Religious & Spiritual Life Calendar

Religious & Spiritual Life
Observances & Holidays 2024-25

Shabbat - Jewish
Weekly/Friday Sunset-Saturday Sunset

Buddhist Sitting Group - Buddhist
Weekly/Sunday Morning & Thursday Night

Chapel Service - Christian
Weekly (except 2^nd Sunday)/Sundays at 4:00 p.m.

Chapel UnPlugged (offline gathering)- Multi-faith
Once a month on 2nd Sunday at 4:00 p.m.

Open Hearts~Open Minds Bible Study - Christian
Twice a month/1^st & 3^rd Thursday

The Nudge (interfaith dialogue group) - Multi-faith
Twice a month/2nd & 4th Thursday 

Laurentian Weekend 
     Stained Glass Window Tour - Multi-faith
     September 20
     Exploring the Chapel Organ - Multi-faith
     September 20
     Jewish Bagel Brunch - Jewish
     September 21

Rosh Hashanah - Jewish
October 2-4

Blessing of the Animals - Multi-faith
October 4

Yom Kippur - Jewish
October 11-12

Sukkot - Jewish      
October 16-23

Got Spirit? Gospel Music Workshop & Concert - Christian/Multi-faith
October 23-26

Samhain - Earth-Based
October 31–November 1

Diwali/Festival of Lights - Hindu
October 31-November 1

All Saint’s Day - Christian
November 1

Día de los Muertos/Day of the Dead - Mesoamerican/Indigenous
November 1-2 

All Soul’s Day - Christian 
November 2

Birth of the Báb & Bahá’u’lláh - Bahá’í
November 2-3

Day of the Covenant - Bahá’í
November 25

Candlelight Service - Christian
December 11

Winter Solstice - Earth-Based/Pagan
December 21

Christmas - Christian 
December 25

Hanukkah - Jewish
December 15-January 2 

Kwanzaa - African American/Multi-faith
December 26–January 1

Eastern Orthodox Christmas - Orthodox Christian
January 7

Martin Luther King Celebration - Multi-faith
January 20

Chinese New Year - Buddhist/Confucian/Taoist
January 29

Tu B’Shevat - Jewish
February 12-13

Ramadan - Muslim
February 28-March 30

Alá (Loftiness) The Month of Fasting - Bahá’í
March 1-19

Ash Wednesday - Christian
March 5

Purim - Jewish
March 13-14

Holi - Hindu
March 14

Eastern Orthodox Beginning of Lent - Orthodox Christian
March 18

Naw-Rúz (Bahá’í New Year) - Bahá’í
March 20

Eid al-Fitr/End of Ramadan - Muslim
March 30

Passover - Jewish
April 12-20

Good Friday - Christian
April 18

Eastern Orthodox Holy Friday - Orthodox Christian
April 18

Easter - Christian
April 20

Eastern Orthodox Easter (Pascha) - Orthodox Christian
April 20 

Festival of Ridván (Paradise) - Bahá’í
April 20-May 1

Earth Day - Multi-faith  
April 22 

Yom HaShoah/Holocaust Remembrance - Jewish
 April 23-24

Baccalaureate Service - Multi-faith
May 17

For more information, please email us at chapel@stlawu.edu. 

*Faculty and staff, please be mindful that many members of the St. Lawrence University community observe one or more of the spiritual/religious/cultural holidays. Some students might request accommodations according to university policy for work, exams or excused absences on the dates of their spiritual/religious observance.

**Students, we recommend that you communicate with professors and supervisors early about special accommodations needed for spiritual/religious/cultural holiday observances.