OCTOBER 2026 CALENDAR

     The October calendar has been posted.  We encourage you to notice and appreciate the richness of the meaningful liturgy of the pre-1955 liturgical celebrations, its clarity and encompassing way of presenting –through the hands of the priest– our prayers to the Lord, in unity with all the traditional intentions and orations the Holy Mother Church instructs us to recall in all Masses of the month.  The pre-Bugnini liturgy is, without doubt, the best and most coherent way of defending our traditional Catholic faith in the present time.

     The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary of the Blessed Virgin Mary, and contains several days wherein we honor most holy Mary in a special way, beginning with the Feast of the Most Holy Rosary, on the 7^th, where Our Lady is remembered under the title of Our Lady of Victory.  The Feast of the Maternity of the Blessed Virgin, is celebrated on the 11th, which this year falls on Sunday, and having the rank of Double of the 2^nd Class, it is the liturgy of the day, with commemoration of the 20^th Sunday after Pentecost.  Two different apparitions of Holy Mary are celebrated in many places on October 12: Our Lady of the Pillar, Patroness of Spain, and Our Lady of Aparecida, Patroness of Brazil.  October 13 is the anniversary of Our Lady’s final appearance at Fatima in 1917, when she revealed herself under the title of Our Lady of the Rosary and performed the Miracle of the Sun.

     Other feasts of special note in this month are the Feast of the Guardian Angels on October 2; St. Teresa of Avila, on the 15th, to whom St. Alphonsus had great devotion; St. Luke the Evangelist on the 18th, which this year falls on Sunday, and having the rank of Double of the 2^nd Class, is the liturgy celebrated, with commemoration of the 21^st Sunday after Pentecost; and the Feast of Christ the King on the last Sunday of October, with commemoration of the 22^nd Sunday after Pentecost.

     Finally, during this month, our Society celebrates the feast of St. Gerard Majella, C.Ss.R., on October 16; the Feast of the Most Holy Redeemer on the 23^rd; and remembers the Venerable Joseph Passerat, C.Ss.R., Transalpine Vicar General, who died on October 30, 1858.