Found in all three synoptic Gospels (Matthew 13:1–23, Mark 4:1–20, Luke 8:4–15). The sower is often interpreted as Jesus, and the seed as the word of God, showing the varied ways people respond to the gospel. E244.

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Feast of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-90) is October 16 (in Canada: October 20). She was a French Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She is the patron saint of Devotees of the Sacred Heart, those who have lost a parent at a young age, and people suffering from polio. The Feast of the Sacred Heart is celebrated on the third Friday after Pentecost, focusing on Jesus's heart as a symbol of his divine love and physical sacrifice. Margaret Mary Alacoque was canonized a Saint in 1920 by Pope Benedict XV. E318.

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Feast of Saint Margaret Mary Alacoque (1647-90) is October 16 (in Canada: October 20). She was a French Visitation nun and mystic who promoted devotion to the Sacred Heart of Jesus. She is the patron saint of Devotees of the Sacred Heart, those who have lost a parent at a young age, and people suffering from polio. The Feast of the Sacred Heart is celebrated on the third Friday after Pentecost, focusing on Jesus's heart as a symbol of his divine love and physical sacrifice. Margaret Mary Alacoque was canonized a Saint in 1920 by Pope Benedict XV. E317.

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October 19 is the annual feast day of the North American Martyrs. In the United States, this feast day is celebrated on October 19 where the group is officially referred to as St. John de Brébeuf, Isaac Jogues, and Companions, but they are commonly known as the North American Martyrs. The date of October 19 was selected because it closely follows the martyrdom date of St. Isaac Jogues, who was killed on October 18, 1646, in present-day Auriesville, New York. Jesuit missionaries from Sainte-Marie among the Hurons were ritually tortured and killed on various dates between 1642-49 in Canada, in what is now southern Ontario, and in upstate New York, during the warfare between the Iroquioan tribes the Mohawk and the Huron. They have subsequently been canonized and venerated as the North American martyrs by the Catholic Church (René Goupil, Isaac Jogues, Jean de Lalande, Antoine Daniel, Jean de Brébeuf, Gabriel Lalemant, Charles Garnier, Noel Chabanel). Jesuit Martyrs. September 26 is the annual feast day of the Canadian Martyrs. HNAe370.

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October 18, 2026 is a day set aside by the Church throughout the world to publicly renew its commitment to the missionary movements through prayer and donations. World Mission Sunday is celebrated by the Catholic Church around the world every year on the second-to-last Sunday of October. Saint Therese of Lisieux is the co-patron saint of missionaries due to her prayers for missions. My Uncle Robert Vinet spent 3 decades as a priest and missionary in Peru as a member of La Société des Missions-Étrangères du Québec (P.M.E.)

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October 18 annually celebrates the feast day of Saint Luke the Apostle and Evangelist in the Western (Roman Catholic, Anglican, and Protestant) traditions. He was a first-century physician from Antioch, a companion of St. Paul on his missionary journeys, and a Gentile convert to Christianity. He is the patron saint of physicians, surgeons, artists, bachelors, and butchers. He is typically represented by a winged ox or calf. Tradition credits him with painting some of the earliest icons of the Virgin Mary and the Christ Child. In many regions, the warm, sunny days around mid-October are historically referred to as "St. Luke's Little Summer". The third of the New Testament's four canonical Gospels is Luke. It tells of the origins, birth, ministry, death, resurrection, and ascension of Jesus. The author is anonymous but the traditional view that Luke the Evangelist was the companion of Paul is still put forward. The most probable date for its composition is around AD 80–110, and there is evidence that it was still being revised well into the 2nd century. Ee171

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World Mission Sunday is a day set aside by the Catholic Church throughout the world to publicly renew its commitment to the missionary movements through prayer and donations. It is celebrated by the Church around the world every year on the second-to-last Sunday of October. The Company of Jesus (to indicate its military spirit) also called "The Society of Jesus", were linguists, explorers and ethnographers. They learned New World Indigenous languages and customs, developed dictionaries and grammars, translated and preserved much of the history and traditions in their documents—which include details of their missions and activities and both the successes and failures of the Jesuits in their attempts to convert Indigenous peoples. In North America, their goal was to bring lost souls to Christianity and they were willing to endure hardships and to shed their blood to succeed. Ee195.

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October 17 is observed annually to raise global awareness about the struggle to end poverty, honor those who experience it, and amplify the voices and participation of people living in poverty. The inspirational story of Francis of Assisi brings awareness to The International Day for the Eradication of Poverty.

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