Pesach (Passover)

Begins at Sundown on April 6, 2012

Jewish 8 day pilgrimage festival celebrating the Exodus from slavery to freedom. Also known as Passover.

"And this day shall become a memorial for you, and you shall observe it as a festival for the L-RD, for your generations, as an eternal decree shall you observe it. For seven days you shall eat unleavened bread, but on the first day you shall remove the leaven from your homes ... you shall guard the unleavened bread, because on this very day I will take you out of the land of Egypt; you shall observe this day for your generations as an eternal decree." - Exodus 12:14-17

http://www.jewfaq.org/holidaya.htm

Yom Kippur

October7-8, 2011

Jewish Day of Atonement. The holiest of the Jewish year and is observed with strict fasting and repentance. During the time of the temple ritual, the high priest would enter the Holy of Holies to offer atonement for the people. www.chabad.org/holidays/JewishNewYear/default_cdo/jewish/High-Holidays.htm

All Saints / All Souls Day

November 1 - 2, 2011

Christian day for honoring saints both known and unknown. A saint is a person has lived a life devoted to God and living a life of holiness. Some saints are people who were martyred for their faith. This day in the Roman Catholic Church saints are remembered and celebrated for the lives they lived.

Christian day where those who have died are remembered and prayers of intercession are said for the dead. Visitation to the place of burial is often part of the tradition.

www.catholichomeandgarden.com/all_saints_day_all_souls_day.htm

Saint Francis Day

October 4, 2011

Christian celebration of the appreciation of the natural world and service to people as practiced by Saint Francis of Assisi. Founder of the Franciscan order. On this special day animals are brought into the church for special prayers and blessings.

www.whichday.com/articles/index.php?article=646

Rosh Hashanah

September 28-30, 2011

Jewish New Year. A time of introspection, abstinence, prayer and penitence. The story of Abraham is read, the ram's horn is sounded, and special foods are prepared and shared.

www.jewfaq.org/holiday2.htm

Eid ul Fitr ('Id al-Fitr)

is an Islamic celebration marking the close of Ramadan. It is a festival of thanksgiving to Allah for enjoying the month of Ramadan. It involves wearing finest clothing, saying prayers, and fostering understanding with other religions.

http://www.timeanddate.com/holiday/us/eid-al-fitr

Holy Week - Palm Sunday to Easter Sunday

April 1-8, 2012

In Christianity Holy Week is the week immediately before Easter. It commemorates the last week of the earthly life of Jesus of Nazareth as recorded in the gospels.

http://www.crivoice.org/cyholyweek.html

Day of Hajj

November 5, 2011



Is the Fifth Pillar of Islam and is an Islamic observance of the revelation to Muhammad on Mt. Arafat. The pilgrimage (Hajj) takes place over a week and ends in Mecca.



www.beliefnet.com/religion/islam/hajj/index.html

Spring! A Celebration of Faith, Earth and Culture!

Shabbat Service

Join the Interfaith Council

for a Shabbat Service

with Rabbi Michael Lerner

Friday, March 25, 2011

6:00-6:40PM

Ecumenical Center

Pacific School of Religion / Graduate Theological Union

2401 Le Conte Ave., at Scenic,

Berkeley, CA 94704

We will meet at the Dourcher Front Desk for a 5:30 pm Departure

For more information, contact Robert Lopez, GA, Campus Ministry, robert_lopez@my.hnu.edu

International Holocaust Remembrance Day

On 27 January 1945, the advancing Soviet army entered the Auschwitz-Birkenau extermination camp complex, liberating more than 7000 remaining prisoners, for the most part ill or dying. Days earlier, the SS had forced nearly 60,000 prisoners to evacuate the camp and embark on the infamous 'Death Marches' in which many thousands lost their lives. In 2005, the UN General Assembly designated 27 January as the International Day of Commemoration in memory of the victims of the Holocaust, the day upon which, every year, the world would mark and remember the Holocaust and its victims.

http://www.un.org/en/holocaustremembrance/

Wofford College president Ben Dunlap tells the story of Sandor Teszler, a Hungarian Holocaust survivor who taught him about passionate living and lifelong learning.

Prayer for Christian Unity

WEEK OF PRAYER FOR CHRISTIAN UNITY
January 18 - 23, 2011

"One in the Apostles’ Teaching, Fellowship, Breaking of Bread and Prayer"
theme for 2011: Acts 2:42-47


The Church Unity Octave, a forerunner of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity, was developed by Father Paul Wattson, SA, at Graymoor in Garrison, New York, and was first observed at Graymoor from January 18-25, 1908. Today, the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity invites the whole Christian community throughout the world to pray in communion with the prayer of Jesus “that they all may be one” (John 17:21).

In 1966, the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches and the Vatican Secretariat (now Council) for Promoting Christian Unity began collaborating as a common international text for worldwide usage. Since 1968 these international texts, which are based on themes proposed by ecumenical groups around the world, have been developed, adapted and published for use in the United States by the Graymoor Ecumenical and Interreligious Institute.

Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2011

Chosen Theme: One in the Apostles’ Teaching, Fellowship, Breaking of Bread and Prayer (cf. Acts 2:42)

The theme for the annual celebration of the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 2011 has been announced by the Pontifical Council for Promoting Christian Unity and the Commission on Faith and Order of the World Council of Churches. The theme for the 2011 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity is One in the Apostles’ Teaching, Fellowship, Breaking of Bread and Prayer. It comes from Acts Chapter 2 versus 42. For 2011, the churches in Jerusalem were the initial consultants to the Joint Working Group for the Week of Prayer for Christian Unity. The Christians of Jerusalem call upon their brothers and sisters to make this week of prayer an occasion of renewed commitment to work for genuine ecumenism grounded in the experience of the early Church.

Taken from: Graymoor Ecumenical & Interreligious Institute http://www.geii.org/wpcu_index.htm

Robert Lopez, GA
HNU Campus Ministry