day. Preface of the Passion I
 [251] Dan 13:1-9, 15-17, 19-30, 33-62 or 13:41c-62; Ps 23:1-3a, 3b-4, 5, 6; John 8:1-11 (Year A or B) or Jn 8:12-20 (Year C).
Hours of the day.
  whiteSt Turibius of Mogrovejo, bishop
Common of Pastors
Readings from the Common of Saints: [544] 2 Tim 1:13-14; 2:1-3 (#722.11); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8c, 10 (#721.5); Matt 9:35-38 (#724.1).
Commemoration
Anniversary:144th anniversary of the death of F. Gerard Hooy (31) d. 1882 at Christiana, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:80th anniversary of the death of P. Anthony Da Cruz (60) d. 1946 at Braga, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:77th anniversary of the death of P. Constâncio Tribut (69) d. 1949 at Pará, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:75th anniversary of the death of F. Leo Kodrzynski (70) d. 1951 at Kasisi, N. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:32nd anniversary of the death of P. Georg Sunder (88) d. 1994 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:39th birthday of F. Aaron Ronald NYADAWA (born this day in 1987).
Birthday:37th birthday of P. Ireneu Modesto MOISÉS (born this day in 1989).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1555The death of Pope Julius III, a cause of grief for the Society. He was a benefactor of the Roman and German Colleges.
1624At Watten, Father Thomas Stephenson, when dying, besought the novices to reject any thought against their vocation as a diabolical temptation.
1656The decision of Pope Alexander VII allows Christians to participate in Chinese funeral rites.
1772At Rome, Cardinal Marefoschi held a visitation of the Irish College and accused the Jesuits of mismanagement. He then removed them from directing that school.
1942Joseph de Guibert, S.J. dies Expert on Jesuit spirituality.

 


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