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Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton is our Patron Saint and it is the official page of the Roman Catholic faith community on the installation at Fort Hood, Texas. This Official page of Saint Elizabeth Ann Seton Roman Catholic Community, Fort Cavazos Texas, is solely established to share information with anyone who might benefit from the knowledge of Mass Schedules, activities, and contact information of our faith community.

SAINT OF THE DAYPope Saint John Paul IIPATRONAGE: World Youth Day, Poland, Archdiocese of Kraków, World Meeting of Fami...
10/22/2026

SAINT OF THE DAY
Pope Saint John Paul II
PATRONAGE: World Youth Day, Poland, Archdiocese of Kraków, World Meeting of Families 2015 (co-patron), Young Catholics, Families, Swidnica, Trecastelli, Borgo Mantovano, Rivignano Teor, Paradanan, Tanza, Cavite (Major Patron)
BEATIFIED: Pope Benedict XVI, 1 May 2011
CANONIZED: Pope Francis, 27 April 2014
FEAST DAY: October 22nd
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Pope St. John Paul II (1920-2005) was born in Poland and was a vibrant, athletic, and intelligent child. His deeply religious father played an important role in his spiritual formation after his mother's death when he was 8 years old. He studied literature, poetry, and theater before his studies were interrupted by the N**i invasion of Poland in 1939. He answered the call to the priesthood, and after entering a clandestine seminary was ordained in 1946. He completed his doctoral studies in Rome and returned to Poland where he ministered in a special way to young people. He was ordained a bishop in 1958 and attended the Second Vatican Council in 1962. He is well known for his leadership in encouraging a spiritual and cultural resistance to the Communist occupation of Poland. He was elected Supreme Pontiff in 1978, the first non-Italian pope in over 450 years, and had the second-longest pontificate in history. He was a remarkable theologian and philosopher and a guardian of orthodoxy. During his time as Holy Father he gave a multitude of important contributions to the Church including his teaching on the Theology of the Body, his emphasis on the Universal Call to Holiness, and his strong devotion to the Virgin Mary. He is also known as the "Pope of the Family." During his pontificate he beatified 1,338 people and canonized 482 saints. He also visited 129 countries, making him one of the most well-traveled world leaders in history.

SAINT OF THE DAYSt. Ursula And Her 11000 CompanionsPATRONAGE: students, teachers, Catholic education, England 1, Cologne...
10/21/2026

SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Ursula And Her 11000 Companions
PATRONAGE: students, teachers, Catholic education, England 1, Cologne, island of Gozo, archers, orphans, Philippines and of a holy death.
FEAST DAY: October 21st
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St. Ursula (4th c.) was a pious Christian princess from Britain, perhaps Wales. According to the 13th century Golden Legend she set sail and embarked on a pilgrimage to Rome with a large court of handmaids prior to settling in what is today western France, where she was to be joined in marriage to a local governor. Along her pilgrimage route she attracted many followers who were influenced by her holy example. On the return journey St. Ursula and her traveling maidens fell into the hands of the Huns, violent nomads from the East, who had invaded large swaths of Europe. St. Ursula and her company of virgins and other followers, which numbered 11,000, were tortured in an effort to have them renounce their faith. Steadfastly refusing, they were massacred in Cologne, Germany and buried together in a mass grave over which was built the Basilica of St. Ursula. Due to the varying accounts of her martyrdom and the difficulty of separating fact from legend, her feast day was suppressed in modern times. St. Ursula is the patroness of the Ursulines, a female religious order founded in 1535 by St. Angela Merici for the education of young girls.

10/20/2026

October 20, 2026

SAINT OF THE DAYSt. Paul of the Cross; Priest, Founder, Mystic and ConfessorPATRONAGE: Missionaries, Passionists and re...
10/20/2026

SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Paul of the Cross; Priest, Founder, Mystic and Confessor
PATRONAGE: Missionaries, Passionists and retreat ministries
BEATIFIED: Pope Pius IX, 1 May 1853
CANONIZED: Pope Pius IX, 29 June 1967
FEAST DAY: October 20th
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St. Paul of the Cross (1694-1775) was born near Turin, Italy, the second of sixteen children—only six of whom survived infancy. His devout parents ensured his strong religious upbringing. In his childhood Paul went to daily Mass, spent much time before the Blessed Sacrament, and attended to his studies. He taught catechism in the local churches before experiencing a deep religious conversion at the age of 19 through the writings of St. Francis de Sales. After a brief stint as a soldier and declining an offer for a good marriage, at the age of 26 he learned through prayer that God was calling him to found a new religious order which came to be known as the Congregation of the Passion, or the Passionists. He was instructed in a vision as to what the new habit of his order should look like: a black tunic bearing a heart surmounted by a white cross, with the words "Passion of Jesus Christ" written inside the heart. To the religious vows of poverty, chastity, and obedience he added a fourth: to spread devotion to Christ’s Passion among the faithful. His mission was to ignite a love for Jesus in the hearts of the faithful at a time when many saw Him only as a great moral teacher. St. Paul of the Cross was one of the most powerful preachers of his day, as well as a mystic, and he was known to bring even the most hardened sinners to tears. He also took special care of the sick, poor, and suffering.

10/19/2026

Monday, 19 October 2026
The Divine Mercy Chaplet

SAINT OF THE DAYSt. Isaac Jogues; MartyrPATRONAGE: North America, missionaries, and the Mohawk peopleBEATIFIED: Pope P...
10/19/2026

SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Isaac Jogues; Martyr
PATRONAGE: North America, missionaries, and the Mohawk people
BEATIFIED: Pope Pius XI, 21 June 1925
CANONIZED: Pope Pius XI, 29 June 1930
FEAST DAY: October 19th
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St. Isaac Jogues (1607-1646) was born in France to a middle-class family, and at the age of 17 entered a Jesuit seminary where he displayed a talent for writing and teaching. He was ordained in January of 1636 at the age of 29, and three months later was sent as a missionary priest to the rugged wilderness of New France (now Canada) to work among the Huron and Algonquin Native American tribes. Despite the hardship of life in the wilderness, Isaac experienced great spiritual joy in his mission. One day, six years into his work, he was captured by a Mohawk-Iroquois war party. He was enslaved and ritually tortured, in addition to being malnourished and inadequately clothed. His hands were severely mutilated and many of his fingers destroyed, which prevented his ability to say Mass. He continued to preach the faith and was named Ondessonk, "the indomitable one," by his Mohawk captors. After over a year in captivity he escaped with the help of Dutch settlers. He went back to France where he was honored as a "living martyr." He obtained special permission from the pope to say Mass with his mutilated hands. Instead of continuing his life in peace, St. Isaac was zealous to return to his mission field. He returned to New France, and by that time a peace treaty was arranged between the warring native tribes allowing him to work among the Mohawks. However, when they suffered a crisis of crop failure and epidemic disease, the Mohawks blamed the Christians for sorcery and attacked the settlers. St. Isaac Jogues died after being tomahawked in the head, and his body was thrown into the Mohawk River. He is the patron of the Americas and Canada. Isaac Jogues earned the name "Apostle of the Mohawks" for his work. New York state's first Catholic baptismal record was due to his priestly ministry. He and his companions were the first martyrs of the North American continent officially recognized by the Church.

10/18/2026

Sunday, 18 October 2026
The Divine Mercy Chaplet

SAINT OF THE DAYSaint Luke the Evangelist; Apostle, Evangelist, and MartyrPATRONAGE: Many trades including artists, pai...
10/18/2026

SAINT OF THE DAY
Saint Luke the Evangelist; Apostle, Evangelist, and Martyr
PATRONAGE: Many trades including artists, painters, doctors/physicians, surgeons, and bachelors, notaries, goldsmiths, butchers, brewers, glass workers, and others.
FEAST DAY: October 18th
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St. Luke the Evangelist (1st c.) was a well-educated Greek physician and a native of Antioch in Syria. He was a follower of St. Paul the Apostle and spent most of his life evangelizing with him in Asia Minor up until the time of Paul's martyrdom in Rome. Luke wrote a canonical account of his apostolic journeys with Paul (the Book of Acts) as well as a biography on the life of Christ (the Gospel of Luke)! The two books of Luke's Gospel and the Acts of the Apostles were originally a single work. The intimate accounts contained in Luke's gospel of the early years of Christ's life (the Visitation, the Nativity, the Presentation, etc.) lead many scholars to believe that one of the eyewitnesses he interviewed was the Blessed Virgin Mary herself. According to tradition he was also a skilled artist and painted the first icons of Our Lady with the Child Jesus. Several of these icons are still venerated today, the most famous of which hangs in the Church of St. Mary Major in Rome.

10/17/2026

The Chaplet of the Divine Mercy
October 17, 2026

SAINT OF THE DAY St. Ignatius of Antioch; Bishop and Marryr (Memorial)PATRONAGE: Church in easternMediterranean; Church...
10/17/2026

SAINT OF THE DAY
St. Ignatius of Antioch; Bishop and Marryr (Memorial)
PATRONAGE: Church in eastern
Mediterranean; Church in North Africa CANONIZED: John the Apostle
FEAST DAY: October 17th
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St. Ignatius of Antioch (d. c. 98-117) was a Syrian who became a disciple of St. John the Apostle.
St. Ignatius of Antioch is the first to have used the term "Catholic" Church, meaning "Universal." Tradition holds that he was the infant whom Jesus, took in his arms, saying, "Whoever welcomes one such child in my name welcomes me, and whoever welcomes me welcomes not me but the one, who sent me" as recounted in Mark's Gospel. St. Ignatius was a pagan convert to Christianity and succeeded St. Peter the Apostle as the third bishop of Antioch, being ordained by St. Peter himself. He was an important Church Father of the Apostolic age, an ideal pastor, and a fearless soldier of Christ. He was tireless in supporting his flock against dangerous heresies and the terrors of the persecutions of the Roman Emperors. When Ignatius violated the imperial edict to worship false gods, he was arrested and led before Emperor Trajan. After boldly proclaiming the truth of Jesus Christ, he was condemned to be devoured by
wild beasts for public sport in the Roman Colosseum. On his journey from Syria to Rome he wrote many letters to his fellow Christians, encouraging them with his apostolic zeal and exhorting them to obey their bishops. He alsocH pleaded that none try to obtain his release, as he was eager to lay down his life for Jesus, saying, "
The only thing Task of you is to allow me to offer the libation of my blood to God. I am the wheat of the Lord; may I be ground by the teeth of the beasts to become the immaculate bread of Christ." He was devoured by lions in Rome in the early second century.

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