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March 2026

29 Sunday
  redPalm Sunday of the Lord's Passion.
 Mass of Palm Sunday. Commemoration of Lord's Entrance into Jerusalem, Creed, Preface of Palm Sunday.
 [38] Isa 50:4-7; Ps 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24; Phil 2:6-11; Matt 26:14-27:66 or 27:11-54.
 At the procession: [37] Matt 21:1-11.
 Hours of Palm Sunday.
The Commemoration of the Lord's Entrance may take one of three forms, as described in the Missal: Blessing and Procession, Solemn Entrance, or Simple Entrance. The processional cross should be suitably decorated. The blessing of palms may not be celebrated without the following procession and Mass. The blessing and solemn entrance, but not the procession, may be celebrated at a second Mass if many of the faithful are present.
The Passion may be read by three deacons, or lay readers with the priest taking the part of Christ, without candles, incense, greeting, signs of the cross or acclamation. At the mention of the Lord's death, all pause and kneel. Where pastoral reasons require it, one or both of the readings before the Passion may be omitted.
At the end of the Passion, The Gospel of the Lord, is said, but the book is not kissed.
Blessed palms remaining are kept, to be burnt for next year's ashes.
Anniversary:82nd anniversary of the death of P. Victor Boehme (74) d. 1944 at Tremeirchion, N Wales. Read Obituary
Anniversary:40th anniversary of the death of P. Donald Ziemba (48) d. 1986 at Chicago, USA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:33rd anniversary of the death of P. Domingos Isac MlaĂşzi (64) d. 1993 at Lisbon, Portugal. Read Obituary
Anniversary:28th anniversary of the death of P. José Maria Marques (68) d. 1998 at Paris, France. Read Obituary
Anniversary:22nd anniversary of the death of P. Cornelius O'Donovan (82) d. 2004 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1549First 6 Jesuits arrive in the Americas at Salvador (Bahia), Brazil, led by Manuel de Nobrega.
1848Fr. General Roothaan flees from Rome in disguise, with a false passport. He will spend two years away from Rome.
1880Decree in France orders the dissolution and dispersal of Jesuits within three months.
1932First talkie movie shown at Woodstock College, "Song of My Heart", with John McCormack.
1988P. Jean de Boisseson, S.J. is killed in Madagascar.
2018Union of present province of French Canada and present province of English Canada in the Province of Canada

 


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