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October 2026

8 Thursday
  greenThursday of the twenty-seventh week.
Mass of the day.
Cycle II [464] Gal 3:1-5; Luke 1:69-70, 71-72, 73-75; Luke 11:5-13.
 Hours of the day.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Shemaiah, prophet (cf. 1 Kgs 12:22) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:37th anniversary of the death of P. Bart Watson (72) d. 1989 at London, England. Read Obituary
Anniversary:17th anniversary of the death of P. Lawrence Tomazin (79) d. 2009 at Lusaka, Zambia. Read Obituary
Birthday:29th birthday of S. Moniz Fernando REIS (born this day in 1997).
Jubilee:Ruby Jubilee of P. Andrzej LEÅšNIARA who celebrates 40 years in the Society today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1834Arrival at Calcutta of Fathers from England, sent at Gregory XVI’s desire.
1871The Chicago Fire. The city is destroyed, but it misses the Jesuit parish as it turns north thanks to the prayers of Fr. Arnold Damen.
1955Solemn dedication and opening of Shrub Oak, New York Maryland Province philosophate with Cardinal Spellman.
1969The death of Louis Twomey, an advocate of interracial justice and labor relations in the United States.
1983The death of Jeanne Marie Mortier, secretary and assistant to Teilhard de Chardin, to whom he entrusted his manuscripts.

 


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