
Dear Fellow Parish Bulletin Reps: October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated on October 7. The Holy Father’s Intentions for the Month of October, 2019: A Missionary “Spring” in the Church: That the breath of the Holy Spirit engender a new missionary “spring” in the Church. The feasts during the month of October: Therese of the Child Jesus (10/1), Guardian Angels (10/2), Francis of Assisi (10/4), Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos, Faustina Kowalska (10/5), Our Lady of the Rosary (10/7), St. John XXIII (10/11), Teresa of Jesus (10/15), Hedwig, Margaret Mary Alacoque (10/16), Ignatius of Antioch (10/17), Luke (10/18), Isaac Jogues, John de Brebeuf and Companions (10/19), John Paul II (10/22), John of Capistrano (10/23), Anthony Claret (10/24), Simon and Jude (10/28). “Our Lady has never refused me a grace through the recitation of the Rosary.” ~ St. Padre Pio.