Catholic Diocese of Spokane, Washington



Pastoral Planning Calendar

These significant dates are provided as a service to assist in effective pastoral planning. Dates are subject to change; as time for events or activities draws near, please consult the appropriate diocesan office for verification.


Bishop Skylstad's Calendar | Schools Calendar


May 2008 | June 2008 | July 2008 | August 2008
September 2008 | October 2008 | November 2008 | December 2008
January 2009 | February 2009 | March 2009 | April 2009


MAY 2008

9: Mass to Honor Birth Mothers, for all those touched by adoption: birth mothers, adoptees, families, and general public welcome. Noon, St. Joseph Church, 1503 W. Dean Ave., Spokane. Bishop William Skylstad, celebrant. Information: 358-4258 325-7667

  • Birth Mother's Luncheon, to honor the motherhood of women who have placed children for adoption. 1-2:30 p.m., St. Joseph Parish Center, 1503 W. Dean Avenue, Spokane. RSVP: (509) 747-4174. Sponsored by Catholic Charities, Children's Home Society of Washington, New Hope Child and Family Agency, and Spokane Consultants in Family Living

    11: Pentecost

    13: Secretariat

    14: Inland Register story deadline

    15: Catholic Cemeteries Board

  • Catholic Charities' Good Works in Action Tour of St. Margaret Shelter, House of Charity, and St. Ann Children and Family Center, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. RSVP: 358-4250

    16: Inland Register advertising deadline

    17: Ordination of Kevin Oiland to the diaconate, St. Augustine Church, 428 W. 19th Ave., Spokane, 10 a.m.

    21: Bishop's Finance Council

    22: Inland Register published

  • Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane
  • Presbyteral Council
  • National Maritime Day

    26: Memorial Day (observed) - no classes

    27: Spokane Catholic Investment Trust (SCIT)

    27-28: West Coast Dialogue of Catholics and Muslims, Rancho Palos Verdes, Calif.

    29: St. Margaret Shelter 8th Anniversary Luncheon, 11:30 a.m.-1 p.m. RSVP: 358-4254

    JUNE 2008

    3: Secretariat

    4: Inland Register story deadline

    5-8: Annual convention of Catholic Theological Society of America, Miami

    6: Inland Register advertising deadline

    9: Catholic Charities Board

    10: Budget Committee

    11: Information session for Catholic Charities volunteers, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Catholic Pastoral Center Boardroom, 1023 W. Riverside Avenue, Spokane. Lunch provided. RSVP: 358-4250. Learn how to get involved and help others in need.

    12: Inland Register published

  • Deposit and Loan Committee
  • New schools employee orientation, bloodborne pathogen training, and sexual abuse and sexual harassment prevention training for new employees, 1-3:30 p.m., Catholic Pastoral Center, 1023 W. Riverside Ave. in Spokane. Register: Office of Education, P.O. Box 1453, Spokane, WA 99210; Phone: 358-7330, or toll-free 800-831-1768; fax 358-7302. All new personnel, or employees who may have missed the previous trainings, are required to attend.

    12-14: Spring meeting of U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Orlando, Fla.

    13: Last day of school

    14: Deacon Council, Bishop White Seminary, 429 E. Sharp Ave., Spokane, 10 a.m.

    15: Father's Day

    15-22: International Eucharistic Congress, Quebec City

    18: Bishop's Finance Council

    22-24: Annual assembly of the Catholic Health Association, San Diego

    23 & 24: Secretariat Planning Days

    24: Vows ceremony, Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Church, Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, 1115 W. Riverside Ave., Spokane, 7 p.m.

    25: Inland Register story deadline

    26: Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane

    27: Ordination of Deacon Matthew Nicks to priesthood, Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, 1115 W. Riverside Ave., Spokane, 7 p.m.

  • Inland Register advertising deadline

    28: Opening of special jubilee year dedicated to St. Paul

    30-July 3: National Association of Pastoral Musicians regional convention, East Brunswick, N.J.

    30-July 30: Quo Vadis Days - vocation retreat for young men. Pinelow Camp at Deer Lake

    JULY 2008

    2-6: Tekakwitha Conference, Edmonton, Alberta

    3: Inland Register published

    4: Independence Day

    8-9: National Association of Priest Pilots convention, Savannah, Ga.

    8-11: National Association of Pastoral Musicians regional convention, Cleveland

    15-20: World Youth Day, Sydney, Australia

    17: Secretariat

    23: Inland Register story deadline

    24: Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane

    25: Inland Register advertising deadline

    31: Inland Register published

  • Secretariat

    AUGUST 2008

    1-4: Joint assembly of Leadership Conference of Women Religious and Conference of Major Superiors of Men, Denver

    5-7: Knights of Columbus international convention, Quebec

    5-8: National Association of Pastoral Musicians regional convention, Los Angeles

    7: New employee orientation

    10: Bishop's Mass for seminarians, Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, 1115 W. Riverside Ave., Spokane, 11 a.m.

    11: Seminarians' annual "Day at the Lake," Waitts Lake

    13: Inland Register story deadline

    14: Secretariat

    15: Assumption of Mary (Holy Day of Obligation)

  • Inland Register advertising deadline

    18: Spokane Catholic Investment Trust

    21: Inland Register published

  • Principals meeting

    25: School Business Meeting

    27-29: Teacher Days

    28: Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane

  • Secretariat

    31: Bishop White Seminary orientation

    SEPTEMBER 2008

    1: Labor Day - no classes

    2: First day of school

  • Ramadan begins

    3: Inland Register story deadline

    4: New employee orientation

    5: Inland Register advertising deadline

    5-7: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' National Advisory Council meeting, Baltimore

    9-11: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Administrative Committee meeting, Washington

    11: Inland Register published

  • Principals meeting

    12: No Classes: Teacher Staff Development Day

  • Presbyteral Council

    15: Catholic Charities Board

    16: Caring for Kids Luncheon, to benefit St. Anne Children and Family Center and Morning Star Boys' Ranch, 11:30 a.m., Red Lion Grand Hotel at the Park, Spokane. RSVP: 358-4254

    17: Bishop's Finance Council

    18: Catholic Charities' Good Works in Action Tour of St. Margaret Shelter, House of Charity, and St. Ann Children and Family Center, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. RSVP: 358-4250

  • Secretariat

    21: Catechetical Sunday

    24: Inland Register story deadline

  • Information session for Catholic Charities volunteers, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Catholic Pastoral Center Boardroom, 1023 W. Riverside Avenue, Spokane. Lunch provided. RSVP: 358-4250. Learn how to get involved and help others in need.

    25: Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane

    26: Inland Register advertising deadline

    30: Rosh Hashana

    OCTOBER 2008

    2: Inland Register published

  • New employee orientation

    5: Respect Life Sunday

  • Bishop's Poor Man's Meal, to benefit the House of Charity Emergency Winter Sleeping Program, Noon-2 p.m. Information: 358-4254

    5-26: World Synod of Bishops on "The Word of God in the Life and Mission of the Church," Vatican City

    7: Diocesan School Advisory Council meeting

    9: Yom Kippur

  • Secretariat
  • Ordination of David Kuttner to diaconate, Basilica of St. Peter, Rome
  • Catholic Cemeteries Board

    10: No classes: Teacher Staff Development Day

  • Presbyteral Council

    10 & 11: Diocesan Pastoral Council

    12-15: Annual conference of the International Catholic Stewardship Council, Chicago

    14: Insurance Committee

    15: Bishop's Finance Council

    16: Inland Register story deadline

  • Principals meeting

    18: Inland Register advertising deadline

    21: Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane

    23: Inland Register published

    27-31: United States Conference of Catholic Bishops Safe Evironment Audit

    30: Secretariat

    NOVEMBER 2008

    1: All Saints Day

    4: Insurance Committee

    5: Inland Register story deadline

  • Last day of First Quarter

    6: Principals meeting

    6-8: International convocation of North American Forum on the Catechumenate, Cleveland

    7: Inland Register advertising deadline

    8: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Administrative Committee, Baltimore

    10-13: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' general meeting, Baltimore

    11: Veterans' Day - no classes

  • Budget Committee

    13: Inland Register published

  • Catholic Charities' Good Works in Action Tour of St. Margaret Shelter, House of Charity, and St. Ann Children and Family Center, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. RSVP: 358-4250
  • New employee orientation

    14: Presbyteral Council

    17: Catholic Charities Board

    19: Bishop's Finance Council

    20: Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane

  • Secretariat
  • Catholic Cemeteries Board

    24: Inland Register story and advertising deadline

  • Catholic Charities Christmas Collection Kick-off Press Conference 10 a.m., House of Charity, 32 W. Pacific Ave., Spokane. Information: 358-4253
  • Spokane Catholic Investment Trust

    27: Thanksgiving

    27-28: Thanksgiving break - no classes

    30: First Sunday of Advent

    DECEMBER 2008

    1: World AIDS Day

    2: Insurance Committee

    4: Inland Register published

  • New employee orientation

    5 & 6: Diocesan Pastoral Council

    7: Second Sunday of Advent

    8: Immaculate Conception (Holy Day of Obligation)

    9: Budget Committee

    10-20: Christmas Bureau, Spokane County Fair and Expo Center, 10 a.m.-2:30 p.m. each day, excepting Sundays. Information: 358-4254

    10: Inland Register story deadline

    11: Secretariat

    12: Inland Register advertising deadline

  • Presbyteral Council

    14: Third Sunday of Advent

    17: Bishop's Finance Council

    18: Inland Register published

  • Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane
  • Principals meeting

    21: Fourth Sunday of Advent

    22: Hanukkah begins

    23: Secretariat

    22-Jan. 4: Christmas break - no classes

    25: Christmas (Holy Day of Oligation)

    JANUARY 2009

    1: New Year's Day - Holiday

  • Feast of Mary, Mother of God - Holy Day of Obligation
  • World Day of Peace

    2-5: Annual Meeting of the North American Academy of of Liturgy, Baltimore

    5: Classes resume

    6: Insurance Committee

  • Feast of Theophany - Holy Day of Obligation for Eastern Catholics
  • Feast of the Epiphany of the Lord

    7: Inland Register story deadline

    8: Secretariat

    9: Inland Register advertising deadline

    11-17: National Vocations Awareness Week

    13: Budget Committee

    14: Information session for Catholic Charities volunteers, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Catholic Pastoral Center Boardroom, 1023 W. Riverside Avenue, Spokane. Lunch provided. RSVP: 358-4250. Learn how to get involved and help others in need.

    15: Inland Register published

  • New employee orientation

    16-18: Bishop White Seminary retreat

    18-25: Week of Prayer for Christian Unity

    19: Martin Luther King Jr. - Holiday

  • Catholic Charities Board

    20: Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane

    21: Bishop's Finance Council

    21-22: National prayer vigil for life, Washington D.C.

    22: Principals meeting

  • Catholic Charities' Good Works in Action Tour of St. Margaret Shelter, House of Charity, and St. Ann Children and Family Center, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. RSVP: 358-4250
  • March for Life, Washington D.C.

    23: Presbyteral Council

    25-31: National Catholic Schools Week

    26 & 27: Secretariat Planning Days

    27: Last day of second quarter

    28: Inland Register story deadline

    29: Catholic Cemeteries Board

    30: Inland Register advertising deadline

    FEBRUARY 2009

    3: Insurance Committee

    5: Inland Register published

  • New employee orientation

    10: Diocesan School Advisory Council meeting

    11: World Day of the Sick

    12: Secretariat

    16: Presidents' Day - holiday

  • Spokane Catholic Investment Trust

    17: Teacher Staff Development Day - no classes

  • Budget Committee

    18: Inland Register story deadline

  • Bishop's Finance Council

    19: Principals meeting

  • Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane

    20: Presbyteral Council

  • Inland Register advertising deadline

    25: Ash Wednesday

    26: Inland Register published

  • Secretariat

    27-March 1: Los Angeles Religious Education Congress, Anaheim, Calif.

    MARCH 2009

    1: Rite of Election, 2 p.m., Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, Spokane

    3: Insurance Committee

    5: New employee orientation

    10: Budget Committee

    11: Inland Register story deadline

    12: Secretariat

    13: Inland Register advertising deadline

  • Teacher Professional Developmenet Day - no classes
  • Spirit of St. Patrick Party, to benefit St. Margaret Shelter, 6:30 p.m., Mukogawa Fort Wright Commons. RSVP: 358-4254

    13 & 14: Diocesan Pastoral Council

    18: Bishop's Finance Council

    19: Inland Register published

  • Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane
  • Principals meeting
  • Catholic Charities' Good Works in Action Tour of St. Margaret Shelter, House of Charity, and St. Ann Children and Family Center, 10 a.m.-1:30 p.m. RSVP: 358-4250
  • Catholic Cemeteries Board

    19-22: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' National Advisory Council meeting, Baltimore

    20: Presbyteral Council

    24-26: U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Administrative Committee meeting, Washington D.C.

    30: Catholic Charities Board

    30-April 3: Spring break

    APRIL 2009

    1: Inland Register story deadline

    2: Secretariat

    3: Inland Register advertising deadline

    6: Classes resume

    7: Insurance Committee

    8: Information session for Catholic Charities volunteers, 11:45 a.m.-1 p.m., Catholic Pastoral Center Boardroom, 1023 W. Riverside Avenue, Spokane. Lunch provided. RSVP: 358-4250. Learn how to get involved and help others in need.

    9: Holy Thursday

  • Inland Register published
  • Chrism Mass, 11 a.m., Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, Spokane
  • New employee orientation
  • Last day of the third quarter

    10: Good Friday

    11: Holy Saturday

    12: Easter

    14: Diocesan School Advisory Council meeting

    15: Bishop's Finance Council

    16: Secretariat

  • Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane

    21: Budget Committee

    22: Inland Register story deadline

    23: Principals meeting

    24: Presbyteral Council

  • Inland Register advertising deadline

    30: Inland Register published

  • Secretariat

    MAY 2009

    7: New employee orientation

    12: Budget Committee

    13: Inland Register story deadline

    14: Secretariat

  • Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane

    15: Inland Register advertising deadline

    20: Bishop's Finance Council

    21: Inland Register published

  • Principals meeting
  • Catholic Cemeteries Board

    25: Memorial Day - holiday

    26: Spokane Catholic Investment Trust - meeting and dinner

    28: Secretariat

    29: Ordination to priesthood of Deacons Matthew Larsen and Kevin Oiland, Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, 1115 W. Riverside Ave., Spokane, 7 p.m.

    31: Pentecost

  • Diocese-wide Confirmation, Cathedral of Our Lady of Lourdes, Spokane, 11 a.m.

    JUNE 2009

    3: Inland Register story deadline

    4: New employee orientation

    5: Inland Register advertising deadline

    8: Catholic Charities Board

    9: Budget Committee

    11: Inland Register published

  • Secretariat
  • Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane

    12: Last day of school

    22 & 23: Secretariat

    24: Bishop's Finance Council

    JULY 2009

    9: Secretariat

    16: Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane

    23: Secretariat

    AUGUST 2009

    6: Secretariat

    13: Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane

    20: Secretariat

    SEPTEMBER 2009

    3: Secretariat

    17: Secretariat

  • Bishop's Breakfast

    OCTOBER 2009

    1: Secretariat

    15: Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane

    29: Secretariat

    NOVEMBER 2009

    12: Secretariat

  • Bishop's Breakfast

    24: Secretariat

    29: First Sunday of Advent

    DECEMBER 2009

    6: Second Sunday of Advent

    8: Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Holy Day of Obligation)

    10: Secretariat

    13: Third Sunday of Advent

    17: Bishop's Breakfast, Spokane

    20: Fourth Sunday of Advent

    22: Secretariat

    25: Christmas (Holy Day of Obligation)


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