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April 2026

8 Wednesday
  whiteWednesday in the Octave of Easter
 Mass of the Octave. Gloria, sequence optional, Preface of Easter I ("on this day"); double alleluia at dismissal.
 [263] Acts 3:1-10; Ps 105:1-2, 3-4, 6-7, 8-9; Luke 24:13-35.
Hours of the day; Te Deum, double alleluia at dismissal.
[RM]Traditionally on this day, we remember from Scripture St. Agabus, prophet in Antioch (cf. Acts 21:10-11) [from the Roman Martyrology].
Anniversary:32nd anniversary of the death of P. John Berrell (69) d. 1994 at Johannesburg, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:26th anniversary of the death of F. Alexio Muzvidzwa (43) d. 2000 at Harare, Zimbabwe. Read Obituary
Birthday:26th birthday of S. Tomás Modesto BENE (born this day in 2000).

On this day in our Jesuit history...

1548St. Peter Canisius was sent to Messina to teach rhetoric.
1762In France, the expulsion of the Fathers from all their colleges and houses by decree of parliament.
1979Karl Rahner, S.J. receives honorary degree at Weston School of Theology, Cambridge, and delivers a classic lecture on the three eras or epochs of church.
2007Edward Brady, S.J. dies, age 77 in Nairobi, Kenya. Worked with JRS, and with Sudanese Bishops for peace and justice.
2018Simon Decloux, SJ dies. Was Rector at Kimwenza, Tertian Instructor, Provincial, General Assistant.

 


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