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May 2026

29 Friday
  greenFriday of the eighth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [351] 1 Pet 4:7-13; Ps 96:10, 11-12, 13; Mark 11:11-26.
 Hours of the day.
  whiteSt Paul VI, pope
Common of Pastors: For a Pope
Readings from the Common of Saints: [571A] 1 Cor 9:16-19, 22-23 (#722.4); Ps 96:1-2a, 2b-3, 7-8a, 10 (#721.5); Matt 16:13-19 (#724.2).
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Archdioceses of Cape Town, Durban and Johannesburg, South Africa [SACBC]
   whiteBl Joseph Gerard, PriestOptional 
Common of Pastors
Anniversary:127th anniversary of the death of F. Peter Paravicini (64) d. 1899 at Itu, Brazil. Read Obituary
Anniversary:17th anniversary of the death of P. Gerald McCabe (76) d. 2009 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:51st birthday of P. Augusto CĂ©sar Pedro JĂ“ (born this day in 1975).
Birthday:44th birthday of P. Shepherd MUHAMBA (born this day in 1982).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

St. Ursula Ledochowska, Foundress of missionary sisters, sister of Jesuit General and Blessed Teresa Ledochowska. Congregation of the Ursulines of the Agonizing Heart of Jesus.
1566Father Pedro Martinez and two companions set sail for Florida, a region occupied at the time by barbarous tribes. (FB)
1760The bankrupt creditors of Fr. Antoine Lavalette, superior of the Martinique mission, press the Society to repay his unauthorized trading debts, an occasion helping to lead to the banning of the Society in France.
1815The restoration of the Society in Spain was proclaimed by royal decree.
1991John Paul II announces that Paulo Dezza, S.J. is to become a Cardinal, as well as Jan Korec, in Slovakia. There are now seven Jesuit Cardinals, the largest number 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