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) ● Christian (d) ● Christian - other (e) ● Ethiopian Christian (f) This calendar was created to be accurate in name, date, ● Hinduism (g) and practice, however, we recognize that it may include ● Hispanic Catholic Christian (h) unintentional errors. Should you have suggestions for ● Islam (i) improvement, please reach out to our team at the ● Jehovah’s Witness (j) Minnesota Leadership Council on Aging online at ● Judaism (k) www.mnlcoa.org. ● 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

◄ December January 2022 February ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 -New Years Day -Day of Mary, Mother of God (b) -Feastday of St. Basil (m)

2 3 4 5 6 7 8 -Twelfth Night (d) -Epiphany (a,b,g) -Dia de los Reyes (h)

9 10 11 12 13 14 15 -Baptism of the Lord -Maghi (n) (d) -Lohri (k, n) -Birthday of Guru Gobind Singh (n) 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 -Tu B’Shvat (k) ------x -Week of Prayer (d) ------Martin Luther King -Mahayana New ------x Jr. Day Year (a) -Timkat (f)

23 24 25 26 27 28 29 ------x -Conversion of St. Paul (d)

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◄ January February 2022 March ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 -Saint Brigid’s Day -Presentation of -St. Blaise Day (d) -Vasant Panchami (g) Christ in the Temple (g) -Lunar/Chinese new (b,d) year (c) -Imbolc (o) ------x 6 7 8 9 10 11 12

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 -Triodion begins (m) -St. Valentine’s Day -Parinirvana Day (a) -Magha (d) Puja/Sangha (a)

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 -Presidents’ Day -Chair of St. Peter (b)

27 28 Black History Month -Transfiguration Sunday (d) -Meatfare Sunday (m)

◄ February March 2022 April ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 -Shrove Tuesday -Ash Wednesday (d) (Lent Begins) (d) -St. David of Whales Day (d) -Lailat al Miraj (i) -Maha Shivaratri (g) -Isra’a & Mi’raj (i)

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 -Cheesefare -Clean Monday Sunday (m) (Great Lent Begins) (m)

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 -Daylight Savings -Purim (k) ------x -Holi (k,n) ------x Time Starts -Fast of Esther (k) -Saint Patrick’s Day -Lailat al Bara’ah (i) ------x -Orthodox Sunday (d) -Hola Mohalla (n) ------(m) -St. Joseph’s Day (d)

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 -Ostra (o) -Novruz (i) -Annunciation of Blessed Virgin Mary ------x (b)

27 28 29 30 31 Women’s History Month -National Doctors Day

◄ March April 2022 May ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat Occupational 1 2 Therapy Month -Hindi New Year (g) - (i) -Chaitra Navratri (g)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 ------Patient Access ------x Week -World Health Day

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ------x -Maundy Thursday -Lord’s Evening -Passover (k) -Palm Sunday (d) (d) Meal (j) -Lazarus Saturday -Rama Navami (g) -Good Friday/Holy (m) Friday (d) -Theravada New -Tax Day Year (a) -Hanuman Jayanti (g)

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 ------x -Easter Sunday (d) -Easter Monday (d) -Holy Friday (m) -Saint George’s Day (d)

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 ------Pascha (m) -Yom HaShoah (k) ------x -Laylat al-Qadr (i) -Jumu'atul-Wida (i) ------x

◄ April May 2022 June ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 ------x -Eid al-Fitr (i) ------x -Yom Ha’Atzmaut ------x -Beltane (o) -Saint Philip and (k) -National Nurses ------James Day (d) -Cinco de Mayo Week -National of Prayer -Vesak (a) (d)

8 9 10 11 12 13 14 -Mother’s Day ------x -National Skilled ------x Nursing Week -International Nurses Day

15 16 17 18 19 20 21 -Vesak (a) -Lag B’Omer (k) ------x

22 23 24 25 26 27 28 -Ascension Day (d) -Ascension Day (b)

29 30 31 Mental Health Awareness Month -Memorial Day Arthritis Awareness Month Stroke Awareness Month Nurses Month Older Americans Month

◄ May June 2022 July ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 -Shavuot (k)

5 6 7 8 9 10 11 ------x -St. Columba of -Pentecost (d) Iona Day (e)

12 13 14 15 16 17 18 -Trinity Sunday (d) -World Elder Abuse -National Nursing ------Pentecost (m) Awareness Day Assistant Week -Feast of Corpus Christi (b) -Martyrdom of Guru Arjan (n)

19 20 21 22 23 24 25 ------x -Feast of Sacred -New Church Day -Litha (o) Heart of Jesus (b) (e) -Nativity of St. John -Juneteenth the Baptist (d) -Father’s Day

26 27 28 29 30 Cataract Awareness Month -Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul (d)

◄ June July 2022 August ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 -Lughnasadh (o)

3 4 5 6 7 8 9 -Independence Day -Day of Arafat (i) ------x -Eid al-Adha (i)

10 11 12 13 14 15 16 ------x -Imamat Day (i) -Guru Purnima (g) -Saint Vladimir the -Asalha Puja Day Great Day (d) -Saint Benedict Day (a) (b)

17 18 19 20 21 22 23 -Seventeenth of Tammuz (k)

24 25 26 27 28 29 30 -Pioneer Day (l) - ------x -Saint James the (i) Great Day (d)

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◄ July August 2022 September ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 6 -Lammas (d) -Tisha B’Av (k) ------x

7 8 9 10 11 12 13 -Day of Ashura (i) ------x -Raksha Bandhan -The Ghost Festival (g) (i,j) -Obon (a)

14 15 16 17 18 19 20 -Dormition Fast (m) ------x -Transfiguration of -Assumption of the Lord (m) Blessed Virgin Mary - Krishna (d) Janmashtami (g) -Dormition of the Theotokos (m) 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 ------x

28 29 30 31 -Remembrance of -Ganesh Chaturthi Beheading of John (g) the Baptist (d)

◄ August September 2022 October ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 -National Suicide ------x Prevention Week -Labor Day -Nativity of Mary Feast (d)

11 12 13 14 15 16 17 -National Assisted ------x Living Week -Holy Cross Day (d)

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 -Mabon (o)

25 26 27 28 29 30 -Rosh Hashanah (k) ------x -Fast of Gedaliah (k) -Navarati (g) ------

◄ September October 2022 November ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1

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2 3 4 5 6 7 8 -Yom Kippur (k) ------x - an Nabi (i) ------St. Francis Day (d) ------x -Dasara (g) -Blessing of the Animals (d) 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 -Sukkot (k) ------Columbus Day

16 17 18 19 20 21 22 ------x -Simchat Torah (k) ------x -Installation of -Shemini Atzeret (k) ------x Scriptures as Guru -Luke, Apostle, & Granth (n) Evangelist Remembrance (d) 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 -Diwali/Deepavali -Vikram New Year -Meskel (m) -Milvian Bridge Day (g) (g) (d)

30 31 National Physical Therapy Month -All Hallows Eve (d) Health Literacy Month -Reformation Day (e) - Samhain (o)

◄ October November 2022 December ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 4 5 -All Saints Day (d) -All Souls Day (b)

6 7 8 9 10 11 12 -Allied Health ------x Professionals and -Election Day -Veterans’ Day NP Week

13 14 15 16 17 18 19 -Nativity Fast (m) ------

20 21 22 23 24 25 26 ------Christ the King Day -Martyrdom of Guru -Native American (d) Tegh Bahadur (n) Heritage Day -Thanksgiving Day

27 28 29 30 American Diabetes Month ------COPD Awareness Month -First Sunday in -St. Andrew’s Day Family Caregivers month Advent (d) (d) National Hospice and Palliative Care Month

◄ November December 2022 January ► Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat 1 2 3 ------

4 5 6 7 8 9 10 ------Saint Nicholas Day -Bodhi Day (d) (Rohatsu) (a) -Feast of Immaculate Conception of Mary (b) 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 ------Feast of Our Lady -Salgirah (i) -Posadas ------of Guadalupe (b) Navidenas (h)

18 19 20 21 22 23 24 ------x ------x -Hanukkah (k) ------Yule (o) -Christmas Eve (d)

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