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July 2026

6 Monday
  greenMonday of the fourteenth week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [383] Hos 2:16, 17c-18, 21-22; Ps 145:2-3, 4-5, 6-7, 8-9; Matt 9:18-26.
 Hours of the day.
  redSt Maria Goretti, virgin and martyr
Common of Martyrs, or Common of Virgins
Readings from the Common of Saints: [596] 1 Cor 6:13c-15a, 17-20; Ps 31:3cd-4, 6+8ab, 16bc+17 (#715.1); John 12:24-26 (#718.5).
Optional
Anniversary:105th anniversary of the death of F. John Haupt (62) d. 1921 at Umvuma, S Rhodesia. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1610A letter of Fr. General says that no Jesuit can maintain that a private person could kill or attempt to kill princes or kings.
1621At Barcelona, the death of Fr. Alphonsus Hernandez, a great lover of holy poverty. He used to call the little ornaments and conveniences to which some grow so attached, the "idols of half religious souls."
1687In the 13th General Congregation, Tirso González was elected Superior General of the Society of Jesus at 66 years of age; he governed for 18 years.
1758The election to the Papacy of Clement XIII who would defend the Society against the Jansenists and the Bourbon courts.
1797Joseph Pignatelli renews his vows as a Jesuit.
1922Countess Maria Theresa Ledochowski dies. A lay woman, and brother of Vladimir, she is now a Blessed. She founded the Sodality of St. Peter Claver for African Missions, is called the mother of Africa. Her sister Ursula is a canonized saint.
1942The Gestapo enters Valkenburg and so 140 German and Dutch Jesuits leave. They declare the college at an end. One month later the building is destroyed by bombs.
2006Thomas Stahel, S.J. dies. Provincial of New Orleans, Novice Director in Nigeria,and an editor of America Magazine.

 


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