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October 2015

October 1: Thérèse of the Child Jesus
October 2: Holy Guardian Angels
October 3: Saturday of the Twenty-Sixth Week of Ordinary Time
October 4: TWENTY-SEVENTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
October 5: Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos (USA); St. Faustina Kowalska
October 6: Bruno; Bl. Marie Rose Durocher (USA and CAN)
October 7: Our Lady of the Rosary
October 8: Thursday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time
October 9: Denis and Companions; John Leonardi
October 10: Saturday of the Twenty-Seventh Week of Ordinary Time
October 11: TWENTY-EIGHTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
October 12: Monday of the Twenty-Eighth Week of Ordinary Time
October 13: Tuesday of the Twenty-Eighth Week of Ordinary Time
October 14: Callistus I
October 15: Teresa of Jesus
October 16: Hedwig; Margaret Mary Alacoque
October 17: Ignatius of Antioch
October 18: TWENTY-NINTH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
October 19: John de Brebeuf, Isaac Jogues and Companions (USA)
October 20: Paul of the Cross
October 21: Wednesday of the Twenty Ninth Week of Ordinary Time
October 22: John Paul II
October 23: John of Capistrano
October 24: Anthony Mary Claret
October 25: THIRTIETH SUNDAY IN ORDINARY TIME
October 26: Monday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time
October 27: Tuesday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time
October 28: Simon & Jude, Apostles
October 29: Thursday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time
October 30: Friday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time
October 31: Saturday of the Thirtieth Week of Ordinary Time; All Hallows' Eve
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Memorial of St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin and Doctor of the Church

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The Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Teresa of Jesus (1515-1582). Teresa was born in Avila and died in Alba, Spain. When only a child of seven, she ran away from home in the hope of being martyred by the Moors; in this way, she said she could come to see God. At the age of eighteen she joined the…

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