Calendar Dates
2009 – 2010

August
6 Transfiguration of the Lord
15 Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
 22 Orientation Mass
22 Ramadan begins
28-29 First Year Retreat
30 Opening Mass for the School Year
September
  Hispanic Heritage Month (September 16- October 15)
 2 Women's Spiritual Group Information Session
 7 Labor Day
10 Center for Spirituality 25th Anniversary Open House
11  Memorial Prayer: Seventh Anniversary of 9/11
11
(National Day of Mourning and Remembrance, USA)
14
Feast of the Exaltation of the Holy Cross
15
Center for Spirituality Fall Lecture Series  "Reflections on Catholism, Feminism, and History"
15 What Difference Does it Make?
16  Independence Day (Mexico)
19
Rosh Hashanah begins - Jewish New Year
20 Rosh Hashanah ends at nightfall
21 Eid al-Fitr
21 International Day of Peace 
24-25
Quest Symposium on Spirituality and Health
25 Native American Day
27  Lailat-ul-qadr - means "night of power" and refers to the night in which the Qur'an was first revealed to the Prophet Muhammad
27-30 Busy Person's Retreat
28 Yom Kippur Begins at Sunset
29 Yom Kippur Ends at Nightfall
October
1
Taize Prayer
8-9
Monica Hellwig Symposium
10 Sh’mini Atzeretn/Simchat Torah
13 Sukkot Begins at Sunset
20
Sukkot ends at nightfall
30
Nurses' Dedication
31 Halloween
November
  Native American Heritage Month
1
Solemnity of All Saints Day
2 All Souls' Day 
El dia de los muertos/Day of the Dead
3-4
Christian Culture Lecture
11 Veterans' Day
22 Our Lord, Jesus Christ the King
26 Thanksgiving Day
28
Eid al-Adha - or Feast of Sacrifice is the most important feast of the Muslim calendar. It concludes the Pilgrimmage to Mecca.
29 First Sunday of Advent
December
6-10
Busy Person's Retreat
6
Second Sunday of Advent
8 Solemnity of the Immaculate Conception of Mary (Patronal Feast day of the College)
12 Hanukkah begins
12 Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
13 Third Sunday of Advent
16  Las Posadas begins
19
Hanukkah ends
20 Fourth Sunday of Advent
21
Hannuhah Begins at Sunset
25 Solemnity of the Nativity of the Lord (Christmas)
26
Kwanzaa begins
27
Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, and Joseph
31
New Year's Eve
January
1 Solemnity of the Mary, The Mother of God
1 Kwanzaa ends
World Day of Peace
4 Epiphany of the Lord
11 Baptism of the Lord Jesus
17-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
18 Martin Luther King Day
20 Feast of Blessed Basil Moreau: Mass
27
Theology on Fire
February
  (Black History Month)
2
Presentation of the Lord
4
Theology on Fire
14
Valentine's Day
15
Presidents' Day
17 Ash Wednesday
21
First Sunday of Lent
28
Second Sunday of Lent
March
7 Third Sunday of lent
19 Feast of Saint Joseph
14 Fourth Sunday of Lent
25  Annunciation
21 Fifth Sunday of Lent
21-25 Busy Person's Retreat
25
Taize Prayer
28
Palm Sunday
  Daffodil Days
April
  (Asian Heritage Month)
  (Women's History Month)
1 Holy Thursday
2 Good Friday
3
Holy Saturday Easter Vigil
4
Easter Sunday
22
Madeleva Lecture - 25th Anniversary
23 New Voices Seminar
26 Commissioning of Student Leaders
May
2
Honors Convocation
5
Cinco de Mayo
9
Mother's Day
14
Nurses' Pinning
14
Baccalaureate
15 Commencement
16
Ascension
23
Feast of Pentecost
30
Most Holy Trinity
31
Memorial Day
June  
2-5
Reunion Weekend
6
Most Holy Body and Blood of Christ
11
Most Sacred Heart of Jesus
16-20
Carmelite Seminar - 25th Anniversary
20
Father's Day
24
Nativity of Saint John the Baptist
29
Saint Peter and Saint Paul