Key Consider Not Scheduling Events Consider Adapting Events Celebration Observed - No Accommodations Necessary Some celebrations include more than one color based on observance. A supplemental guide to observations is availible for red and yellow coded days.

Included Belief Systems ● Buddhism (a) ● Catholic Christian (b) ● Chinese Traditional Practice (c) This calendar was created to be accurate in name, date, ● Christian (d) and practice, however, we recognize that it may include ● Christian - other (e) ● Ethiopian Christian (f) unintentional errors. Should you have suggestions for ● Hinduism (g) improvement, please reach out to our team at the ● Hispanic Catholic Christian (h) Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging online at ● Islam (i) www.mnlcoa.org. ● Jehovah’s Witness (j) ● Judaism (k) ● Mormon (l) ● Orthodox Christian (m) ● Sikhism (n) ● Wicca/Paganism (o)

Healthcare and age-related days/months of celebration are also included along with traditional U.S. holidays (uncoded).

Cultural Practices/Religions NOT Included in this Calendar Due to the small portion of individuals in the Midwest and throughout the world that practice these forms of spirituality, they have been excluded. Please consider further investigating their observances if you interact with those who practice them. ● Baha’i ● Jainism ● Persian/Zoroastrianism ● Rastafarianism ● Shinto ● Other Minority Belief Systems

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2021 January

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 2 3 -New Years Day -Day of Mary, Mother of God (b) -Feastday of St. Basil (m) -Baptism of the Lord Jesus (d) 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -Twelfth Night (d) -Epiphany (a,b,g) -Birthday of Guru -Dia de los Reyes (h) Gobind Singh (n)

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 -Maghi (n) -Lohri (k,n)

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 -Week of Prayer (d) ------x -Martin Luther King -Timkat (f) Jr. Day

25 26 27 28 29 30 31 -Conversion of St. -Mahayana New Year ------x Paul (d) (a) -Tu B’Shvat (k)

2021 Black History Month February

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -Saint Brigid’s Day (g) -Presentation of -St. Blaise Day (d) Christ in the Temple (b,d) -Imbolc (o) ------x

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 -Lunar/Chinese New -St. Valentine’s Year (c) Day (d) -Transfiguration Sunday (d)

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 -Presidents’ Day -Shrove Tuesday (d) -Ash Wednesday -Triodion -Parinirvana Day (a) -Vasant Panchami (g) (Lent Begins) (d) Begins (m)

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -Chair of St. Peter (b) -Purim (k) ------x -Fast of Esther (k) -Magha Puja/Sangha (a)

Womens’ History 2021 March Month

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -St. David of Whales -Meatfare Day (d) Sunday (m)

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 -Long Term Care ------x Administrator’s Week -Lailat al Miraj (i) -Daylight -Maha Shivaratri (g) Savings Time -Isra’a & Mi’raj (i) Starts -Cheesefare Sunday (m) 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 -Clean Monday -St. Patrick’s Day (d) -St. Joseph’s -Novruz (i) -Orthodox (Great Lent Begins) Day (d) -Ostra (o) Sunday (m) (m)

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -Annunciation of -Passover (k) ------Blessed Virgin Mary -Holi (k,n) (b) -Lailat al Bara’ah (i) -Palm Sunday (d) -Lord’s Evening Meal (j) 29 30 31 ------x ------x -Hola Mohalla (n) ------x -National Doctors Day

Occupational 2021 April Therapy Month

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 2 3 4 ------x -Maundy Thursday -Good Friday/Holy -Patient (d) Friday (d) Access Week -Easter Sunday (d) 5 6 7 8 9 10 11

------x -Easter Monday (d) -World Health Day -Yom HaShoah (k) ------x

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 -Hindi New Year (g) - (i) ------Chaitra Navratri (g) ------Yom Ha’Atzmaut (k) ------x -Careers in -Tax Day Aging Week 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ------x -Palm ------x Sunday (m) -Rama Navami (g) -Saint George’s Day -Lazarus (d) Saturday (m) 26 27 28 29 30 ------Theravada New Year ------x -Holy Friday (m) (a) -Lag B’Omer (k) ------x -Hanuman Jayanti (g) -Beltaine (o)

Mental Health Stroke Awareness Older Americans Month 2021 Awareness Month Month May Arthritis Awareness Nurses Month Month

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 2 ------Pascha (m)

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3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ------Saint Philip and -Cinco de Mayo -National Nurses ------James Day (d) Week -Jumu'atul-Wida (i) ------x -National -National Day of -Laylat al- Skilled Nursing Prayer (d) Qadr (i) Week -Mother’s Day

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ------x -Shavuot (k) ------x -Ascension Day (d) ------x -Eid al-Fitr (i) ------x -Ascension Day (b) -International Nurses Day 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ------x -Pentecost (d)

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 -Vesak (a) -Trinity Sunday (d)

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-Memorial Day

Cataract Awareness 2021 June Month

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 2 3 4 5 6 -Feast of Corpus Christi (b)

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 -St. Columba of Iona -Feast of Sacred Day (e) Heart of Jesus (b)

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 -World Elder Abuse -Martyrdom of Guru -National Nursing ------Awareness Day Arjan (n) Assistant Week -New Church -Father’s Day (e) Day -Juneteenth -Pentecost (m) -Litha (o) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ------x -Nativity of St. John - the Baptist (d) Seventeenth of Tammuz (k) 28 29 30 -Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul (d)

2021 July

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 2 3 4 - Independenc e Day

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 -Independence Day -Imamat Day Observed (i) -Saint Benedict Day (b) 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 -Saint Vladimir the -Tisha B’Av ------x Great Day (d) (k) -Day of Arafat (i)

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 -Eid al-Adha (i) ------x -Guru -Saint James ------x Purnima (g) the Great -Pioneer Day Day (d) (l) -Asalha Puja Day (a) 26 27 28 29 30 31 -Lughnasadh (o)

2021 August

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 ------x -Lammas (d)

2 3 4 5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 - (i) ------x -Dormition Fast ------(m) -Obon (a) ------x -Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary (d) -Dormition of the Theotokos (m) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ------Day of Ashura (i) ------x -Transfiguration of -Raksha -The Ghost the Lord (m) Bandhan (g) Festival (i,j)

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ------x -Remembrance of Beheading of John the Baptist (d) 30 31 -Krishna Janmashtami (g)

2021 September

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 2 3 4 5

-National Suicide Prevention Week 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 -Rosh Hashanah (k) ------x -Fast of Gedaliah (k) -Ganesh Chaturthi (g) ------x -Labor Day -Nativity of Mary -National Feast (d) Assisted Living Week 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 -Holy Cross Day (d) -Yom Kippur (k) ------x

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20 21 22 23 24 25 26 -Sukkot (k) ------Mabon (o)

27 28 29 30 ------x -Simchat Torah (k) ------x -Shemini Atzeret (k) ------x -Meskel (m)

National Physical

2021 Therapy Month October Health Literacy

Month

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -St. Francis Day (d) -Navarati (g) ------Blessing of the Animals (d)

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ------x -Dasara (g) -Columbus Day

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 - an Nabi (i) ------x -Installation of -Mabon (o) -Luke, Apostle, & Scriptures as Guru Evangelist Granth (n) Remembrance (d) 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 -Milvian Bridge Day -All Hallows (d) Eve (d) -Reformation Day (e) -Samhain (o)

American Diabetes National Hospice and

2021 Month Palliative Care Month November COPD Awareness

Month Family Caregivers

month MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 -All Saints Day (d) -Election Day -Diwali/Deepavali (g) -Vikram New Year (g) -Allied -All Souls Day (b) Health Professional s and NP Week 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 ------x -Veterans’ Day

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 -Nativity Fast (m) ------Christ the King Day (d) 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 ------Martyrdom of Guru -Thanksgiving Day -Native American -Hanukkah Tegh Bahadur (n) Heritage Day (k) -First Sunday in Advent (d) 29 30 ------St. Andrew’s Day (d)

2021 December

MON TUE WED THU FRI SAT SUN 1 2 3 4 5 ------National Flu Vaccine Week 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 ------x -Feast of Our ------x Lady of -Saint Nicholas Day -Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) Guadalupe (b) (d) (a) -Feast of Immaculate Conception of Mary (b) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 ------Salgirah (i) -Tenth of Tevet (k) -Posadas Navidenas ------(h)

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ------x -Christmas -St. Stephen’s ------x Day (d) Day (d) -Yule (o) -Christmas Eve (d) -Feast of -Feast of the the Nativity Holy Family of our Lord (b) (m) 27 28 29 30 31 -Holy Innocents Day -New Year’s Eve (d) -Watch Night (d)