August 2008 – June 2009
This calendar includes all major Catholic feast days and holy days, civil holidays for the United States, major holy days of other religions and some assorted other holidays that might be of interest.
Scripture Readings for Mass are for Year A (Matthew’s Gospel) until the First Sunday of Advent, then it will be Year B (Mark’s Gospel.) Weekly Scripture Readings are Year 2 until Advent, then they return to Year 1
CCHS activities are in blue
August
18th Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 4 St. John Vianney, patron saint of priests
Tues., 5
Wed., 6 Transfiguration of Christ
Hiroshima Memorial Day
Thurs., 7
Fri., 8 St. Dominic de Guzman, founder of the Dominican Order
19th Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 11 St. Clare of Assisi
Tues., 12
Wed., 13
Thurs., 14 Maximilian Kolbe, Martyr of Charity (d. Auschwitz, 1941)
Fri., 15 Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
(Holy Day of Obligation)
20th Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 18 St. Jane Chantal
Teacher Retreat to Bergamo
Tues., 19 Sarah the Matriarch
Faculty Meeting and Teacher Work Day
Wed., 20 St. Bernard of Clairvaux, Doctor of the Church (1153)
First day of school
Thurs., 21 Pope St. Pius X
Fri., 22 Queenship of Mary
21st Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 25
Tues., 26
Wed., 27 St. Monica, mother of Augustine and patron saint of mothers
Thurs., 28 St. Augustine of Hippo, Doctor and Father of the Church
Krishna Janmashtami – birth of the Lord Krishna (Hindu)
Fri., 29
September: Hispanic Heritage Month
22nd Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 1 Labor Day (USA)
Ruth, ancestor of Jesus
Ramadan begins (Islam)
“Species Requiem Day” – mourning the extinction of various animal species on the date when the last Passenger Pigeon died in 1914
No school
Tues., 2
Wed., 3 Pope St. Gregory I (“The Great”), Doctor of the Church
Thurs., 4 Moses the Lawgiver
Fri., 5 Dr. Albert Schweitzer, humanitarian
Retreat Leaders Workshop – out of classes all day
23rd Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 8 Birth of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Tues., 9 St. Peter Claver; worked to aid African slaves in Latin America in 1600s; patron for those who work to end slavery
CCHS All-School Liturgy – Morning Prayer over P.A.
Wed., 10
Thurs., 11 Remembrance of Terrorist Attacks in 2001
Fri., 12
24th Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 15 Our Lady of Sorrows
Tues., 16 Independence Day, Mexico
Wed., 17 St. Robert Bellarmine, Doctor of the Church
Thurs., 18 St. Hildegard of Bingen; visionary, composer, physician, preacher
St. Joseph of Cupertino (d. 1663), patron saint of pilots and those traveling by air
Early Release – Morning Prayer over P.A.
Fri., 19
25th Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 22
Tues., 23 St. (Padre) Pio of Pietrelcina, stigmatic
Wed., 24 PLAN test for Sophomores – possible Morning Prayer over PA
Thurs., 25 St. Cleopas and Companion
Freshman Retreat – half of class
Fri., 26 Native American Day
Johnny Appleseed Day
Freshman Retreat – rest of class
26th Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 29 Holy Archangels Michael, Raphael and Gabriel
(patronal feast for St. Raphael parish)
Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) begins at sundown
Tues., 30 St. Jerome, translator of the Bible and Doctor of the Church
Eid-al Fitr – feast that ends the holy month of Ramadan (Islam)
Wed., Oct. 1 St. Therese of the Child Jesus (Liseaux)
(patronal feast for St. Teresa Parish)
Thurs., 2 Guardian Angels
Fri., 3
Note: Saturday, October 4th is the Feast of St. Francis of Assisi
October 1 – 7 is World Wildlife Week
October: Month of the Rosary
27th Week of Ordinary Time: CCHS Spirit Week
Mon., 6 German-American Day (commemorates the founding of the first German settlement in Penn. in 1683)
Tues., 7 Our Lady of the Rosary
All-School Liturgy – Morning Prayer over P.A.
Wed., 8 St. Denis (patron saint of France)
Our Lady of Good Remedy
Yom Kippur (Judaism) begins at sundown
Thurs., 9
Fri., 10
28th Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 13 Columbus Day (2nd Monday in Oct.)
Dia de La Raza (Day of the People) in Mexico
Tues., 14 Sukkot (Jewish) begins at sundown
Wed., 15 St. Teresa of Avila, mystic, reformer and Doctor of the Church
Thurs., 16 St. Margaret Mary Alacoque
Early Release – Morning Prayer over P.A.
Fri., 17 St. Ignatius Loyola
First Quarter ends
29th Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 20 St. Paul of the Cross
Tues.,21 Sukkot ends
Wed., 22 St. John of Capistrano
Thurs., 23 Sophomore Retreat – half of class
Fri., 24 St. Anthony Claret
United Nations Day
Sophomore Retreat – rest of class
30th Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 27
Tues., 28 Sts. Simon and Jude, Apostles
Wed., 29
Thurs., 30
Fri., 31 All Hallows Eve
Reformation Day (Protestant)
Samhain (pagan and Wiccan New Year)
Note: Saturday, Nov. 1, is All Saints’ Day
Sunday, Nov. 2 is All Souls’ Day
November
31st Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 3 St. Martin de Porres, patron of interracial justice
Tues., 4 St. Charles Borromeo
Wed., 5
Thurs., 6
Fri., 7
32nd Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 10 Pope St. Leo I (“The Great”), Doctor of the Church
Tues., 11 Veteran’s Day (USA)
St. Martin of Tours – patron saint of those in the military
Wed., 12
Thurs., 13 St. Frances Xavier Cabrini, American, patron saint of immigrants
Guru Nanak’s birthday (founder of Sikism)
Parent-Teacher Conferences & Early Release - Morning Prayer over P.A.
Fri., 14 Late Arrival - Morning Prayer over P.A.
33rd Week of Ordinary Time – Kairos 24 begins Tuesday
Mon., 17 St. Elizabeth, Queen of Hungary
Tues., 18 St. Rose Philippine Duchesne, American missionary to Native Americans
Wed., 19
Thurs., 20 James of Jerusalem, the “Brother of the Lord”
Fri., 21
34th Week of Ordinary Time: Christ the King
Mon., 24 St. Andrew Dung Lac and Companions
Tues., 25 St. Catherine of Alexandria
Wed., 26 No School – Thanksgiving break
Thurs., 27 Thanksgiving (USA)
No School
Fri., 28 Diwali (or Divali) begins – Hindu and Sikh Festival and Lights
No School
December
During Advent, Peer Ministers will do Morning Prayer on Monday, using the Advent Wreath. They will not do Morning Prayer on Fridays.
First Week of Advent: Waiting
Mon., 1 anniversary of the beginning of the Civil Rights Movement; Rosa Parks refuses to stand in a bus in Alabama)
Tues., 2 Four Martyrs of El Salvador (1980)
High School Reconciliation Service (not sure of schedule yet)
Wed., 3 St. Francis Xavier, patron saint of missionaries
Thurs., 4 St. John of Damascus
Fri., 5
Note: Saturday, Dec. 6 is the Feast of St. Nicholas
Muslim pilgrimage to Mecca (Hajj) begins on Dec. 6
Second Week of Advent: Mary, the First Disciple
Mon., 8 Immaculate Conception of Mary
(Holy Day of Obligation)
All School Liturgy – Morning Prayer over P.A.
Bodhi Day – Enlightenment of Siddhartha Gautama, the Buddha
Tues., 9 St. Juan Diego
Eid al-Adha – Muslim feast that ends the Hajj
Wed., 10 remembrance of Thomas Merton, convert and monk (d. 1968)
Thurs., 11
Fri., 12 Our Lady of Guadalupe
Third Week of Advent: Come, Emmanuel
Mon., 15
Tues., 16 “O” Antiphons begin
Las Posadas begins
Wed., 17
Thurs., 18 Early Release - Morning Prayer over P.A.
Fri., 19 Second Quarter ends; Christmas Break begins at 3:00
Fourth Week of Advent
We are on Christmas Break all week
First Week of Christmas
We are on Christmas Break all week
January: Respect Life Month
African-American History Month
CCHS “J” Term
Second Week of Christmas
Epiphany is celebrated on Sunday, Jan. 4
Mon., 5 St. John Neumann
Tues., 6 Traditional Epiphany
“Three Kings Day” Mexico and France
Wed., 7
Thurs., 8 Baptism of the Lord (usually celebrated on Sunday in the U.S.)
Fri., 9
1st Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 12
Tues., 13
Wed., 14
Thurs., 15
Fri., 16 St. Robert de Nobili, first Jesuit missionary to India
2nd Week of Ordinary Time: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity
Mon., 19 Martin Luther King Day
No School
Tues., 20
Wed., 21 St. Agnes, virgin and martyr
Thurs., 22 Respect Life Day (anniversary of Roe vs. Wade Supreme court decision that made abortion legal)
Fri., 23
3rd Week of Ordinary Time: Catholic Schools Week
Mon., 26 Sts. Timothy and Titus, companions to St. Paul
Tues., 27 St. Angela Merici, founder of Ursuline Order (first non-cloistered order for women)
Wed., 28 St. Thomas Aquinas, Doctor of the Church; patron saint of Catholic schools and universities
Thurs., 29
Fri., 30 remembrance of Mohandas K. Gandhi (assassinated 1948)
Note: Jan. 31 is the feast of St. John Bosco, who is the patron saint of teenagers
February
4th Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 2 Presentation of the Lord in the Temple
Candlemas
Teacher Work Day – no school
Tues., 3 St. Blase
Wed., 4
Thurs., 5 St. Agatha
Fri., 6 St. Paul Mikki and companions; martyrs in Japan (1597)
5th Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 9
Tues., 10 St. Scholastica, foundress of Benedictine Order for women
Wed., 11 Our Lady of Lourdes (pray for those who are ill)
Thurs., 12 Abraham Lincoln
Fri., 13
6th Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 16 Presidents’ Day
No School
Tues., 17
Wed., 18
Thurs., 19 Early Release - Morning Prayer over P.A.
Fri., 20
7th Week of Ordinary Time
Mon., 23 St. Polycarp, bishop and martyr
Tues., 24
Wed., 25 Ash Wednesday
All School Liturgy - Morning Prayerr over P.A.
Thurs., 26
Fri., 27
March: Women’s History Month
First Week of Lent
Mon., 2 John (d. 1791) and Charles Wesley, founders of Methodist Church
Tues., 3 St. Katherine Drexel, American saint
Wed., 4
Thurs., 5
Fri., 6 World Day of Prayer
Note: Saturday, March 7, is International Women’s Day
Second Week of Lent
Mon., 9 Milad un-Nabi – the birth of the Prophet Muhammed (Islam)
Tues., 10 Purim (Jewish)
High School Sacrament of Reconciliation
Wed., 11
Thurs., 12 Parent-Teacher Conferences
Fri., 13 Late Arrival - Morning Prayer over P.A.
Third Week of Lent: Kairos 25 begins Tuesday
Mon., 16 Abraham the Patriarch
Tues., 17 St. Patrick (d. 461), missionary and patron saint of Ireland
Wed., 18 St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Doctor of the Church
Thurs., 19 St. Joseph
Early Release - Morning Prayer over P.A.
Fri., 20
Fourth Week of Lent
Mon., 23
Tues., 24 Oscar Romero, martyr (1980) and bishop of San Salvador
Wed., 25 Annunciation to Mary
Thurs., 26
Fri., 27
April
Fifth Week of Lent
Mon., 30
Tues., 31 Cesar Chavez Day
8th graders are confirmed
Wed., 1
Thurs., 2 St. Frances of Rome
Anniversary of the death of Pope John Paul I
Fri., 3 Service Day
(Marcia Roth and the Service Day leaders will handle Morning Prayer)
Holy Week
Mon., 6 Tartan Day (celebrates those of Scottish heritage)
Tues., 7 St. John Baptist de La Salle (patron saint of teachers)
Wed., 8
Thurs., 9 Holy Thursday
Passover begins (Jewish)
Prayer Service - Morning Prayer over P.A.
Fri., 10 Good Friday
No School
First Week of Easter – Spring Break
Mon., 13
Tues., 14
Wed., 15
Thurs., 16
Fri., 17
Second Week of Easter
Mon., 20
Tues., 21
Wed., 22 Earth Day
Thurs., 23
Fri., 24 Arbor Day (plant a tree!)
Third Week of Easter
Mon., 27
Tues., 28 All School Liturgy - Morning Prayer over P.A.
Wed., 29 St. Catherine of Siena (d. 1380); Doctor of the Church
Thurs., 30 Pope St. Pius V
Fri., 1 St. Joseph the Worker
Law Day
National Day of Prayer
May
Fourth Week of Easter
Mon., 4
Tues., 5 Cinco de Mayo (Mexico)
Wed., 6
Thurs., 7
Fri., 8
Fifth Week of Easter
Mon., 11 St. Matteo Ricci (d. 1610), first Catholic (Jesuit) missionary to China
Tues., 12
Wed., 13 Our Lady of Fatima
Bl. Julian of Norwich, mystic
Thurs., 14 St. Matthias, Apostle
Fri., 15 St. Isidore the Farmer, patron saint of farmers
Sixth Week of Easter
Mon., 18
Tues., 19 Senior Farewell Mass - Morning Prayer over P.A.
Wed., 20 Buddha Day (Vesak) – celebrates major events in the life of Siddhartha Gautama, The Buddha
Thurs., 21 Ascension Thursday
Yom ha-Shoah - Holocaust Remembrance Day (Jewish)
Fri., 22 St. Rita of Cascia, patron saint of unhappy marriages
Seventh Week of Easter
Mon., 25 Memorial Day
St. Bede the Venerable
Tues., 26 St. Philip Neri
Senior Exams begin (?) - Morning Prayerr over P.A.
Wed., 27 St. Augustine of Canterbury
Senior Exams (?) - Morning Prayerr over P.A
Thurs., 28 Blessed Margaret Pole, martyr during reign of Henry VIII
Senior Exams (?) - Morning Prayer over P.A
Fri., 29 Shavuot, The Feast of Weeks (Jewish)
Senior Exams (?) - Morning Prayerr over P.A
June
Pentecost
Mon., 1 Justin Martyr
Tues., 2
Wed., 3 St. Charles Lwanga and Companions, Ugandadn martyrs (1885)
Thurs., 4
Fri., 5 St. Boniface, Apostle to Germany (d. 754)
Trinity Sunday
Mon., 8
Tues., 9
Wed., 10
Thurs., 11
Fri., 12
Corpus Christi
Mon., 15 Amos the Prophet
Tues., 16
Wed., 17
Thurs., 18
Fri., 19
12th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Mon., 22 Sts. John Fisher and Thomas More, martyrs of the English Reformation
Tues., 23
Wed., 24 Nativity of John the Baptist
Thurs., 25
Fri., 26
13th Sunday of Ordinary Time
Mon., 29 Sts. Peter and Paul
Tues., 30
Wed., July 1 Bl. Junipero Serra, missionary to California
Thurs., 2
Fri., 3 St. Thomas, Apostle