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February 2026

8 Sunday
 greenFifth Sunday in Ordinary Time
12th International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking (est. 2015)
Mass of the Sunday; Gloria, Creed, Pref. of Sunday.
Yr A [73] Isa 58:7-10; Ps 112:4-5, 6-7, 8-9; 1 Cor 2:1-5; Matt 5:13-16.
 Hours of the Sunday. Te Deum.
Week 1 of the Psalter.
Anniversary:9th anniversary of the death of P. Thomas Jackson (ZIM) (92) d. 2017 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1550Julius III (Cardinal del Monte) ascended the Papal Chair. To him the Society owes the Confirmation of its Institute.
1885Isidore Boudreaux dies in Chicago. He was a Master of Novices at Florissant, from 1857-80, and was the first to enter the Society from our college in Missouri.
1890At Rome in the Palazzo Barberini, the death of Cardinal Joseph Pecci, the brother of Pope Leo XIII. He left the Society in 1847, but some forty years later was readmitted by the Pope's desire.
1957Pierre Scheuer, S.J. dies Louvain, philosopher.

 


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