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July 2026

9 Thursday
  redSts Leo Ignatius Mangin, priest, Mary Zhu Wu and companions, martyrs [SJ]
Outside SJ churches Seasonal weekday or optional memorial of St Augustine Zhao Rong, priest and companions, martyrs
Texts in the Jesuit Supplement. (Download Mass texts and Divine Office texts here)
Mass of the memorial; preface of the weekday, or of the saint.
Cycle II [386] Hos 11:1-4, 8e-9; Ps 80:2ac+3b, 15-16; Matt 10:7-15.
Hours of the Memorial.
Common of Martyrs
Readings from the Common of Saints: [596A] 1 John 5:1-5 (#716.1); Ps 126:1-2ab, 2cd-3, 4-5, 6 (#715.4); 2 Cor 1:3b-4a (#717.3); Jn 12:24-26 (#718.5)
Anniversary:54th anniversary of the death of P. Ladisllaw Lecznar (67) d. 1972 at Kabwe, Zambia. Read Obituary
Anniversary:31st anniversary of the death of F. Simeão N dos Santos (69) d. 1995 at Johannesburg, RSA. Read Obituary
Anniversary:13th anniversary of the death of P. Gaston Mfinyi Kitoko (55) d. 2013 at Mwene-Ditu, Congo. Read Obituary
Birthday:26th birthday of NS. Clever MADHARA (born this day in 2000).
Jubilee:Crystal Jubilee of P. Luis MATOPE who celebrates 15 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:Crystal Jubilee of P. Ashton Isheanesu MUGOZHI who celebrates 15 years in the Society today.
Jubilee:Crystal Jubilee of P. Tendai Ellton MATARE who celebrates 15 years in the Society today.

On this day in our Jesuit history...

St. Augustine Zhao Rong and companions, Chinese martyrs. With Blessed Leo Mangin, S.J. and companions, martyrs.
Saints Leo Ignatius Mangin, Priest, Mary Zhu Wu and Companions, Martyrs (Memorial)

The four French Jesuit priests commemorated today, Leo Ignatius Mangin, Paul Denn, Rémy Isoré, and Modeste Andlauer, were martyred in China during the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, together with a large number of Christian lay men and women. When the Boxers, a militant organization, attacked the mission at Wuyi, Mary Zhu-Wu, a faithful, stood in front of Fr Mangin with arms extended, to protect him, and she was shot dead.

1553St. Ignatius created the Province of Brazil and named Fr. Manuel de Nóbrega as first superior of its 30 Jesuits.
1553The Province of Brazil is constituted, a total of 30 Jesuits with Manuel de Nobrega as Provincial.
1763The Society is expelled from New Orleans and Louisiana at the bidding of the French government. It is also expelled from Illinois County.
1829Jan Roothaan is elected General.
1934The death of Joseph Gianfranceschi, S.J., President of the Pontifical Academy of Sciences, and Director of the Vatican Radio. He received Extreme Unction from Pope Pius XI.
1988James J. O'Connor, S.J. dies editor of Canon Law Digest.

 


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