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June 2026

26 Friday
  greenFriday of the twelfth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [375] 2 Kgs 25:1-12; Ps 137:1-2, 3, 4-5, 6; Matt 8:1-4.
 Hours of the day.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Joachim and Anne, grandparents of Jesus (cf. Acts 22:7-8) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:85th anniversary of the death of P. Kazimiro Konopka (62) d. 1941 at Lvov, Poland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:55th anniversary of the death of F. James McGuigan (68) d. 1971 at Glasgow, Scotland. Read Obituary
Birthday:36th birthday of S. Hassan A. PHIRI (born this day in 1990).
Jubilee:Wooden Jubilee of P. Chilima MUNTANGA who celebrates 5 years of Priesthood today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1527At Alcala, a nobleman having uttered an imprecation against St. Ignatius, perished miserably in an explosion of gunpowder.
1578About this time, Father David Wolfe died in Clare, Ireland. He was the pioneer Jesuit of the Irish Mission and suffered imprisonment for 5 years.
1580Peter Claver is born in Verdu, Spain.
1881The banishment of 83 members of the Society of Jesus from the Republic of Nicaragua.
1923Shadowbrook, New England Province house of formation, is established.
1988Hans Urs Von Balthasar dies. A theologian, one-time a Jesuit. He had been named a Cardinal in May, but died three days before being installed. He was also in the process of being readmitted to the Society of Jesus.
2007Tony Montfort dies. Layman, worked at Jesuit Missions, London, for 44 years.

 


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