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Sunday, 20th April, 2025
Easter Sunday (Gregorian Calendar).


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January 2026

Make a Daily Offering for the Pope's Intention: For prayer with the Word of God. (Read Reflection)
"Let us pray that praying with the Word of God be nourishment for our lives and a source of hope in our communities, helping us to build a more fraternal and missionary Church."

Last Quarter
6 Tuesday
  whiteTuesday after Epiphany
Mass of the day; Preface of Christmas I - III or of Epiphany
 [213] 1 John 4:7-10; Ps 72:1-2, 3-4ab, 7-8; Mark 6:34-44.
Hours of the day
Birthday:41st birthday of P. Emmanuel KAPARASA (born this day in 1985).
Jubilee:Tin Jubilee of P. Nicholas PENGE who celebrates 10 years since professing Final Vows today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1643The birth of Julian Garnier a linguist and expert on all Iroquois dialects and the Huron and Algonquin languages. A missionary for 60 years in Canada, he was the first Jesuit to be ordained in Canada.
1656Andrew White dies, founder of Maryland mission. After working among the Indians, and composing a dictionary grammar, and catechism in their language, he was carried off to England by the Parliamentarians and cast into Newgate prison. On being released, he withdrew to Belgium.
1757Threats to burn the College Louis-le-Grand in Paris because of false charges that the Society was involved in an attempt on the life of Louis VI.
1829Publication of Pope Leo XII’s rescript, declaring the Society to be canonically restored in England.

 

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