January
National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month
1 Solemnity of Mary, Holy Mother of God, World Day of Peace
22 Anniversary of Sr. Louise Hours Parmenie Death (1727)
26 Commemoration of the Transfer of Relics of St. John Baptist de La Salle
30 St. Mutien-Marie Wiaux, FSC
February
African American History Month
8 St. Josephine Bakhita, Patron Saint of Trafficked Persons
9 St. Miguel Febres Cordero, FSC
12 Death of Sr. Dorothy Stang S.N.D. Martyr of the Amazon (2005)
13 Blessed Brother James Miller, FSC
17 Random Acts of Kindness Day/Week
20 World Day for Social Justice
July
17 Anniversary of Rep. John Lewis and Rev. C.T. Vivian deaths (2020)
18 Birth of Nelson Mandela (1918)
September
1 World Day of Prayer for the Care of Creation
2 St. Solomon Le Clercq, FSC; Blessed Martyrs of Rochefort
5 Mother Teresa of Calcutta; Birth of Claudette Colvin 1939
8 Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
21 Begin: International Lasallian Days for Peace
24 National Voter Registration Day
October
2 International Day for Nonviolence; Birth of Mahatma Gandhi (1869)
9 Saint Martyrs of Turon; St. Jamie Hilario, FSC
10 World Day Against the Death Penalty
11 International Day of the Girl Child
17 International Day for the Eradication of Poverty; Anniversary of Elijah Cummings death
21 Blessed Nicolas Barre; End: International Lasallian Days for Peace
