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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
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