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April 2026

29 Wednesday
  whiteSt Catherine of Siena, virgin and doctor of the ChurchMemorial
Mass of the memorial; preface of Easter I - V, or of the saint.
Cycle II [281] Acts 12:24-13:5a; Ps 67:2-3, 5, 6+8; John 12:44-50.
 Hours of the memorial
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Tychicus, disciple of Paul (cf. Col. 4:7-8) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:143rd anniversary of the death of F. Louis de Vylder (42) d. 1883 at Lusu Rapids, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:112th anniversary of the death of P. Alexandre Furtado Mendonça (56) d. 1914 at Red Sea. Read Obituary
Anniversary:28th anniversary of the death of E. Paul Lungu (51) d. 1998 at Magoye, Zambia. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1568St. Pius V, by his Brief "Innumerabile fructus," confirms the Consitutions of Paul II and Julius III regarding the government of colleges, the appointment of rectors by the General, etc.
1568St. Pius V, by his Brief "Innumerabiles fructus," conï¬rms the Constitutions of Paul II and Julius III regarding the government of colleges, the appointment of rectors by the General, etc.
1578Disturbances at Utrecht caused by Lutherans: the Fathers were driven from their College.
1599At Nankin, Father Matthew Ricci secured a fixed abode, purchasing a house reported to be haunted.
1672At Rome the solemn canonization of St. Francis Borgia by Clement X. 1894. The Sodality of St. Peter Claver for African Missions is approved and blessed by Leo XIII. It was founded by Maria Teresa Ledochowska., sister of Fr. General.
1903President Theodore Roosevelt visits St. Louis University.
1933Thomas Ewing Sherman, S.J. dies in New Orleans. He was the son of General Sherman, an orator on the mission band. He suffered a breakdown, and wanted to leave the Society, but was refused because of his ill health. Before his death he renewed his vows in the Society.
1936Fr. Adolfo Nicolas, S.J. born, Spain.
1998The Bishop of Monze, Paul Lungu, S.J., 51, died in a road accident. For his funeral, all ten Zambian Bishops and the Nuncio were present at the ceremony which lasted for four hours and which was attended by an estimated gathering of 10,000 people. The ritual dances and mournful singing performed during the Mass are the traditional honors given to a chief among the Tonga people.

 


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