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 2022

For a Church open to everyone: We pray for the Church; ever faithful to, and courageous in preaching the Gospel, may the Church be a community of solidarity, fraternity and welcome, always living in an atmosphere of synodality

Feasts for October

01. Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Memorial

02. Twenty-Seventh Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday

04. Francis of Assisi, Memorial

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

06. Bruno; Bl. Marie Rose Durocher (USA), Opt. Mem.

07. Our Lady of the Rosary, Memorial

09. Twenty-Eighth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday

11. St. John XXIII, Opt. Mem.

14. Callistus I, Opt. Mem.

15. Teresa of Jesus, Memorial

16. Twenty-Ninth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday

17. Ignatius of Antioch, Memorial

18. Luke, Evangelist, Feast

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

20. Paul of the Cross, Opt. Mem.

22. John Paul II, Opt. Mem.

23. Thirtieth Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday

24. Anthony Claret, Opt. Mem.

28. Simon & Jude, Apostles, Feast

30. Thirty-First Sunday in Ordinary Time, Sunday

The Gospels for the Sundays in October 2022

The Gospels for the Sundays in October 2022 are taken from St. Luke from Year C, Weekdays follow Cycle II.

October 2nd – 27th Sunday in Ordinary Time

Jesus says “We are unprofitable servants; we have done what we were obliged to do.”

October 9th – 28th – Sunday in Ordinary Time

This Gospel tells of Jesus healing the ten lepers.

October 16th – 29th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Gospel tells the parable of the persistent widow and the unjust judge.

October 23rd – 30th Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Gospel tells the parable of the Pharisee and the tax collector.

October 30th – 31st Sunday in Ordinary Time

The Gospel relates the story of Jesus meeting with Zacchaeus.

extract from catholicculture.org