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October: OP Calendar

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Oct-3

Bl. Dominic Spadafora (1450-1521)
Italian, priest, missionary preacher, teacher.

Oct-4

OUR HOLY FATHER FRANCIS OF ASSISI (1182-1226) [F]
Italian, saint, deacon, founder of the Order of Friars Minor (Franciscans), preacher, stigmatist, friend of St. Dominic, Church appointed patron of ecologists, merchants, Catholic action; co-patron with St. Catherine of Siena of Italy, canonized 1228.
NewAdvent | Catholic Online | EWTN | American Catholic

Oct-5

Bl. Raymond of Capua (c.1330-1399)
Italian, priest, 23rd Master of the Order, reformer, confessor and biographer of St. Catherine (April 29).
Catholic Online | St. Thomas Irondequoit | Catholic-Forum

Oct-6

Bl. Bartolo Longo (1841-1926)
Italian, lawyer, ex-priest of Satan, husband, widower, propagator of the Rosary, catechist, Dominican Laity, founder of orphanage of congregation of Dominican sisters, and of the Shrine of O.L. of Pompeii.
Catholic.net | RevolutionOfLove | Catholic-Forum | Eastern Province Art

Oct-7

OUR LADY OF THE ROSARY [F]
Because it originates from, and so well amalgamates the spirituality of St. Dominic, the Rosary is a special devotion of the Order. This day recalls its power at the victory of Lepanto on Oct. 7, 1571, which that year fell on the first Sunday of the month.  In Dominican institutions, the feast is celebrated not on Oct.7 but on the first Sunday of October and usually includes the distribution of blessed roses and a procession.
Catholic.net | Magnificat.ca | American Catholic
EWTN Novena Prayer

Oct-8

Bl. Ambrose Sansedoni (+1287)
AKA "Bl. Ambrose of Siena", Italian, priest, fellow student with St. Thomas Aquinas (Jan. 28) of St. Albert the Great (Nov. 15); as a child miraculously cured of congenital deformity; preacher, professor and peace-making diplomat.
NewAdvent | Catholic-Forum

Bl. Matthew Carreri (1420-1470)
Italian, priest, preacher, greatly devoted to the Passion of Our Lord.
Catholic-Forum

Oct-9

St. Louis Bertrand (1526-1581) [M]
Spanish, priest, ascetic, novice master, missionary to South America, Church appointed patron of Colombia and of Dominican novice masters.
NewAdvent

Oct-11

Bl. James of Ulm (1407-1491)
German, cooperator brother, mystic, designer and maker of beautiful stained glass, whose only extant example is in the Cathedral of Bologna.
Catholic-Forum

Oct-13

Bl. Madeline Panattieri (1433-1503)
Italian, virgin, celebrated preacheress, adviser, Lay Dominican.

Oct-14

Bl. Marie Poussepin (1653-1744)
Originally a Lay Dominican, then a Sister and foundress, served the youth, the poor and the sick, beatified by John Paul II 20 XI 94.
DSotP | OP.org

Oct-19

Bl. Agnes of Langéac
Foundress,  Lay Dominican, beatified by John Paul II 20 XI 94.

Oct-21

Bl. Peter of Citta di Castello (1390-1445)
Italian, priest, contemplative, preacher about death.

Oct-22

DEDICATION OF THE CHURCH [S]
Only celebrated in conventual churches whose date of consecration is unknown.

Oct-25

Bl. Peter Geremia (1399-1452)
Sicilian, priest, theologian of repute, ascetic, preacher.
Catholic-Forum

Oct-26

Bl. Damian of Finale Borgo (+1484)
Italian, priest, renowned preacher.

Oct-27

Bl. Bartholomew of Vicenza (1200-1270)
Italian, Bishop of Cyprus, later of Vicenza, administrator, founder of a crime-fighting group.
DomCentral

Oct-28

Ss. SIMON AND JUDE [F]
First century Jews, saints, apostles, American Dominicans have a special devotion to St. Jude because he continuously preserves our Houses of Study (seminaries) from desperate financial crises.
Simon: NewAdvent | EWTN
Jude: Catholic-Pages

Oct-30

Bl. Benvenuta Boiani (1254-1292)
Italian, virgin, cured through the intercession of St. Dominic (Aug. 8), extreme ascetic, penitent, experienced visions and diabolic assaults, greatly devoted to Our Lady, Dominican Laity.

Bl. Terence O'Brien (1600-1651)
Irish, bishop, martyr, one of 17 Irish martyrs beatified by John Paul II on 27 IX 92.
NewAdvent

Bl. Peter Higgins (1600-1643)
Irish, priest, martyr, one of 17 Irish martyrs beatified by John Paul II on 27 IX 92.

 

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