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October 2026

31 Saturday
  whiteSt Alphonsus Rodriquez, religious [SJ]
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [484] Phil 1:18b-26; Ps 42:2, 3, 5cdef; Luke 14:1, 7-11.
Hours of the Memorial.
From the Common of Religious
Readings from the Common of Saints: Eph 6:10-13, 18 (#740.8), Ps 63 (62):2, 3-4, 5-6, Luke 14:1, 7-11
Anniversary:6th anniversary of the death of P. David Norris (CAN) (80) d. 2020 at Pickering, ON, Canada. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Saint Alphonsus Rodríguez, Religious (Memorial)

Alphonsus Rodríguez (1533-1617) was born in Segovia, Spain. At age twenty-seven, he married and had three children. His children and wife, however, died young. He joined the Society of Jesus as a coadjutor Brother at the age of thirty-eight. He spent the next forty-six years of his religious life as guest master and doorkeeper in the Jesuit college in Majorca. His daily routine, though ordinary, offered him opportunities for holiness of life.

1617The death in Mallorca, of St. Alphonsus Rodríguez, a Jesuit brother famous for faithful service as porter of the college. Feast Day for Jesuit Brothers
1925Juan Luis Segundo, S.J. is born. Uruguay, theologian.
1956Edmund Walsh, S.J. dies Educator. Founder and first Director of Georgetown's School of Foreign Service, now named in his honor. Diplomat, adviser to presidents.
1962Louis Massignon, S.J. dies, missiologist, Islamicist.
1977Xavier Society for the Blind, NY, honors Robert I. Gannon for recording the entire Jerusalem Bible on 48 cassettes.
1981Paolo Dezza begins his mission as the Pope's personal delegate in the Society of Jesus.
2008In a letter dated 31 October, Father General announced the appointment of Fr. Anton Witwer, of the Austrian Province, as General Postulator of the Society and President of the Liturgical Commission. He succeeds Father Paolo Molinari, of the Italian Province, who was appointed to that position by Father General Janssens on July 31, 1957.
2014Decree on the Union of the New England and New York Provinces.

 


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