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June 2026

29 Monday
  redSTS PETER AND PAUL, apostles
Mass of the solemnity; gloria, creed, preface of the solemnity.
Cycle II Vigil Mass:  [590] (Vigil Mass) Acts 3:1-10; Ps 19:2-3, 4-5; Gal 1:11-20; John 21:15-19.
Cycle II Mass during the day:  [591] (Mass during the Day) Acts 12:1-11; Ps 34:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; 2 Tim 4:6-8, 17-18; Matt 16:13-19.
 Hours of the Solemnity; Te Deum.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture Sts. Peter and Paul, apostles (cf. Mt. 16:18-19) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:86th anniversary of the death of P. William Brand (65) d. 1940 at Edinburgh, Scotland. Read Obituary
Anniversary:64th anniversary of the death of P. Philip Widdowson (70) d. 1962 at Roehampton, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:52nd anniversary of the death of P. Leslie Piper (69) d. 1974 at Edinburgh, Scotland. Read Obituary
Birthday:24th birthday of NS. Kudzai SUSHA (born this day in 2002).
Jubilee:Coral Jubilee of P. Andrzej LEŚNIARA who celebrates 35 years of Priesthood today.
Jubilee:Tin Jubilee of P. Peter KNOX who celebrates 10 years since professing Final Vows today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1537St. Ignatius and Companions are ordained sub-deacons in Venice. 1542. Peter Faber begins writing his Memoriale.
1546Paul III by his Brief, Exponi nobis, empowers the Society to admit Coadjutors, both spiritual and temporal, thus admit brothers.
1553At Louvain, certain parish priests urged the faithful not to confess to Jesuits. This was condemned by the theological faculty.
1853Pius IX, by his Bull Romani Pontifices makes over the Palazzo Borromeo (Via del Seminario 120), to the German College.
1888F.X. Weninger, S.J. dies at Cincinnati. Missionary, preacher.
1909Fr. General Wernz calls on the whole Society to assist the mission to Japan.
1909St. Pius X entrusted the Pontifical Biblical Institute to the Society.
1930The North America Martyrs, and Robert Bellarmine, are canonized by Pius XI.

 


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