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October 2026

25 Sunday
  greenThirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr A [148] Exod 22:20-26; Ps 18:2-3a, 3b-4, 47+51; 1 Thess 1:5c-10; Matt 22:34-40.
 Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 2 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:55th anniversary of the death of F. Manuel Rodrigues (60) d. 1971 at Lisbon, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:4th anniversary of the death of P. Michael Austin (SAP) (85) d. 2022 at Johannesburg, RSA. Read Obituary
Birthday:53rd birthday of P. Paul Musekiwa PETER (born this day in 1973).
Birthday:40th birthday of P. Carlos Protásio XAVIER (born this day in 1986).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1567St. Stanislaus Kostka arrived in Rome and was admitted into the Society by St. Francis Borgia.
1567The Arrival in Rome of St. Stanislaus Kostka, where he was admitted into the Society by St. Francis Borgia.
1572Edmund Daniel is martyred at Cork. He is the first Jesuit martyred in Europe.
1950Letter of Fr. General Janssens orders some books removed from libraries in houses of formation, including works of DeLubac, Bouillard, Danielou, and deMontcheuil. This is a follow up of Humani Generis.
1970Edmund Campion is canonized.
1975P. Louis Dumas, S.J. is killed in Beirut, Lebanon.
1982Pope John Paul II visits the Gregorian University and attends a symposium on Matteo Ricci. He praises him for his vision and his approach to the people and culture of China.

 


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