OCTOBER 2018
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| 1 | Feast of St. Thérèse of the Child Jesus |
| International Day of Older Persons |
| 2 | Feast of the Guardian Angels |
| Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi (1869) |
| International Day of Nonviolence |
| 4 | Feast of St. Francis of Assisi |
| 5 | World Teachers’ Day |
| 6 | Feast of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher |
| 7 | Birthday of Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1931) |
| 10 | World Mental Health Day |
| Birthday of Ken Saro-Wiwa: Nigerian writer, environmentalist and martyr |
| 11 | Birthday of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884) |
| 12 | Anniversary of the Death of Matthew Shepard (1964-1998) |
| 13 | Founding Day of the Society by Cornelia Connelly (Derby, England, 1846) |
| 14 | International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction |
| 15 | Feast of St. Teresa of Avila |
| Anniversary of the first mass celebrated in a Holy Child convent, Derby, England, 1846 |
| International Day of Rural Women |
| 16 | World Food Day |
| 17 | Feast of St. Ignatius of Antioch |
| International Day for the Eradication of Poverty |
| 18 | Feast of St. Luke. Evangelist |
| 19 | Feast of Sts. John de Brebeuf and Isaac Jogues, martyrs |
| Anniversary of the assassination of Digna Ochoa: attorney and human rights activist defender in Mexico. In 2001 she was murdered for defending victims of human rights abuses in her country. |
| 20 | Feast of St.Maria Bertilla Boscardin. She was so devoted to her hospital patients that she remained with them through the bombings and air raids during World War I |
| 24 | Feast of St. Anthony Claret |
| United Nations Day |
| 31 | Halloween |
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