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OCTOBER
Month of the Most Holy Rosary

October 1 - Saint Therese of the Child Jesus [of Liseaux] - The Little Flower (1873-1897) - Doctor of the Church - Patroness of Missions;  One of three St Theresa’s of the Carmelites;  She advocated of the Little Way

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October 4 -Saint Francis of Assisi (Francis Bernadone) (1181-1226) Patron of Catholic Action Turning from a life of ease Saint Francis answered God‘s call to "Rebuild My Church"; He devoted himself to Lady Poverty, Founded the Mendicants (a Non-Monastic Order), with St Clare he founded the Second Order for women and later a Third Order - which has since split into two orders: the Third Order Regulars (TOR) and the Secular Franciscans;  Saint Francis was the first recognized bearer of Stigmata 

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October 5 - Saint Faustina   Helena Kowalska was born in the village of Glogowiec west of Lodz, Poland, on August 25, 1905. When she was almost twenty, she entered the Congregation of the Sisters of Our Lady of Mercy, whose members devote themselves to the care and education of troubled young women. The message of mercy that Saint Faustina received is now being spread throughout the world.

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October 7 - Our Lady of the Rosary  [once called Our Lady of Victory] commemorates the great naval victory of  Don Juan of Austria over the Turks at Lepanto on October 7, 1571  This victory was attributed to the faithful recitation of the Rosary by great numbers of Catholics.  Prince Eugene's victory over the Turks near Belgrade on August 5, 1716 was also attributed to the Rosary

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October 15 - Saint Teresa of Jesus [of Avila] - (1515-1582) Doctor of the Church, Patroness of headache sufferers;  Saint Teresa, one of the Church’s greatest mystics, reformed the Carmelites (Discalced) with St John of the Cross [December 14];

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October 17 - Saint Ignatius of Antioch  (Martyred 107)  Saint Ignatius was an Early Father of the Church; As a disciple of Saint John the Evangelist, he is an important link to the apostolic times.   When thrown to the lions he stated “May I become agreeable bread to the Lord”

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OCTOBER 18  - Saint LUKE [Feast] - Patron of Doctors and Painters  Saint Luke wrote the third Gospel and the Acts of Apostles from eyewitness reports [Luke 1:1-4, Acts 1:1-5]

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October 19 - Saints Isaac Jogues, John deBrebeuf and Companions -    (Martyred 1642-49) These 8 French Jesuits are the North American Martyrs: Saint Isaac Jogues ws captured and tortured by Iroquois in 1642, was freed by the Dutch, but  returned and was killed in 1648; They are honored at a shrine in Auriesville NY, shared by Katerei Takewitha [July 14], and a second shrine in Canada

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October 23 - Saint John of Capistrano - (1385-1456)   Patron of Jurists; A lawyer in court of Naples and governor of Perugia, Saint John was imprisoned in local war; upon his release he joined the Franciscans;  He travelled throughout Italy, Germany, Bohemia, Austria, Hungary, Poland & Russia preaching and establishing renewed Franciscan communities; He led a crusade to victory at battle of Belgrade (1456) to save Vienna and Rome

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October 28 - SaintS SIMON and JUDE [Feast]  - Apostles;   Saint Simon is referred to as the Canaanean or Zealot to distinguish him from Simon Peter; It is thought that he was martyred in Persia; Saint Jude (Thaddaeus) was the brother of James the Less and Simeon who became bishop of Jerusalem in 62; He wrote a short, Catholic [I.e. to the whole Church] Epistle, It is thought that he was martyred in Armenia;  He must be distinguished from Judas Iscariot, and is frequently overlooked, therefore is the Patron of Desperate Cases.

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