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SEPTEMBER 20118 International Literacy Day29-30 Rosh Hashana (Jewish), Begins At Sundown on The 8th15 International Day of Democracy16 International Day For The Preservation of The Ozone Layer21 International Day of Peace23-29 Sukkot (Jewish Feast of Tabernacles) – Begins At Sundown on The 22nd27 Feast Day of St. Vincent De Paul29-30 Rosh Hashana (Jewish), Begins at Sundown on The 8th

OCTOBER 20111 International Day of Older Persons2 Gandhi’s Birthday - International Day of Nonviolence4 Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi4 World Habitat Day (UN), 1st Mon. In October5 International World Teacher’s Day5 Universal Children’s Day8 Yom Kippur (Jewish), Begins At Sundown13 International Day For Natural Disaster Reduction (Un), 2nd Wed. In October13-19 Sukkot (Jewish Feast of Tabernacles)15 International Day of Rural Women16 World Food Day

17 International Day For The Eradication of Poverty21 International Day of Peace23 World Mission Sunday (2nd Last Sunday of October)24 United Nations Day24-30 Disarmament Week26-30 Diwali – The Hindu Festival of Lights31 Unicef Day30 Halloween

NOVEMBER 20111 All Saints Day2 All Souls Day4-9 Hajj (Annual Pilgrimage to Mecca, Islamic)6 Eid-al-adha (Festival of Sacrifice, Islamic), Begins At Sundown on the 16th6 International Day For Preventing The Exploitation of Environment In War And Armed Conflict13 St. Francis Cabrini, Patron Saint of Immigrants16 International Day of Tolerance20 Universal Children’s Day20 Feast of Christ The King21 World Television Day25 International Day for Elimination of Violence Against Women25 Thanksgiving Day26 Islamic New Year27 1st Sunday Of Advent29 International Day Of Solidarity with The Palestinian People

DECEMBER 20111 Charles De Foucauld (Beatified Nov. 13, 2005)1 World Aids Day2 International Day For The Abolition of Slavery2 Anniversary of The Deaths of Maura Clarke, Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazel, And Jean Donovan In El Salvador2-9 Chanukah/hanukkah (Begins at Sundown on the 1st)3 Feast of St. Francis Xavier3 International Day of Disabled Persons4 2nd Sunday of Advent5 International Volunteer Day (Un)6 Feast of St. Nicholas7 Islamic New Year8 Feast of The Immaculate Conception10 Human Rights Day11 3rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)14 St. John of The Cross18 International Migrants Day (UN)20 International Human Solidarity Day(Un)18 4th Sunday of Advent25 Christmas26 Feast of St. Stephen 26 – Jan. 1 Kwanzaa (In Recognition of African Heritage)27 Feast of St. John, Apostle28 Feast of The Holy Innocents30 Feast of The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, And Joseph31 New Year’s Eve

JANUARY 2012UN: International Year Of Cooperatives1 New Year’s Day1 World Day For Peace1 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God6 Epiphany7 Baptism Of The Lord16 Religious Freedom Day17 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day18-25 Week Of Prayer For Christan Unity25 World Day Of Leprosy27 Auschwitz Death Camp In Poland, Liberation By Soviet Troops, 1945 International Day Of Commemoration in Memory Of The Victims of The Holocaust (Un)

FEBRUARY 20123 Chinese New Year (Confucian/daoist/budhist) (Year of The Rabbit)4 World Cancer Day11 World Day of The Sick14 Valentine’s Day20 World Day of Social Justice22 Ash Wednesday26 1st Sunday of Lent

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SEPTEMBER 20118 International Literacy Day29-30 Rosh Hashana (Jewish), Begins At Sundown on The 8th15 International Day of Democracy16 International Day For The Preservation of

The Ozone Layer21 International Day of Peace23-29 Sukkot (Jewish Feast of Tabernacles

Begins At Sundown on The 22nd27 Feast Day of St. Vincent De Paul29-30 Rosh Hashana (Jewish), Begins at

Sundown on The 8th

OCTOBER 20111 International Day of Older Persons2 Gandhi’s Birthday - International Day of Nonviolence4 Feast Day of St. Francis of Assisi4 World Habitat Day (UN), 1st Mon. In October5 International World Teacher’s Day5 Universal Children’s Day8 Yom Kippur (Jewish), Begins At Sundown13 International Day For Natural Disaster Reduction (Un), 2nd Wed. In October13-19 Sukkot (Jewish Feast of Tabernacles)15 International Day of Rural Women16 World Food Day17 International Day For The Eradication of

Poverty

21 International Day of Peace23 World Mission Sunday (2nd Last Sunday

of October)24 United Nations Day24-30 Disarmament Week26-30 Diwali – The Hindu Festival of Lights31 UNICEF Day30 Halloween

NOVEMBER 20111 All Saints Day2 All Souls Day4-9 Hajj (Annual Pilgrimage to Mecca,

Islamic)6 Eid-Al-Adha (Islamic), begins at

Sundown on the 16th6 International Day for Preventing the

Exploitation of Environment in War and Armed Conflict

13 St. Francis Cabrini, Patron Saint of Immigrants

16 International Day of Tolerance20 Universal Children’s Day20 Feast of Christ The King21 World Television Day25 International Day for Elimination of

Violence Against Women25 Thanksgiving Day26 Islamic New Year27 1st Sunday Of Advent29 International Day Of Solidarity with the

Palestinian People

DECEMBER 20111 Charles De Foucauld (Beatified Nov. 13,

2005)1 World Aids Day2 International Day For The Abolition of Slavery2 Anniversary of The Deaths of Maura Clarke, Ita Ford, Dorothy Kazel, And Jean Donovan In El Salvador2-9 Chanukah/Hanukkah (Begins at

Sundown on the 1st )3 Feast of St. Francis Xavier3 International Day of Disabled Persons4 2nd Sunday of Advent5 International Volunteer Day (UN)6 Feast of St. Nicholas7 Islamic New Year8 Feast of The Immaculate Conception10 Human Rights Day11 3rd Sunday of Advent (Gaudete Sunday)14 St. John of The Cross18 International Migrants Day (UN)20 International Human Solidarity Day (UN)18 4th Sunday of Advent25 Christmas26 Feast of St. Stephen26-Jan Kwanza (In recognition of African

Heritage)27 Feast of St. John, Apostle28 Feast of The Holy Innocents30 Feast of The Holy Family of Jesus, Mary, And Joseph31 New Year’s Eve

JANUARY 2012UN: International Year Of Cooperatives1 New Year’s Day1 World Day For Peace1 Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God6 Epiphany7 Baptism Of The Lord16 Religious Freedom Day17 Martin Luther King, Jr. Day18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity25 World Day Of Leprosy27 Auschwitz Death Camp In Poland,

Liberation By Soviet Troops, 1945 International Day Of Commemoration in Memory Of The Victims of The Holocaust (UN)

FEBRUARY 20123 Chinese New Year (Confucian/Taoist /

Buddhist) 4 World Cancer Day11 World Day of The Sick14 Valentine’s Day20 World Day of Social Justice22 Ash Wednesday26 1st Sunday of Lent

THIS CALENDAR IS A LISTING OF RELEVANT ANNIVERSARIES, EVENTS AND IMPORTANT DATES FROM JUSTICE, PEACE AND CARE OF CREATION CALENDARS AS WELL AS DATES FROM CALENDARS OF FAITH.

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JULY 2012

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THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IS TO EVOKE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO MAKE OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE MARION ELDERMAN

MARCH 20111 International Day for the Abolition of the Death Penalty4 2nd Sunday of Lent5 International Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1970)8 Mardi Gras (pancake Tuesday)8 United Nations Day for Women’s Rights and International Peace (International Women’s Day)11 3rd Sunday of Lent14 Oscar Romero (UN Day)17 St. Patrick’s Day18 4th Sunday of Lent19 Start of the War in Iraq (2003)19 Feast of St. Joseph21-28 Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination (UN)21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination22 World Water Day24 Oscar Romero’s assassination, 198025 5th Sunday of Lent25 Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary26 International Day for the Commemoration of the Anniversary of the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (UN

APRIL 20121 Palm Sunday4 International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action (UN)5 Holy Thursday6 Good Friday7 World Health Day8 Easter Sunday22 Earth Day27 Murder of Bishop Juan Gerardi Conedera, Human Rights Martyr27 Arbor Day –Tress planting day

MAY 20121 St. Joseph the Worker1 Divine M ercy Sunday3 World Press Freedom Day8 World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day8 World Communications Day10 Vesak (Buddhist – the commemoration of Buddha’s birth, death and enlightenment)15 International Conscientious Objectors’ Day15 International Day of Families17 World Telecommunication Day21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development (UN)22 International Day for Biological Diversity

25-June 1st Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories27 Pentecost29 International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers

JUNE 20122 Ascension of Christ (June 5, 2011 in some dioceses)3 Trinity Sunday4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (UN)4 Anniversary of Tiananmen Square Massacre, 19895 World Environment Day12 World Day Against Child Labour17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (UN)20 World Refugee Day23 Feast of Corpus Christi26 International Day in Support of Victims of Torture26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

JULY 20124 Independence Day (U.S.)11 Anniversary of Srebrenica Slaughter in

Bosnia (2011 is the 16th anniversary)11 World Population Day18 Birth of Nelson Mandela – New UN International Celebration20 Ramadan (Muslim observance) begins at sundown and continues for 30 days22 Feast of Mary of Magdala– Apostle to the Apostles23 Feast of St. Bridget of Sweden31 Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Loyola

AUGUST 20121 6 and 9 Anniversaries of the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs9 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples14 Feast of Maximilian Kolbe, priest and martyr15 Assumption of Mary18 Ramadan (Muslim observance) concludes19 Eid al Fitr (Festival of Breaking of the Fast, Islam)19 World Humanitarian Day23 International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and Its Abolition29 Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (2005)

JULY 2012

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THE CHALLENGE OF SOCIAL JUSTICE IS TO EVOKE A SENSE OF COMMUNITY THAT WE NEED TO MAKE OUR WORLD A BETTER PLACE MARION ELDERMAN

MARCH 2012 1 International Day for the Abolition of the Death Penalty4 2nd Sunday of Lent5 International Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons (1970)8 Pancake (Shrove) Tuesday (Mardi Gras)8 United Nations Day for Women’s Rights

and International Peace (International Women’s Day)

11 3rd Sunday of Lent14 Oscar Romero (UN Day)17 St. Patrick’s Day18 4th Sunday of Lent19 Start of the War in Iraq (2003)19 Feast of St. Joseph21-28 Week of Solidarity with the Peoples

Struggling against Racism and Racial Discrimination (UN)

21 International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination22 World Water Day24 Oscar Romero’s assassination, 198025 5th Sunday of Lent25 Annunciation of the Blessed Virgin Mary26 International Day for the Commemoration of the Anniversary of the Abolition of the Trans-Atlantic Slave Trade (UN

APRIL 20121 Palm Sunday4 International Day for Mine Awareness

and Assistance in Mine Action (UN)5 Holy Thursday6 Good Friday7 World Health Day8 Easter Sunday22 Earth Day27 Murder of Bishop Juan Gerardi

Conedera, Human Rights Martyr

MAY 20121 St. Joseph the Worker1 Divine Mercy Sunday3 World Press Freedom Day8 World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day8 World Communications Day10 Vesak (Buddhist – the commemoration of Buddha’s birth, death and enlightenment)15 International Conscientious

Objectors’ Day15 International Day of Families17 World Telecommunication Day21 World Day for Cultural Diversity for

Dialogue and Development (UN)22 International Day for Biological Diversity

25-June 1st Week of Solidarity with the Peoples of Non-Self-Governing Territories

27 Pentecost29 International Day of United Nations

Peacekeepers

JUNE 20123 Trinity Sunday4 International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression (UN)4 Anniversary of Tiananmen Square

Massacre, 19895 World Environment Day12 World Day Against Child Labour17 World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought (UN)20 World Refugee Day23 Feast of Corpus Christi26 International Day in Support of Victims

of Torture26 International Day against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking

JULY 20124 Independence Day (U.S.)11 Anniversary of Srebrenica Slaughter

in Bosnia.

11 World Population Day18 Birth of Nelson Mandela – New UN International Celebration20 Ramadan (Muslim observance) begins at sundown and continues for 30 days22 Feast of Mary of Magdala– Apostle to the

Apostles23 Feast of St. Bridget of Sweden31 Feast Day of St. Ignatius of Loyola

AUGUST 20126 & 9 Anniversaries of the Dropping of the Atomic Bombs9 International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples14 Feast of Maximilian Kolbe, priest and martyr15 Assumption of Mary18 Ramadan (Muslim observance)

concludes19 Eid al Fitr (Festival of Breaking of the

Fast, Islam)19 World Humanitarian Day23 International Day for the Remembrance of Slave Trade and its Abolition29 Anniversary of Hurricane Katrina (2005)

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