Western Diocese Polish National Catholic Church Western Diocese Calendar of Events January 2012 1 Circumcision of Our Lord / New Year’s Day 6 Epiphany 8 Solemnity- Humble Shepherds 15 Ordinary 2 18-25 Week of Prayer for Christian Unity 21 District 6 Annual Dinner at Bohemian Garden 1 p.m. Fellowship & 2 p.m. Dinner 22 Ordinary 3 29 Ordinary 4 29 Music Scholarship Sunday – Collection for Music Scholarships February 2012 2 Solemnity - Presentation of the Lord (Blessing of candles) 3 Blaise of Sebastea, Bishop & Martyr (Blessing of throats) 5 Ordinary 5 12 Ordinary 6 16 59^th Anniversary of the Death of Bp. Francis Hodur 18 4^th Quarterly Remittance Due to Chancery of the Western Diocese 18 District 6 Family Night @ the Chicago Wolves Hockey Game – 4 p.m. Dinner @ Cathedral  6 p.m. Doors open at Allstate Arena – 7 p.m. Game start 19 Ordinary 7 20 Presidents’ Day 22 Ash Wednesday (Blessing & Distribution of Ashes) 24 Feast – Matthias, Apostle 25 WDUYA & WDYC Meeting 12 Noon @ MICHINDOH Conference Ctr in Hillsdale, MI 26 Lent 1 March 2012 4 Lent 2 4 District 6 Meeting – 2:00 p.m. – St. John the Baptist Parish 11 Solemnity - Institution of the PNCC – Collection: National Church Center 11 Daylight Saving Time Begins 18 Lent 4 19 Solemnity - Joseph, Spouse of the BVM 25 Passion Sunday 26 Annunciation of the BVM (trans.) April 2012 1 Palm Sunday (Blessing & Distribution of Palms) 1 Birth of Bp Francis Hodur (1866) 3 Holy Tuesday – 11:00 a.m. Holy Mass of Chrism & Blessing of Oils – All Saints Cathedral 5 Maundy Thursday –[ Chancery Office Closed—(TBD)] 6 Good Friday – Chancery Office Closed 7 Holy Saturday 8 Solemnity of the Resurrection – Easter Sunday 9 Chancery Office Closed 15 Easter 2 – Low Sunday 22 Easter 3 25 Feast - Mark, Evangelist 24-25 Supreme Council Meets in Chicago @ the Holiday Inn Express – Chicago/O’Hare 27-29 National Mission & Evangelism Workshop – St Michael the Archangel Parish – Cedar Lake, IN 29 Easter 4 – Good Shepherd Sunday 30 Solemnity – Joseph the Workman May 2012 1 Feast – Philip & James, Apostles 3 Solemnity – Finding of the Holy Cross Polish Constitution Day 6 Easter 5 10 61^st Ann. Martyrdom of Bp Joseph Padewski 13 Easter 6 - Mother’s Day 17 Solemnity - Ascension of our Lord 18 1^st Quarterly Remittance Due to Chancery of the Western Diocese 18-19 67^th Annual YMSR/PNCC Bowling Tournament- Schenectady, NY 20 Easter 7 21-23 Western Diocese Clergy Conference @ Techny Towers 27 Solemnity of Pentecost 28 Memorial Day – Chancery Office Closed June 2012 Sacred Vocations Month 3 Solemnity of the Holy Trinity 3 District 6 Meeting – 2:00 p.m. - St. Michael the Archangel Parish in Cedar Lake, IN 7 Solemnity - Corpus Christi [9 Sacrament of Confirmation – St. John the Baptist Parish 10 a.m. & 12 noon] TBC 11 Feast – Barnabas, Apostle 14 Flag Day 15 Solemnity – Sacred Heart of Jesus 17 Ordinary 11 - Father’s Day – Collection – Clergy Pension Fund 24 Ordinary 12 25 Feast - Nativity of St. John the Baptist (trans.) 25 Youth Gathering ’12 Registration Deadline 29 Feast - Ss. Peter & Paul, Apostles