Campus Ministry.The Campus Ministry Program addresses the religious needs and concerns of our students. Through various programs and social events and religious services, students have many opportunities to get together with other students to share their faith and to experience God in their lives. The Campus Ministry staff also provides personal confidential guidance, spiritual direction, as well as faith and sacramental instruction.
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Campus Ministry
The Campus Ministry Office is located in the Student Center, Room 105, and the Interfaith Prayer Room is available to students, faculty and staff for prayer and reflection. The current director of Campus Ministry is Rev. Bruce Collard.
A schedule for the Interfaith Prayer Room is being developed and will be posted when available.
A schedule for the Interfaith Prayer Room is being developed and will be posted when available.
2019 Holidays and Observances
This calendar lists traditional observances and major days of religious significance. Use these dates to aid in developing class syllabus and planning for examinations during the semester. Although many of these days are not University holidays, faculty are asked to use this information and their discretion when responding to student requests for time off for religious purposes. Please take special note of those holidays that have been designated non-work days by the religions that celebrate them.
This is not an exhaustive list; additional holidays can be found here with definitions of holidays here. Items to note:
This is not an exhaustive list; additional holidays can be found here with definitions of holidays here. Items to note:
- All Jewish and Islamic holidays begin at sundown on the evening before the first date shown.
- * These holidays have been designated non-work days by the religions that celebrate them.
- # Some of these dates are not fixed to a calendar but based on the actual sighting of the moon and therefore there may be some variance by a day.
2019 | DAYS | HOLIDAY | RELIGION |
1-Jan | Tuesday | Mary, Mother of God | Catholic Christian |
1-Jan | Tuesday | Feast Day of St Basil | Orthodox Christian |
1-Jan | Tuesday | Gantan-sai(New Years) | Shinto |
1-Jan | Tuesday | Feast of the Holy Name of Jesus | Orthodox Christian |
5-Jan | Saturday | Twelfth Night | Christian |
5-Jan | Saturday | Guru Gobindh Singh birthday | Sikh |
6-Jan | Sunday | Epiphany | Christian |
6-Jan | Sunday | Feast of the Epiphany (Theophany) | Orthodox Christian |
6-Jan | Sunday | Dia de los Reyes (Three Kings Day) | Christian |
6-Jan | Sunday | Nativity of Christ | Armenian Orthodox |
7-Jan | Monday | Feast of the Nativity** | Orthodox Christian |
8-Jan | Tuesday | Feast of the Holy Family | Catholic Christian |
13-Jan | Sunday | Maghi | Sikh |
13-Jan | Sunday | Baptism of the Lord Jesus | Christian |
17-Jan | Thursday | Blessing of the Animals | Hispanic Catholic Christian |
18-Jan | Friday-Friday(25) | Week of Prayer for Christian Unity | Christian |
19-Jan | Saturday | Timkat | Ethiopian Orthodox Christian |
20-Jan | Sunday | World Religion Day | Baha'i |
21-Jan | Monday-Wednesday(23) | Mahayana New Year ** | Buddhist |
25-Jan | Friday | Conversion of St. Paul | Christian |
2-Feb | Saturday | Candlemas - Presentation of Christ in the Temple | Christian |
2-Feb | Saturday | Imbolc - Lughnassah * | Wicca/Pagan |
2-Feb | Saturday | Saint Brighid of Kildare | Celtic Christian |
3-Feb | Sunday | St. Blaze Day | Christian |
3-Feb | Sunday | Setsebun sai(beginning of spring) | Shinto |
3-Feb | Sunday | Four Chaplains Sunday | Interfaith |
5-Feb | Tuesday | Chinese New Year | Confucian, Daoist, Buddhist |
8-Feb | Friday | Nirvana Day | Buddhism |
10-Feb | Sunday | Tu BiShavat * | Jewish |
10-Feb | Sunday | Cheese Fare Sunday | Orthodox Christian |
12-Feb | Tuesday | Triodion | Orthodox Christian |
14-Feb | Thursday | St. Valentine's Day | Christian |
15-Feb | Friday | Nirvana Day ** | Buddhist - Jain |
17-Feb | Sunday | Triodian begins | Orthodox Christian |
26-Feb | Tuesday | Intercalary Days | Baha'i |
Maha Shivaratri ** | Hindu | ||
1-Mar | Friday | St. David of Wales | Christian |
1-Mar | Friday | Intercalary Days end | Baha'i |
2-Mar | Saturday-Wednesday(20) | Nineteen Day Fast * | Baha'i |
3-Mar | Sunday | Meatfare Sunday | Orthodox Christian |
3-Mar | Sunday | Transfiguration Sunday | Christian |
5-Mar | Tuesday | Shrove Tuesday | Christian |
6-Mar | Wednesday | Ash Wednesday - Lent begins | Christian |
10-Mar | Sunday | Orthodox Sunday | Orthodox Christian |
11-Mar | Monday | Clean Monday - Lent begins | Orthodox Christian |
13-Mar | Wednesday | Birthday of L. Ron Hubbard | Scientology |
17-Mar | Sunday | St. Patrick's Day | Christian |
19-Mar | Tuesday | St. Joseph's Day | Christian |
20-Mar | Wednesday | Ostara - Mabon * | Wicca/Pagan |
21-Mar | Thursday | Norooz (New Year) | Persian/Zoroastrian |
21-Mar | Thursday | Naw-Rúz(New Year) * | Baha'i |
21-Mar | Thursday | Hola Mohalla | Sikh |
21-Mar | Thursday | Magha Puja Day** | Buddhist |
21-Mar | Thursday | Lord's Evening Meal | Jehovah's Witness Christian |
21-Mar | Thursday | Purim* | Jewish |
25-Mar | Monday | Annunciation of the Virgin Mary | Christian |
28-Mar | Thursday | Khordad Sal (Birth of Prophet Zaranthushtra) ** | Zoroastrian |
3-Apr | Wednesday | Lailat al Miraj * | Islam |
9-Apr | Tuesday | Mahavir Jayanti ** | Jain |
14-Apr | Sunday | Baisakhi (Vaisakhi) | Sikh |
14-Apr | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Christian |
17-Apr | Wednesday | Orthodox Sunday | Orthodox Christian |
18-Apr | Thursday | Maundy Thursday | Christian |
19-Apr | Friday-Sunday(21) | Theravadin New Year** | Buddhist |
19-Apr | Friday | Good Friday | Christian |
20-Apr | Saturday-Saturday(27) | Pesach* | Jewish |
20-Apr | Saturday | Lazarus Saturday | Orthodox Christian |
21-Apr | Sunday | Easter | Christian |
21-Apr | Sunday | First Day of Ridvan * | Baha'i |
21-Apr | Sunday | Lailat al Bara'ah * | Islam |
21-Apr | Sunday | Palm Sunday | Orthodox Christian |
23-Apr | Tuesday | St. George's Day | Christian |
26-Apr | Friday | Holy Friday | Orthodox Christian |
28-Apr | Sunday | Pascha - Easter | Orthodox Christian |
29-Apr | Monday | Ninth Day of Ridvan | Baha'i |
30-Apr | Tuesday | St. James the Great Day | Orthodox Christian |
1-May | Wednesday | Beltane - Samhain* | Wicca/Pagan |
2-May | Thursday | Last day of Ridvan * | Baha'i |
2-May | Thursday | National Day of Prayer - USA | Interfaith |
2-May | Thursday | Yom HaShoah | Jewish |
3-May | Friday | Saints Philip & James | Christian |
6-May | Monday | Ramadanbegins * | Islam |
9-May | Thursday | Yom Ha'Atzmaut * | Jewish |
18-May | Saturday | Visakha Puja- Buddha Day ** | Buddhist |
23-May | Thursday | Declaration of the Bab* | Baha'i |
23-May | Thursday | Lag B/Omer * | Jewish |
29-May | Wednesday | Ascension of Baha'u'llah* | Baha'i |
30-May | Thursday | Ascension of Jesus | Christian |
1-Jun | Saturday | Laylat al Kadr * | Islam |
5-Jun | Wednesday-Friday(7) | Eid al Fitr - Ramadan ends* | Islam |
6-Jun | Thursday | Ascension of Jesus | Orthodox Christian |
9-Jun | Sunday | St. Columba of Iona | Celtic Christian |
9-Jun | Sunday | Pentecost | Christian |
9-Jun | Sunday-Monday(10) | Shavuot * | Jewish |
15-Jun | Saturday | Saint Vladimir Day | Christian |
16-Jun | Sunday | Guru Arjan martyrdom | Sikh |
16-Jun | Sunday | Trinity Sunday | Christian |
19-Jun | Wednesday | New Church Day | Swedenborgian Christian |
20-Jun | Thursday | Corpus Christi | Catholic Christian |
21-Jun | Friday | Litha-Yule * | Wicca/Pagan |
22-Jun | Saturday | First Nations Day | Canadian Native People |
23-Jun | Sunday | All Saints | Orthodox Christian |
28-Jun | Friday | Sacred Heart of Jesus | Catholic Christian |
29-Jun | Saturday | Feast Day of Saints Peter and Paul | Christian |
9-Jul | Tuesday | Martyrdom of the Bab * | Baha'i |
11-Jul | Thursday | St Benedict Day | Catholic Christian |
13-Jul | Saturday | Obon(Ulambana) ** | Buddhist - Shinto |
15-Jul | Monday | St. Vladimir the Great Day | Orthodox Christian |
16-Jul | Tuesday | Asalha Puja Day** | Buddhist |
24-Jul | Wednesday | Pioneer Day | Mormon Christian |
25-Jul | Thursday | St. James the Great Day | Christian |
1-Aug | Thursday | Lammas | Christian |
1-Aug | Thursday | Lughnassad - Imbolc * | Wicca/Pagan |
1-Aug | Thursday | Fast in Honor of Holy Mother of Jesus | Orthodox Christian |
6-Aug | Tuesday | Transfiguration of the Lord | Orthodox Christian |
10-Aug | Saturday | Tish'a B'av | Jewish |
10-Aug | Saturday | Waqf al Arafa * | Islam |
12-Aug | Monday-Thursday(15) | Eid al Adha* | Islam |
15-Aug | Thursday | Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary | Catholic Christian |
15-Aug | Thursday | Dormition of the Theotokos | Orthodox Christian |
23-Aug | Friday | Krishna Janmashtami** | Hindu |
29-Aug | Thursday | Beheading of St. John the Baptist | Christian |
1-Sep | Sunday | Ecclesiastical year begins | Orthodox Christian |
1-Sep | Sunday | New Year - Hijra * | Islam |
3-Sep | Tuesday | Paryushana Parva* | Jain |
8-Sep | Sunday | Nativity of Virgin Mary | Christian |
10-Sep | Tuesday | Ashura * | Islam |
14-Sep | Saturday | Elevation of the Life Giving Cross (Holy Cross) | Christian |
23-Sep | Monday | Mabon - Ostara* | Wicca |
27-Sep | Friday | Meskel | Ethiopian Christian |
29-Sep | Sunday | Michael and All Angels | Christian |
30-Sep | Monday-Tuesday(1) | Rosh Hashanah* | Jewish |
4-Oct | Friday | St Francis Day | Catholic Christian |
4-Oct | Friday | Blessing of the Animals | Christian |
8-Oct | Tuesday | Dasara** | Hindu |
9-Oct | Wednesday | Yom Kippur * | Jewish |
14-Oct | Monday-Sunday(20) | Sukkot * | Jewish |
14-Oct | Monday | Thanksgiving - Canada | Interfaith |
18-Oct | Friday | St. Luke, Apostle & Evangelist | Christian |
20-Oct | Sunday | Birth of the Báb * | Baha'i |
20-Oct | Sunday | installation of Scriptures as Guru Granth | Sikh |
21-Oct | Monday | Shemini Atzeret * | Jewish |
22-Oct | Tuesday | Simchat Torah * | Jewish |
27-Oct | Sunday | Christ the King | Christian |
27-Oct | Sunday | Diwali | Sikh - Hindu - Jain |
28-Oct | Monday | Milvian Bridge Day | Christian |
28-Oct | Monday | Jain New Year | Jain |
29-Oct | Tuesday | Reformation Day | Protestant Christian |
31-Oct | Thursday | All Hallows Eve | Christian |
31-Oct | Thursday | Reformation Day | Protestant Christian |
1-Nov | Friday | All Saints Day | Christian |
1-Nov | Friday | Samhain - Beltane* | Wicca/Pagan |
2-Nov | Saturday | All Souls Day | Catholic Christian |
10-Nov | Sunday | Mawlid an Nabi * | Islam |
12-Nov | Tuesday | Birth of Baha'u'llah * | Baha'i |
12-Nov | Tuesday | Birthday of Guru Nanak Dev Sahib | Sikh |
15-Nov | Friday | Nativity Fast begins - ends Dec. 24 | Orthodox Christian |
23-Nov | Saturday | Thanksgiving | Interfaith |
24-Nov | Sunday | Martyrdom of Guru Tegh Bahdur | Sikh |
26-Nov | Tuesday | Christ the King | Christian |
26-Nov | Tuesday | Day of the Covenant * | Baha'i |
28-Nov | Thursday | Ascension of 'Abdu'l-Baha * | Baha'i |
28-Nov | Thursday | Thanksgiving | Interfaith USA |
30-Nov | Saturday | St. Andrew's Day | Christian |
1-Dec | Sunday-Tuesday(24) | Advent | Christian |
6-Dec | Friday | Saint Nicholas Day | Christian |
8-Dec | Sunday | Bodhi Day (Rohatsu) ** | Buddhist |
8-Dec | Sunday | Immaculate Conception of Mary | Catholic Christian |
12-Dec | Thursday | Feast day - Our Lady of Guadalupe | Catholic Christian |
16-Dec | Monday-Wednesday(25) | Posadas Navidenas | Hispanic Christian |
21-Dec | Saturday | Yule | Christian |
21-Dec | Saturday | Yule - Litha * | Wicca/Pagan |
23-Dec | Monday-Monday(30) | Hanukkah * | Jewish |
24-Dec | Tuesday | Christmas Eve | Christian |
25-Dec | Wednesday | Christmas* | Christian |
25-Dec | Wednesday | Feast of the Nativity** | Orthodox Christian |
26-Dec | Thursday | Zarathosht Diso (Death of Prophet Zarathushtra) ** | Zoroastrian |
26-Dec | Thursday | St Stephen's Day | Christian |
27-Dec | Friday | Saint John - Apostle and Evangelist | Christian |
28-Dec | Saturday | Holy Innocents | Christian |
29-Dec | Sunday | Holy Family | Catholic Christian |
31-Dec | Tuesday | Watch Night | Christian |
Implications for Students
Participation in certain religious observances and holidays may have an impact on a student's ability to fully engage in academic activities. For example, a Muslim student may fasting during daylight hours during Ramadan, or may be required to abstain from attending class and doing assignments, as in the case of many Jewish observances. These aspects of a student's participation in their religion must be considered for modification of assignments for the student.
This is not a comprehensive list of religious holidays and observances. If you do not see a religion listed with their holidays, please contact the CTL DEI liaison for addition to the above list.