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October Festivals: Lepanto and Columbus, by Susan Hanssen – Brown Pelican Society of Lousiana

October Festivals: Lepanto and Columbus, by Susan Hanssen

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Addresses General and Flag Officers at Quantico, Virginia

October 7, 2025

Saint of the Day for October 8: St. John Leonardi (1541 – October 9, 1609)

October 8, 2025

The Virgin of the Navigators, by Alejo Fernández, 1531–1536, oil on panel. This is a faithful photographic reproduction of a two-dimensional, public domain work of art.

By Susan Hanssen, Crisis Magazine, Oct. 7, 2025

Professor Susan Hanssen is an associate professor of history at the University of Dallas, where she teaches American Civilization on their Dallas campus during the school year and Western Civilization on their Rome campus in the summer.

The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and Columbus Day make up one big festival because of the intimate relation between the events that they celebrate.

Every year, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7, falls within the same week as Columbus Day, celebrated on the second Monday in October. Together, these feasts make up one big festival because of the intimate relation between the events that they celebrate.

The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary is also known as the Feast of Our Lady of Victory because it celebrates the Blessed Mother’s aid in the Battle of Lepanto on October 7, 1571. This battle was a great Christian naval victory over the Muslim Turkish forces in the Mediterranean. Although an increasing number of young Catholics are aware of this major historical event, it is not widely known among the general American public and is rarely covered in public elementary or high school history curricula. …

October Festivals: Lepanto and Columbus, by Susan Hanssen

Secretary of War Pete Hegseth Addresses General and Flag Officers at Quantico, Virginia

Saint of the Day for October 8: St. John Leonardi (1541 – October 9, 1609)

By Susan Hanssen, Crisis Magazine, Oct. 7, 2025

The Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary and Columbus Day make up one big festival because of the intimate relation between the events that they celebrate.

Every year, the Feast of Our Lady of the Rosary, October 7, falls within the same week as Columbus Day, celebrated on the second Monday in October. Together, these feasts make up one big festival because of the intimate relation between the events that they celebrate.

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