Chaplaincy Monthly Calendar

Schedule of Activities

• Wednesdays:
  • 12 p.m.: Catholic mass
• Thursdays:
  • 2 p.m.: Interfaith prayer service
  • 3 p.m.: Catholic prayer
• Fridays:
  • 12:30 p.m.: Jummah prayer
• Sundays:
  • 4 p.m.: Catholic mass

Religious Observances

• August 1
  • Lammas (Wicca)
  • Descent of St. Stephen (Nicaragua/Catholic)
  • Dormition of Fast (Orthodox)
• August 4
  • Arbaeen (Islam)
• August 5
  
  • Feast of Our Lady of Africa
• August 6
  • Feast of Transfiguration (Catholic/Anglican/Orthodox)
• August 7
  • Ker Puja (Hindu)
• August 8
  • Tendong Lho Rum Faat (Indigenous/Sikh)
• August 12
  • Martyrdom of Imam Hassan (Islam)
  • Karkidaka Vavu (Hindu)
  • Death of Prophet Muhammad (Islam)
• August 13-15
  • Obon (Shinto/Buddhist)
• August 14 - September 11
  • Rabi al Awwal (Islam)
• August 15
  • Assumption/Dormition of the Virgin Mary (Catholic/Orthodox)
• August 18
  • Ullambana (Buddhist)
• August 21
  • Varalakshmi  Vrata (Buddhist)
• August 24
  • Mawlid an Nabi (Islam)
  • Shravana Putrada Ekadashi (Hindu)
• August 26
  • Raksha Bandhan (Hindu)
  • Thiruvonam Onam (Hindu/Cultural)
  • Prophet's Birthday (Islam)
• August 28
  • Jhaulan Purnima (Hindu)
  • Narayana Guru Jayanti (Hindu)
• August 29
  • Gai Jatra (Nepalese Hindu)
  • Beheading of St. John the Baptist (Orthodox)
• August 30
  • Feast of Santa Rosa de Lima (Catholic)
• August 31
  • Umhlanga Reed Dance (Cultural)