Interfaith Calendar Personal Edition
May, 2008
A monthly print out version
from www.interfaithcalendar.org
Note: * the event begins
the evening of the
previous day.
** the exact day may vary between traditions and
communities.
| 1 Thursday |
Beltane
and Samhain * -
Wicca
Neo Pagan observances in the northern and southern hemispheres.
Ascension of Christ - Christian celebration of the universal presence of God in Jesus Christ. |
| 2 Friday |
Yom HaSho'ah * -
Jewish day of remembrance of the Holocaust. Twelfth Day of Ridvan * - Baha'i remembrance of God's message. |
| 3 Saturday |
National
Day of Prayer - USA -
National interfaith observance.
|
| 8 Thursday | Yom
Ha'Atzmaut * - Jewish
celebration of Israel. |
| 18 Sunday |
Trinity Sunday -
Christian remembrance of the nature of God. |
| 20 Tuesday | Buddha
Day - Visakha Puja ** - Buddhist observance of the birth,
enlightenment and death of Buddha.
|
| 22 Thursday | Corpus Cristi -
Catholic Christians honor the body and blood of Jesus Christ.
|
| 23 Friday |
Declaration
of the Bab * - Baha'i remembrance of Ali Muhammed and the promise of
religious unity.
|
| 29 Thursday |
Ascension
of Baha'u'llah * - Baha'i remembrance of the death of the
founder.
|
| 30 Friday | Sacred Heart of
Jesus - Catholic Christian remembrance of the compassion of
Jesus Christ.
|
| 31 Saturday | Lag B'Omer *
- Jewish observance of the link between Pesach and Shavout.
|
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