The month of 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 2024

For a Shared Mission: We pray that the Church continue to sustain in all ways a Synodal lifestyle, as a sign of co-responsibility, promoting the participation, the communion and the mission shared among priests, religious and lay people.

Feasts for October

01. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Memorial

02. Holy Guardian Angels, Memorial

04. Francis of Assisi, Memorial

05. Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos (USA); St. Faustina Kowalska, Opt. Mem.

06. TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday

07. Our Lady of the Rosary, Memorial

11. St. John XXIII, Opt. Mem.

13. TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday

14. Callistus I, Opt. Mem.

15. Teresa of Jesus, Memorial

16. Hedwig; Margaret Mary Alacoque, Opt. Mem.

17. Ignatius of Antioch, Memorial

18. Luke, Evangelist, Feast

19. John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions (USA), Memorial

20. TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday

22. John Paul II, Opt. Mem.

23. John of Capistrano, Opt. Mem.

24. Anthony Mary Claret, Opt. Mem.

27. THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME, Sunday

28. Simon & Jude, Apostles, Feast

Focus of the Liturgy

The Gospels for the Sundays in October 2024 are taken from St. Mark for Year B; Weekdays follow Cycle II.

October 6th Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 10:2-16: Therefore what God has joined together, let no human being separate.

October 13th Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 10:17-30: Sell what you have, and follow me.

October 20th Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 10:35-45: The Son of Man came to give his life as a ransom for many.

October 27th Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time

Mark 10:35-45: The Son of Man came to give his life as a ransom for many.

Highlights of the Month

October, as in all of Tempus per Annum, or Ordinary Time (formerly known as Time After Pentecost), the Liturgy does not focus on one particular mystery of Christ, but views the mystery of Christ in all its aspects. We follow the life of Christ through the Gospels, and focus on the teachings and parables of Jesus and what it means for each of us to be a follower of Christ.

The commemorations of St. Bruno (October 6), and St. Paul of the Cross (October 20), fall on a Sunday so they are superseded by the Sunday Liturgy.

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