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June 2026

25 Thursday
  greenThursday of the twelfth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [374] 2 Kgs 24:8-17; Ps 79:1b-2, 3-5, 8, 9; Matt 7:21-29.
 Hours of the day.
Anniversary:68th anniversary of the death of P. Francis Johanny (93) d. 1958 at Salisbury, Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:60th anniversary of the death of F. Joseph Butwillo (83) d. 1966 at Heythrop, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:15th anniversary of the death of P. Patrick Moloney (91) d. 2011 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Jubilee:Crystal Jubilee of P. Francis CHISHALA who celebrates 15 years of Priesthood today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1527At Alcala, St. Ignatius accused of having advised two noblewomen to undertake a pilgrimage on foot to Compostella, was cast into prison.
1537Ignatius, Francis Xavier and ï¬ve of the companions were ordained priests in Venice, Italy.
1578The death in Clare, Ireland, of David Wolfe, pioneer Jesuit of the Irish mission, after ï¬ve years imprisonment.
1580Edmund Campion, disguised as a jeweler, arrives in Dover, England. 1773. By order of Clement XIV, the Archives of the Roman Novitiate were sealed.
1782The Jesuits in White Russia are permitted by Empress Catherine to elect a General. Fr. Czerniewicz is elected, took the title of Vicar-General, with the powers of General.
1782The Jesuits in White Russia were permitted by the Empress Catherine to elect a superior general. They chose Father Czerniewicz, who took the title of vicar general, with the powers of the general. There wereï¬ve Polish Congregation during the suppression of the Society of Jesus. This Congregations elected Vicar General: Stanislaw Czerniewicz (1782), Gabriel Lenkiewicz (1785), Franciszek Kareu (1798) who was canonically conï¬rmed as Superior General by the Pope Pius VII, and then also as Superior Generals Gabriel Gruber (1802) and Tadeusz Brozozowski (1805).
1872Imperial law permits the expulsion of Jesuits from the German Empire.
1984Michel Foucault, philosopher, dies. Jesuit alumnus.

 


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