OCTOBER 2019
1	Feast of St. Thérèse of Lisieux
	International Day of Older Persons
	Respect Life Month begins
2	Feast of the Guardian Angels
	Birthday of Mahatma Gandhi (1869)
	International day of Non-Violence
4	Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
5	Word Teachers' Day
6	Feast of Blessed Marie Rose Durocher: She advocated for the education of girls during a time when education was unavailable to most poor girl children.
7	Birthday of Archbishop Desmond Tutu (1931)
8	Yom Kippur
10	Birthday of Ken Saro-Wiwa (1941): a Nigerian writer, environmental activist and martyr.
	World Mental Health day
11	Birthday of Eleanor Roosevelt (1884)
12	Anniversary of the Death of Matthew Shepard (1976-1998)
13	Founding of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus by Cornelia Connelly, 1846
14	International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
15	Feast of St. Teresa Of Avila
	First Mass celebrated in a Holy Child Convent, Derby, England, 1846
	International Day of Rural Women
16	World Food Day
17	International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
19	Anniversary of the Assassination of Digna Ochoa (1964-2001): He was 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: She was so devoted to her hospital patients that she remained with them through bombings and air raids during World War I.
24	Feast of St. Anthony Claret: He challenged the unjust structures of slavery and the cash-crop system as bishop of Santiago.
	United Nations Day
28	Feast of Sts. Simon and Jude
31	All Hallows Eve — Halloween