WORKS OF MERCY AND EVENTS: October
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WORKS OF MERCY AND EVENTS
October
The calendar is our catechism. We can learn much of our faith by paying attention to specific religious and secular dates on the calendar and the liturgy and prayers that surround them.
Below are October's opportunities for catechesis and witness. Parishes can promote these events or connect a Work of Mercy with a special day in their parishioners' faith and lives.
October is Respect Life Month
Pray for the Living and the Dead
October is Fair Trade Awareness Month
Comfort the Afflicted
October 1 World Habitat Day
Shelter the Homeless
October 2 International Day of Non-Violence
Peace
October 3 Passing Over: Migration and the Eucharist Fr. Dan Groody, CSC, of the Kellogg Institute for International Studies at Notre Dame asks, amidst the divisive and polarizing rhetoric around migrants and refugees today, what does it mean to be witness to the body of Christ? Co-sponsored by the Garaventa Center and Catholic Charities of Oregon.
Why You Want to Attend: “The alien living with you must be treated as one of your native-born. Love them as yourself, for you were aliens in Egypt” Leviticus 19:34.
October 4 St. Francis: Patron Saint of Ecology
Forgive Offenses
October 7 Respect Life Sunday
Pray for the Living and the Dead
October 7 Human Trafficking Silent Prayer Vigil
Why You Want to Attend: “Sustained by the ideals of our confessions of faith and by our shared human values, we all can and must raise the standard of spiritual values, common effort and the vision of freedom to eradicate slavery from our planet.” Pope Francis
October 7-13 Mental Health Awareness Week
Comfort the Afflicted
October 10 World Mental Health Day
Comfort the Afflicted
October 10 World Day Against Homelessness
Shelter the Homeless
October 10 World Day against the Death Penalty
Visit the Imprisoned
October 11 International Day of the Girl
Instruct the Ignorant
October 16 World Food Day
Feed the Hungry
October 16 St. Gerard Majella: Patron Saint of Expectant Mothers
Comfort the Afflicted
October 18 St. Luke: Patron Saint of Doctors
Visit the Sick
October 21 Bread for the World Sunday
(An opportunity for communities of faith for prayers to end hunger in God's world)
Feed the Hungry
October 24 United Nations Day
St. John Paul II Address to the UN on Human Rights
October 24-30 Disarmament Week
USCCB on Nuclear Disarmament