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Important Dates   
       
August 22 - First Day of Ramadan
September 7 - Labor Day
September 15 - Hispanic Heritage Month Begins
September 19 - First Day of Rosh Hashanah
September 21 - First Day of Eid al-Fitr
September 28 - Yom Kippur
October 1 - Mission Month Begins
October 12 - Columbus Day
October 31 - Halloween
November 1 - All Saint's Day
November 2 - All Soul's Day
November 26 - Thanksgiving Day
November 29 - First Sunday of Advent
December 12 - Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe
                       First Day of Hanukkah
December 25 - Christmas Day
December 26 - Kwanzaa Begins

For Other Important Liturgical Calendar Dates, see http://www.usccb.org/liturgy/current/2009cal.pdf


Conferences/Study

August 1-7, 2009
God’s Unconditional Love and Our Journey of Life
Retreat led by Betty Finn, SC
Charity Spirituality Center
Cincinnati, OH
Contact: 513-347-5449
E-mail: spirituality.center@srcharitycinti.org 

 August 5-8, 2009
CMSM Assembly
Called to Proclaim the Gospel
St. Louis, MO
August 11-15, 2009
LCWR Assembly
New Orleans, LA
www.lcwr.org/lcwrannualassembly/assemblies.htm

September 23, 24, 25, 2009
Partnership for Global Justice
Orientation Days to the United Nations
Contact: 212-682-6481
E-mail: lsiers6720@aol.com

www.partnershipforglobaljustice.com

September 30- October 3, 2009 (Los Altos, CA)
and October 4-9, 2009 (Monrovia, CA)

Luke’s Jesus and Sabbath Economics
Maryknoll Mission Institute
Contact: 914-941-7575
E-mail: missinst@mksisters.org
www.maryknollsisters.org/mmi

September 22-October 1, 2009 (Ten Day Retreat)
and October 8-11, 2009 (Weekend Retreat)
            a. Telling a story
            b. Integrating Mission Experience
            c. Re-entry
            d. Skills Assessment and Goal Setting
            e. Networking
From Mission To Mission
Contact: 720-494-7211
E-mail: missiontomission@hotmail.com

October 4-25, 2009
Second Special Assembly for Africa of the Synod of Bishops:
The Church in Africa at the Service of Reconciliation, Justice and Peace; You are the salt of the earth…You are the light of the world…
Vatican City
www.cisaneewsafrica.org

 October 23-25, 2009
USCMA Annual Mission Conference
Behold, I Create a New Heaven and a New Earth: Seeing Mission with New Eyes
New Orleans, LA
Contact: 202-832-3112
www.uscatholicmission.org

October 25-26, 2009
Jubilee USA Training & Advocacy Days
Washington, DC
Contact: 202-783-3566
www.jubileeusa.org

 

November 12-15, 2009
CNVS National Conference
Called to Community
Durham, NC
November 12-15, 2009
www.cnvs.org

 December 7-18, 2009
Conference of the Parties of the United Nations Framework on Climate Change (COP15)
Copenhagen, Denmark
http://en.cop15.dk  and  www.unfccc.int

 April 17-19, 2010
Africa Faith and Justice Network Conference
Rosslyn, VA
www.afjn.org

 October 28-31, 2010
Mission Congress 2010
God’s Mission, Many Faces: A Portrait of US Catholics in Mission           Albuquerque, NM
Contact: 202-832-3112
www.uscatholicmission.org

 


United States
Catholic Mission
Association
Hecker Center
3025 4th Street, NE
Suite 100
Washington, DC 20017-1102
Tel: 202-832-3112
Fax: 202-832-3688
uscma@uscatholicmission.org
 

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