OCTOBER 2017

1	International Day of Older persons
2	Feast of the Guardian Angels
	Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi (1869)
4	Feast of St. Francis of Assisi, who teaches us to care for all God’s creatures and a favorite saint of Cornelia Connelly
5	World Teachers’ Day
6	Feast of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher, S.N.J.M., was a Canadian Roman Catholic religious sister, who founded the Sisters of the Holy Names of Jesus and Mary. She advocated for the education of girls during a time when education was unavailable to most poor girl children.
7	Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary
	Birthday of Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1931)
10	World Day Against the Death penalty
	World Mental Health Day
11	Birthday of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884)
	Birthday of Thich Nhat Hanh (1926), Vietnamese Buddhist monk and peace activist.
12	Anniversary of the death of Matthew Shepard (1976-1998)
13	Founding Day of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus by Cornelia Connelly, Derby, England, 184
14	International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
15	Anniversary of the day the first mass was celebrated in a Holy Child convent, Derby, England, 1846
	International Day of Rural Women
16	World Food Day
17	Feast of St. Anthony Claret (1807-1870), Spanish archbishop who founded a religious congregation called the Claretians, He challenged the unjust structures of slavery and the cash-crop system as bishop of Santiago.
	United Nations Day
18	Feast of St. Luke
19	Feast of Saints John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, Priests, and Companions, Martyrs Anniversary of the assassination of Digna Ochoaq (1964-2001), a Mexican-human rights lawyer known for her work in defending the poor and those working to protect the environment.
20	Feast of St. Maria Bertilla Boscardin (1888-1922), Italian nun and nurse. She was so devoted to her hospital patients that she remained with them through bombings and air raids during World War I.
24	Disarmament Week (10/24-10/30)
31	Halloween