Oct. 11 Monday of the Twenty-Eighth Week in Ordinary Time; Optional Memorial of St. John XXIII, Pope , Opt. Mem.

Today is the feast of St. John XXIII, pope from 1958-1963, best known for convening the Second Vatican Council. He was beatified by Pope John Paul II on September 3, 2000. His feast is assigned to the day on which the first session of Vatican II opened in 1962. His feast is not in the General Roman Calendar, but can be celebrated locally.