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June 2026

28 Sunday
  greenThirteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr A [97] 2 Kings 4:8-11, 14-16a; Ps 89:2-3, 16-17, 18-19; Rom 6:3-4, 8-11; Matt 10:37-42.
 Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:25th anniversary of the death of P. Michael Tyrrell (HIB) (73) d. 2001 at Dublin, Ireland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:10th anniversary of the death of P. Dieter Thiel (84) d. 2016 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:44th birthday of P. Makasa Adrian CHIKWAMO (born this day in 1982).
Jubilee:Sapphire Jubilee of P. Alojz PODGRAJSEK who celebrates 45 years of Priesthood today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1521Ignatius close to death, receives the last sacraments after the injury at Pamplona.
1553Ignatius writes to Xavier, but Xavier had died the previous December. In fact, the death of Xavier, in December 1552 only becomes known in Rome in 1555.
1577Peter Paul Rubens is born. An artist, friend of the Jesuits, he painted St. Ignatius.
1771Anton Kohlmann is born. Kayserberg, Germany. He was the future superior in New York, and builder of St. Patrick's Cathedral.
1991Two Jesuits (Paulo Dezza and Jan Korec) are among 22 cardinals created, making a total of seven Jesuit cardinals, the largest ever.

 


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