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October 2026

29 Thursday
  greenThursday of the thirtieth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [482] Eph 6:10-20; Ps 144:1b, 2, 9-10; Luke 13:31-35.
 Hours of the day.
Anniversary:78th anniversary of the death of F. Stephen Rodenbuher (76) d. 1948 at Szeged, Hungary. Read Obituary
Anniversary:70th anniversary of the death of P. Charles Daignault (83) d. 1956 at Musami, S. Rhodesia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:43rd anniversary of the death of P. James Cogger (79) d. 1983 at London, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:36th anniversary of the death of P. William Thomas (82) d. 1990 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Anniversary:34th anniversary of the death of P. Denis Carroll (72) d. 1992 at Monze, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:15th anniversary of the death of P. Joseph Dooley (92) d. 2011 at Bournemouth, England. Read Obituary
Birthday:43rd birthday of P. Ricardo DA SILVA (born this day in 1983).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1632At Alost, in Belgium, the Scholastic, William Assaliers, seeing one of Ours dying and another about to leave the Society, prayed that he might sooner die than lose his vocation. He died within a few days.
1906Jesuit missionaries are granted faculties to celebrate Mass at sea as long as the time is tranquil.
1931An Apostolic Letter of Pius XI, Providentissimus Deus proclaims Robert Bellarmine a Doctor of the Church.
1996Archbishop Christophe Munzihirwa dies killed. Archbishop of Bukavu, Zaire. He had been Jesuit Provincial, 1980-86. Age 70. He had denounced the political and economic exploitation of Rwandan refugees who sought refuge in Kivu.

 


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