Oct. 5 Tuesday of the Twenty-Seventh Week in Ordinary Time; Optional Memorial of Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos, Priest; St. Faustina Kowalska, Virgin , Opt. Mem.

Born in Füssen, Germany in 1819, Bl. Francis Xavier Seelos entered the diocesan seminary, and, coming to know the charism of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer, joined it and was sent to North America. Ordained a priest in 1844, he began his pastoral ministry in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania as assistant pastor of his confrere Saint John Neumann, serving also as Master of Novices and dedicating himself to preaching. He became a full-time itinerant missionary preacher, preaching in both English and German in a number of different states. He died in New Orleans, Louisiana, on October 4, 1867.