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July 2007 - August 2008

This resource was created at the invitation of Dr. Martha Wharton, Assistant Vice President of Loyola Maryland University.  The information contained in the dates and description below are borrowed from a website she maintains at Loyola and she has given Creighton permission to recreate it here for our campus community.

 

Those holidays indicated in bold with an asterisk (*) require abstinence from all secular activity; i.e., homework, exams, field trips, class meetings, etc.  While the other religious holidays may not necessarily require abstinence from all secular activity, some of them may involve fasting, a dietary change, or special celebrations that may occur during the day or the evening. 


Holidays indicated with a double asterisk (**) are Holy Days of Obligation for Catholics.  In addition, all Sundays are Holy Days of Obligation.  When the solemn feasts of Mary, the Mother of God (January 1), the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin (August 15), and All Saints (November 1) fall on a Saturday or Monday, the obligation to attend Mass is abolished.  Although the obligation to attend Holy Mass is abolished, parishes continue to observe these holy days by scheduling one or more masses at a convenient time so that those who wish to participate are able to do so.

Please Note:

  1. In the Jewish tradition, all work-related activities stop from sundown on Friday to sundown on Saturday to observe Shabbat (Sabbath).
  2. Islamic dates are approximate.  The official days can be plus/minus one day and depend upon the official physical sighting of the new moon.

July 2007

Date

Day

Holiday or Celebration

6

Fri

Birth of Dalai Lama - Buddhist

9

Mon

Martyrdom of the Bab - Bahá'í

13

Fri

Ulambana (Obon) - Buddhist

15

Sat

St. Vladimir the Great Day - Orthodox Christian

24

Tue

*Tisha B'Av (begins sundown on the 23rd)- Jewish

31

Tue

Feast Day of St. Ignatius Loyola - Catholic

August 2007

Date

Day

Holiday or Celebration

1

Wed

Fast in honor of Holy Mary Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian

6

Mon

Transfiguration of the Lord - Orthodox Christian

11

Sat

Lailat al-Miraj - Islamic

15

Wed

**Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic

15

Wed

Dormition of the Theotokes - Orthodox Christian

28

Tue

Raksha Bandhan - Hindu

28

Tue

Lailat al Bara'ah - Islamic

September 2007

Date

Day

Holiday or Celebration

13-14

Thu-Fri

*Rosh Hashanah - (begins at sundown on the 12th) - Jewish

13

Thu

Ramadan - (begins at sundown on the 12th and continues through October 20th) - Islamic

22

Sat

* Yom Kippur (begins at sundown on the 21st) - Jewish

27-10/3

Thu-Wed

* Sukkot (begins at sundown on the 26th) (no activities on the 27th & 28th) - Jewish

October 2007

Date

Day

Holiday or Celebration

4

Thu

* Shemini Azeret (begins at sundown on the 3rd) - Jewish

4

Thu

**St. Francis Day - Catholic

5

Fri

* Simchat Torah (begins at sundown on the 4th) - Jewish

9

Tue

Lailatul-Qadr (begins at sundown on the 8th) - Islamic

12-20

Fri-Sat

Navaratri - Hindu

20

Sat

*Eid al Fitr (marks the end of Ramadan) - Islamic

20

Sat

*Birth of the B'ab (begins at sundown on the 19th) - Bahá'í

November 2007

Date

Day

Holiday or Celebration

1

Thu

** All Saint’s Day - Christian

2

Fri

** All Soul's Day - Catholic

9

Fri

*Diwali - Hindu

12

Mon

* Birth of Baha'u'llah (begins at sundown on the 11th) - Bahá'í

26

Mon

Day of Covenant - Baha'i

December 2007

Date

Day

Holiday or Celebration

2,9,16,23

Sun

Sundays of Advent - Christian

5-12

Wed-Wed

*Hanukkah ( begins at sundown on the 4th) - Jewish

8

Fri

Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) - Buddhist

16

Sat

** The Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic

20

Thu

*Eid al Adha - Islamic

25

Tue

** Christmas Day - Christian

25

Tue

*Feast of the Nativity - Orthodox Christian

26-1/1

Wed-Tue

Kwanzaa - African-American

30

Sun

**Feast of the Holy Family - Catholic

31-1/3

Mon-Thu

Id al Adha - Islamic

January 2008

Date

Day

Holiday or Celebration

1

Tue

** Octave of Christmas, Solemnity of Mary, Mother of God - Catholic

6

Sun

Epiphany - Christian

10

Thu

Aj-Hijra / Muharram - New Year - Islamic

19

Sat

Ashura - Islamic

22

Tue

*Tu B'Shvat (begins at sundown on the 21st) - Jewish

February 2008

Date

Day

Holiday or Celebration

6

Wed

Ash Wednesday - Christian

7

Thu

*Chinese New Year (Confucian/Daoist/Buddhist) - Chinese

March 2008

Date

Day

Holiday or Celebration

10

Mon

Lent Begins (begins at sunset on the 9th) - Orthodox Christian

16

Sun

Palm Sunday - Christian

20

Thu

Mawlid an Nabi (begins sundown on the 19th) - Islamic

20

Thu

Holy Thursday - Christian

21

Fri

**Good Friday - Christian

21

Fri

*Purim (begins at sundown on the 20th) - Jewish

21

Fri

Naw Ruz (New Year) - Bahá'í

21

Fri

Magha Puja - Buddhist

23

Sun

**Easter - Christian

April 2008

Date

Day

Holiday or Celebration

6-14

Sun-Mon

Ramayana - Hindu

20-21

Sun-Mon

*Pesach - (Passover) First Two Days (begins at sundown on the 19th) - Jewish (no activities on the 20th and 21st)

21

Mon

 Ridvan (begins at sundown on the 20th) - Bahá'í

25

Fri

Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian

26-27

Sat-Sun

*Pesach - (Passover) Final Two Days (begins at sundown on the 25th) - Jewish (no activities on the 26th and 27th)

27

Sun

Easter - Orthodox Christian

May 2008

Date

Day

Holiday or Celebration

1

Thu

Ascension of Christ  - Christian

2

Fri

*Yom HaSho'ah (begins at sundown on the 1st) - Jewish

8

Thu

*Yom HaZickaron (begins at sundown on the 7th) - Jewish

9

Fri

*Yom Ha'Atzmaut (begins at sundown on the 8th) - Jewish

11

Sun

Pentecost  - Christian

18

Sun

Trinity Sunday - Christian

22

Thu

**Corpus Christi (Body and Blood of Christ) - Catholic

23

Fri

*Declaration of the Bab (begins at sundown on the 22nd) - Bahá'í

29

Thu

*Ascension of the Baha'u'llah (begins at sundown on the 28th) - Bahá'í

June 2008

Date

Day

Holiday or Celebration

9-10

Mon-Tue

*Shavuot (begins at sundown on the 8th) - Jewish

23

Mon

Sacred Heart of Jesus - Catholic

29

Sun

Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul - Christian

July 2008

Date

Day

Holiday or Celebration

9

Wed

Martyrdom of the Bab (begins sundown on the 8th) - Bahá'í

13-16

Sun-Wed

Ulambana (Obon) - Buddhist

29

Tue

Lailat al Miraj (begins at sundown on the 28th) - Islamic

August 2008

Date

Day

Holiday or Celebration

1

Fri

Fast in honor of Holy Mary Mother of Lord Jesus - Orthodox Christian

10

Sun

*Tisha B'Av (begins at sundown on the 9th) - Jewish

15

Fri

** Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary - Catholic

15

Fri

Lailat al Bara'a (begins at sundown on the 14th) - Islamic



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