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September 2026

6 Sunday
  greenTwenty-Third Sunday in Ordinary Time
Mass of the Sunday; gloria, creed.
Yr A [127] Ezek 33:7-9; Ps 95:1-2, 6-7, 8-9; Rom 13:8-10; Matt 18:15-20.
 Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 3 of the Psalter.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Onesiphoros, disciple of Paul (cf. 2 Tm. 1:16-18) [from the Roman Martyrology].
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Zachariah, prophet (cf. Ezr. 6:14a) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:110th anniversary of the death of P. José da Cruz Tavares (69) d. 1916 at Pontevedra, Spain. Read Obituary
Anniversary:65th anniversary of the death of P. Patrick O'Dwyer (81) d. 1961 at Tremeirchion, N Wales. Read Obituary
Birthday:32nd birthday of NS. Christopher Paidamoio MURASI (born this day in 1994).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

Old Jesuit Martyrology. Thomas Izugi, Michael Nacaxin, martyrs and their companions.
1574A. Valignano arrives in Goa, as Visitor.
1820King Ferdinand VII suppressed the Society of Jesus in Spain.
1823The birth in Indiana of James Chrysostom Bouchard (Watomika) the first Native American Jesuit. A member of the Delaware tribe, he was ordained in St. Louis in 1856. He became one of the Province’s best orators, prompting a book about him called the Eloquent Indian.
1946General Congregation XXIX convened to elect a new superior general; nine days later it chose the Belgian Jesuit, John Baptist Janssens.
1946The opening of the 29th General Congregation, with 169 electors. On September 15th, they will elect Fr. Janssens as General.
1957General Congregation XXX, convoked by Father General John Baptist Janssens to deal with matter of major importance for the Society.
1985George MacRae, S.J., Scripture Scholar dies. He was also Dean at Harvard Divinity School.
2008Vincent Duminuco dies, age 74. Creator of "Characteristics of Jesuit Education." New York Province. Served at the Curia in Rome – assistant to the General for Education

 


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