Today in the traditional calendar
Thursday, 17 September 2026
Thursday after the Sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost
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One Sacrifice.
Offered throughout the world.
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- Locations
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- Countries
- 5,231
- Listed Masses
- 3
- Planned
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Introibo ad altare Dei.
I will go unto the altar of God.
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