Letter to High School, College, and Grad School Graduates
October brings the season of fall into full swing. The month brings us homecomings at many high schools and colleges. It is also an exciting time for baseball fans who will cheer on their favorite team to win the World Series.
October is a month dedicated to the Holy Rosary. It is also Respect Life Month. Like every month of the year, October is packed with many feast days worthy of celebrating.
Here is a breakdown of the Month of the Holy Rosary
1 October Saint Thérèse of the Child Jesus
2 October The Holy Guardian Angels/ First Wednesday dedicated to the Chaste Heart of St. Joseph
3 October Thursday of the twenty-sixth week in Ordinary Time
4 October Saint Francis of Assisi/ First Friday dedicated to the Sacred Heart of Jesus
5 October Saturday of the twenty-sixth week in Ordinary Time
Saint Faustina Kowalska/ First Saturday dedicated to the Immaculate Heart of Mary
6 October 27 ORDINARY TIME GET TO MASS
7 October Our Lady of the Rosary
8 October Tuesday of the twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time
9 October Wednesday of the twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time
Saints Denis and companions
Saint John Leonardi
10 October Thursday of the twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time
11 October Friday of the twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time
Saint John XXIII
12 October Saturday of the twenty-seventh week in Ordinary Time
Saturday Mass of the Virgin Mary
13 October 28 ORDINARY TIME GET TO MASS
14 October Monday of the twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time/ Columbus Day
Saint Callistus I
15 October Saint Teresa of Avila
16 October Wednesday of the twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time
Saint Hedwig
Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque
17 October Saint Ignatius of Antioch
18 October Saint Luke
19 October Saturday of the twenty-eighth week in Ordinary Time
Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues
Saint Paul of the Cross
Saturday Mass of the Virgin Mary
20 October 29 ORDINARY TIME GET TO MASS
21 October Monday of the twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time
22 October Tuesday of the twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time
Saint John Paul II
23 October Wednesday of the twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time
Saint John of Capistrano
24 October Thursday of the twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time
Saint Anthony Mary Claret
25 October Friday of the twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time
26 October Saturday of the twenty-ninth week in Ordinary Time
Saturday Mass of the Virgin Mary
27 October 30 ORDINARY TIME GET TO MASS
28 October Saints Simon and Jude
29 October Tuesday of the thirtieth week
30 October Wednesday of the thirtieth week
31 October Thursday of the thirtieth week (All Hallow’s Eve)
Don’t forget to pray the rosary, promote the sanctity of human life, and make time to be before Jesus in the Blessed sacrament.