This year the U.S. Bishops have chosen Every Life: Cherished, Chosen, Sent as the 2018-2019 Respect Life Program.   On October 7, Respect Life Sunday, preach on life, pray for life, and display the materials on life that the Office sent every parish priest.

Durante los años 2018–2019, los Obispos de EEUU celebran el Mes de Respeto a la Vida bajo el lema, “Toda vida: atesorada, escogida, enviada”.

October is Fair Trade Month. “Every perspective on economic life that is human, moral, and Christian must be shaped by three questions: -What does the economy do for people? -What does it do to people? -And how do people participate in it?” (Economic Justice for All)

Octubre es el Mes del Comercio Justo.

October 2 is the International Day of Nonviolence. Nonviolence is a Catholic principle meant to be a way of life. Is now an acceptable time for parishes to engage parishioners in the Catholic principle of nonviolence?

El 2 de octubre es el Día Internacional de la No Violencia.   ¿Ha llegado el momento para involucrar a los (feligreses en el principio católico de la no violencia?

We are one human family, and as our future, our children warrant special attention. When children are underfed and underserved by our education systems, can we do better? When we lose children to wars and to abortion, can we do better? When children have lost their innocence to human trafficking and age-inappropriate media, can we do better?

El ejemplo de Jesús sirve como modelo para todos nosotros: Seremos medidos por cómo tratamos a nuestros hijos.

The calendar is our catechism. We can learn much of our faith by paying attention to specific religious and secular dates on the calendar and the liturgy and prayers that surround them.  Below are October's opportunities for catechesis and witness: Attend an event or connect a Work of Mercy with a special day in our faith and lives.

El calendario es nuestro Catecismo. Por medio de nuestro calendario, con las fechas, sus liturgias y oraciones, podemos aprender mucho acerca de nuestra fe.   A continuación, le presentamos algunas oportunidades para la catequesis y el testimonio: asista a un evento o conecte una Obra de Misericordia con un día especial en nuestra fe y nuestras vidas.