September 2022 National Hispanic Heritage Month Suicide Prevention Month
1	World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
	Season of Creation Begins
2	Feast of St. Gregory the Great, patron saint of teachers, students and musicians
5	Feast of St. Mother Teresa of Calcutta
	Labor Day
6	Jane Addams (1935-) Known as the "mother" of social work, a pioneer American settlement activist, and leader in women’s suffrage and world peace
8	Feast of the Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
	International Literacy day
9	Anniversary of the Civil Rights Act of 1967
	Feast of St. Peter Claver
10	World Suicide Prevention Day
11	Anniversary of Terrorist attack on the U.S., 2001
12	Assassination of Stephen Bantu Biko (d. 1977) Anti-apartheid activist in South Africa during the 1960s and 1970s
	Florence Kelley (b. 1932) A leading organizer against sweatshops and an advocate for children’s rights
14	Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross
15	Feast of Our Mother of Sorrows (a special feast to Cornelia Connelly)
20	Feast of Saints Andrew Kim Tae-gŏn, Priest, and Paul Chŏng Ha-sang, and Companions, Martyrs
21	Feast of St. Matthew
22	International Day of Peace
	Assassination of Chilean diplomat Orlando Letelier and his American colleague, Ronni Karpen Moffitt, 1976, The bombing was traced to the regime of General Pinochet
	Birthday of Hans Scholl (1918–1943) Founding member of the White Rose resistance movement in Nazi Germany
	World Car Free Day
25	United Nations General Assembly Adoption of Sustainable Development Goals, 2015
	Rosh Hashanah*, begins at sunset and ends at nightfall on September 27
26	World Environmental Health Day: This year’s theme is related to the COVID-19 pandemic: Prioritizing Environmental Health for healthier communities in global recovery.
	World Day of Migrants and Refugees
	Feast of Blessed Pope Paul VI: Concluded the Second Vatican Council that brought sweeping reforms to the Catholic Church
	First televised U.S. presidential debate (Kennedy v. Nixon), 1960
27	Feast of St. Vincent de Paul, patron of charities, hospitals, prisoners, and volunteers
28	Feast of St. Lorenzo Ruiz, first Filipino saint and patron of the Philippines
29	Feast of Sts. Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels (Michaelmas Day)
	Feast of the Venerable Mother Catherine Elizabeth McAuley, b.1778. Founded the Sisters of Mercy in 1831
30	Birthday of Elie Wiesel, 1928 -2016: Author, professor, political activist, Nobel Laureate, and Holocaust survivor