October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary

The month of October is dedicated to the Holy Rosary. The Memorial of Our Lady of the Rosary is celebrated on October 7.

Pope Francis' prayer intentions for October

Vatican City, 2014 (VIS) – Pope Francis' universal prayer intention for October is: “That Lord may grant peace to those parts of the world most battered by war and violence”.

His intention for Evangelisation is: “That World Mission Day may rekindle in every believer zeal for carrying the Gospel into all the world”.

Highlights of the Month of October

• Wednesday, October 01, 2014 St. Therese of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor of the Church (Memorial) St Therese of the Child Jesus, said she came to the Carmel Convent "to save souls and pray for priests." And shortly before she died, she wrote "I want to spend my heaven doing good on earth."
• Thursday, October 02, 2014 Guardian Angels, Memorial
• Saturday, October 04, 2014 St. Francis of Assisi, Deacon, Religious, Founder of the Three Orders (Solemnity) the Founder of the Three Orders and the patron saint of animals and the ecology. G K Chesterton describes St. Francis as "a poet whose whole life was a poem."
• Tuesday, October 7, 2014 Our Lady of the Rosary, Memorial “The rosary, though clearly Marian in character, is at a heart a Christ-centered prayer. It has all the depth of the gospel message in its entirety. It is an echo of the prayer of Mary, her perennial Magnificat for the work of the redemptive Incarnation which began in her virginal womb...It can be said that the rosary is, in some sense, a prayer-commentary on the final chapter of the Vatican II Constitution Lumen Gentium, a chapter that discusses the wondrous presence of the Mother of God in the mystery of Christ and the Church" (Pope John Paul II, apostolic letter The Rosary of the Virgin Mary).
• Saturday, October 11, 2014 St. John XXIII, Opt. Mem.
• Wednesday, October 15, 2014 St. Teresa of Jesus, Virgin, Doctor of the Church (Memorial) St. Teresa (1515-1582) 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 Carmelite Order and chose Christ as her heavenly Spouse. With the help of St. John of the Cross she reformed most of the Carmelite convents and founded new ones. She reached the highest degree of prayer and through prayer obtained such knowledge of divine things that in 1970 Pope Paul VI named her the first woman Doctor of the Church. “Remember that you have only one soul; that you have only one death to die; that you have only one life. . . . If you do this, there will be many things about which you care nothing.” 
• Friday, October 17, 2014 St. Ignatius of Antioch, Bishop, Martyr (Memorial) St. Ignatius is one of the great bishops of the early Church. He was the successor of St. Peter as Bishop of Antioch. He was condemned to death by wild beasts during the Emperor Trajan's persecution. On his way to Rome, he wrote seven magnificent letters, which we still have today, concerning the Person of Christ, his love for Christ, his desire for martyrdom and on the constitution of the Church and Christian life. His sentiments before his approaching martyrdom are summed in his word in the Communion antiphon, "I am the wheat of Christ, ground by the teeth of beasts to become pure bread."
• Saturday, October 18, 2014 St. Luke, Evangelist (Feast) St. Luke, the inspired author of the third Gospel and of the Acts of the Apostles, was a native of Antioch in Syria and a physician, and one of the early converts from paganism. He accompanied St. Paul on a considerable part of his missionary journey. He was also his companion while in prison at Rome on two different occasions. His account of these events, contained in the Acts, is firsthand history.
• Tuesday, October 28, 2014 Saints Simon and Jude, Apostles (Feast)

In this month October 3 is first Friday devoted to The Sacred Heart of Jesus and October 4 is devoted to Immaculate Heart of Mary devotion for this reason Let us Pray Daily Rosary during the month of October in Honor of our Lady during the month of Holy Rosary and  I want to promote the best Apostolic Letter Rosarium Virginis Mariae of the Sperme pontiff John Paul II to the Bishops, Clergy, and Faithful on the most Holy Rosary.

Trivia Questions of the Month of October (Please answer in the comments text box)

1. Name the Pope who instituted the feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and why?
2. Who is the patron saint of animals and ecology?
3. Who is the patron saint of Church in eastern Mediterranean, Church in North Africa, and throat diseases?