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January Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 Mary, Mother of God / Twelfth Night Feast Day of St Spiritual Care Services Multicultural Diversity Calender 2019 January Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 Mary, Mother of God / Twelfth Night Feast Day of St. Basil Feast of the Holy Name Guru Gobind Singh of Jesus Birthday Gantan-sai New Year's Day 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Epiphany / Nativity of Feast of the Nativity Feast of the Holy Family Christ Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 The Baptism of Jesus Makarsankranti / Pongal Blessing of the Animals Week of Prayer for Timkat Christian Unity begins International Religion Maghi - Lohri Day 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Mahayanna New Year Mahayanna New Year Week of Prayer for World Religion Day begins ends Christian Unity ends Thaipusam Conversion of St. Paul Tu Bishvat Martin Luther King Jr. Day 27 28 29 30 31 International Holocaust International of Remembrance Day Nonviolence and Peace Day Legend Baha'i Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Jainism Judaism Islam Scientology Shinto Sikhism Wiccan Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism) Spiritual Care Services Multicultural Diversity Calender 2019 February Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Candlemas / Saint Black History Month Brighid of Kildare Imbolc - Lughassad 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 St. Blaze Day World Cancer Day Chinese New Year Nirvanna Day Vasant Panchami Setsebun-sai (beginning of spring) Four Chaplains Sunday 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Cheesefare Sunday Triodion St. Valentine's Day Nirvana 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 President's Day World Day of Social Justice 24 25 26 27 28 Intercalary Days begins Legend Baha'i Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Jainism Judaism Islam Scientology Shinto Sikhism Wiccan Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism) Spiritual Care Services Multicultural Diversity Calender 2019 March Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Women History Month St. David of Wales 19 Day Feast begins Intercalary Days ends 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Meatfare Sunday / Ash Wednesday / Lent International Women's Maha Shivaratri Shrove Tuesday Transfiguration Sunday begins Day 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 Clean Monday - Great Orthodox Sunday L. Ron Hubbard Birthday Lent begins 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 St. Patrick's Day St. Joseph's Day 19 Day Feast ends Naw-Ruz (New Year) Hindi New Year Holika Dahan Magha Puja Day Shushan Purim Holi Lord's Evening Meal Ostra - Mabon Holi Purim Hola Mohalla Norooz (New Year) World Down Syndrome Day 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Annunciation of the Khordad Sal (Birth of Blessed Virgin Mary Prophet Zarathushtra) International Day of Remembrance of the Victims of Slavery 31 Legend Baha'i Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Jainism Judaism Islam Scientology Shinto Sikhism Wiccan Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism) Spiritual Care Services Multicultural Diversity Calender 2019 April Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 Multicultural World Autism Awareness Ugadi / Gudi Padwa / Laylat al Miraj Communications Month Day Telugu New Year 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 World Health Day Mahavir Jayanti Ramanavami 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Theravada New Year Palm Sunday Bengali New Year / Bihu Maundy (Holy) Thursday Lazarus Saturday begins Vaisakhi / Baisakhi / Guru Angad Dev Tamil New Year Good Friday Lailat al Bara'ah Vishu Birthday Baisakhi / Vaisakhi Hanuman Jayanti Passover (Pesach) begins 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 Easter St. George's Day Holy Friday Passover (Pesach) ends First Day of Ridvan Theravada New Year ends 28 29 30 Pascha - Easter Ninth Day of Ridvan St. James the Great Day Legend Baha'i Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Jainism Judaism Islam Scientology Shinto Sikhism Wiccan Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism) Spiritual Care Services Multicultural Diversity Calender 2019 May Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 Asian & Pacific Islander American Heritage Beltane - Samhain Last Day of Ridvan Sts. Phillip & James World Anti-Bullying Day Month Yom Hashoah Jewish American National Day of Prayer Heritage Month USA 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 Ramadan begins Akshaya Tritiya Yom HaZikaron Yom HaAtzma'ut World Red Cross Day 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 Vesak / Visakha Puja - International Nurses Day Buddha Day Mother's Day World AIDS Vaccine Day 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 Declaration of the Bab Lag BaOmer 26 27 28 29 30 31 Memorial Day Ascension of Baha'u'llah Ascension of Christ Laylat al Qadr Legend Baha'i Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Jainism Judaism Islam Scientology Shinto Sikhism Wiccan Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism) Spiritual Care Services Multicultural Diversity Calender 2019 June Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 LGBT Pride Month Laylat al Kadr 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Eid-al-Fitr (End of Yom Yerushalayim Savitri Pooja Ramadan) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 Pentecost / St. Columbia Shavuot St. Vladimir Day of Iona Shavuot (1st day) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 Trinity Sunday Autistic Pride Day New Church Day Corpus Christi Litha - Yule Martyrdom of Guru World Refugee Day Arjan Dev Sahib Father's Day 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 Feast Day Sts. Peter & All Saints Sacred Heart of Jesus Paul 30 Legend Baha'i Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Jainism Judaism Islam Scientology Shinto Sikhism Wiccan Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism) Spiritual Care Services Multicultural Diversity Calender 2019 July Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 Puri Rath Yatra Independence Day 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 Martyrdom of the Bab St. Bendict Day Obon (Ulambana) begins Obon (Ulambana) begins 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 Obon (Ulambana) ends Asala - Dharma Day Obon (Ulambana) ends Guru Purnima St. Vladmir the Great Pioneer Day Day 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 St. James the Great Day 28 29 30 31 Legend Baha'i Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Jainism Judaism Islam Scientology Shinto Sikhism Wiccan Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism) Spiritual Care Services Multicultural Diversity Calender 2019 August Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 Lammas / Fast in Honor of Holy Mother of Jesus Lughnassad - Imbolc 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 International Forgiveness Transfiguration of the Nag Panchami Varalakshmi Vrat Waqf al Arafa - Hajj Day Lord 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 Eid-al-Adha Eid al Adha begins The Assumption of Mary / Dormition of the Tish'a B'Av Theotokos Raksha Bandhan Eid al Adha ends 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 World Humanitarian Day Krishna Janmashtami 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 Beheading of St. John the Hijra - Islamic New Year Baptist Legend Baha'i Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Jainism Judaism Islam Scientology Shinto Sikhism Wiccan Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism) Spiritual Care Services Multicultural Diversity Calender 2019 September Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 International Day of Ecclesiastical year begins Ganesh Chaturthi Paryushana Parva Charity Hijra – New Year Labor Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Day of Ashura / World Suicide Nativity of Virgin Mary Onam Holy Cross Day Muharram Prevention Day 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 International Day of Vishwakarma Puja Peace 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Mabon – Ostara Meskel Mahalaya Amavasya 29 30 Michael & All Angels Rosh HaShana begins National Hispanic Month Navartri begins Legend Baha'i Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Jainism Judaism Islam Scientology Shinto Sikhism Wiccan Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism) Spiritual Care Services Multicultural Diversity Calender 2019 October Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 Global Diversity National Italian St. Francis Day / Blessing Rosh HaShana ends Fast of Gedaliah World Teachers' Day Awareness Month American Heritage of the Animals Pastoral Care Month International Day of Non- World Vegetarian Day Appreciation Month Violence 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 Navaratri ends / Maha World Mental Health Dusshera / Dasara Yom Kippur Navami Day 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 Sharad Purima Sukkot begins Karwa Chauth Birth of the Báb Installation of Scriptures Columbus Day as Guru Granth 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 Sukkot ends Shmini Atzeret Simchat Torah Dhan Teras Diwali Guru Granth Birthday Intersex Awareness Day 27 28 29 30 31 Diwali Milvian Bridge Day Reformation Day All Hallows Eve Diwali Jain New Year Bhai Dooj Diwali Legend Baha'i Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Jainism Judaism Islam Scientology Shinto Sikhism Wiccan Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism) Spiritual Care Services Multicultural Diversity Calender 2019 November Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 Native American All Saints' Day All Souls' Day Heritage Month Samhain – Beltane Chhath Puja World Vegan Day 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 Milad un Nabi 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 International Day of Mawlid an Nabi Veteran's Day Birth of Baha’u’llah World Kindness Day Milad un Nabi (Shia) Nativity Fast begins Tolerance Kartik Poornima Guru Nanak Birthday 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 Transgender Day of World Hello Day Remembrance 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 Martyrdom of Guru Tech Ascension of ‘Abdu’l- Day of the Covenant St. Andrew's Day Bahadur Sahib Baha Christ the King Thanksgiving Day Legend Baha'i Buddhism Christianity Hinduism Jainism Judaism Islam Scientology Shinto Sikhism Wiccan Zarathushti (Zoroastrianism) Spiritual Care Services Multicultural Diversity Calender 2019 December Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 International Day for the International Day of Advent begins St. Nicholas Day Pearl Harbor Day Abolition of Slavery Persons with Disabilities World AIDS Day 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Feast day – Our Lady of Bodhi Day Human Rights Day Guadalupe Immaculate Conception of Mary Geeta Jayanti 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 Posadas Navidenas Yule begins Dhanu Sankranti Yule – Litha 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 Hanukkah begins Advent / Nativity Fast Christmas / Posadas St.
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