Events and Celebrations Calendar

1st – Mary Mother of God. New Year’s Day. World Day of Peace
2nd – The Epiphany of the Lord
3rd – The Most Holy Name of Jesus
4th - World Braille Day
7th – St Raymond of Penyafort, Priest
9th – Baptism of the Lord
13th – St Hilary, Bishop, Doctor
14th - Anniversary of the death of Fr Gerald Ward in 1858, founder of the first conference in Australia.
15th - St Arnold Janssenn – Divine Word Missionaries
16th - World Religion Day
17th – St Antony, Abbot
20th – St Fabian, Pope, Martyr. St Sebastian, Martyr
21st – St Agnes, Virgin, Martyr
22nd – St Vincent, Deacon, Martyr
23rd – Sunday of the Word of God
24th – St Francis de Sales, Bishop, Doctor. International Day of Education
25th – The Conversion of St Paul, Apostle
26th – Australia Day
27th – Sts Timothy and Titus, Bishops. St Angelia Merici, Virgin International Day of Commemoration in Memory of the Victims of the Holocaust
28th – St Thomas Aquinas, Priest, Doctor
31st – St John Bosco, Priest

1st – Chinese New Year. World Interfaith Harmony Week - Day 1
2nd – Presentation of the Lord. Foundation day for sisters of the Good Samaritan
3rd - St Ansgar (Oscar), Bishop. Saint Blaise, Bishop, Martyr
4th - International Day of Human Fraternity. World Cancer Day
5th – St Agatha, Virgin, Martyr
6th - International Day of Zero Tolerance for Female Genital Mutilation
8th – St Jerome Emilian. St Josephine Bakhita, Virgin
10th – St Scholastica, Virgin. World Pulses Day
11th – Our Lady of Lourdes. International Day of Women and Girls in Science. World day of Prayer for the Sick
13th - World Radio Day
14th – St Cyril, Monk and St Methodius, Bishop. Valentine’s day
17th – The Seven Holy Founders of the Servite Order
19th - Bombing of Darwin anniversary (81 years)
20th - World Day of Social Justice
21st – St Peter Damian, Bishop, Doctor. International Mother Language Day
22nd – St Peter’s Chair
23rd – St Polycarp, Bishop, Martyr

1st - Zero Discrimination Day
2nd - Ash Wednesday
3rd - World Wildlife Day. World Book Day
4th - St Casimir
7th - Sts Perpetua and Felicity, Martyrs
8th - St John of God, Religious. International Women's Day
9th - St Frances of Rome, Religious
10th - International Day of Women Judges
17th - St Patrick, Bishop, Missionary
18th - St Cyril of Jerusalem, Bishop, Doctor
19th - St Joseph, husband of the Blessed Virgin Mary
20th - International Day of Happiness. Tiwi Islands Football League Grand Final
21st - Harmony Day (Australia). International Day for the Elimination of Racial Discrimination. World Poetry Day. World Down Syndrome Day. International Day of Forests. Week of Solidarity with the Peoples Struggling Against Racism and Racial Discrimination – Day 1
22nd - World Water Day
23rd - St Turibius of Mongrovejo, Bishop. World Meteorological Day
24th - World Tuberculosis Day. International Day for the Right to the Truth concerning Gross Human Rights Violations and for the Dignity of Victims
25th - Annunciation of the Lord. International Day of Remembrance of Slavery Victims and the Transatlantic Slave Trade. International Day of Solidarity with Detained and Missing Staff Members
26th - Earth Hour

2nd - St Francis of Paola, hermit. World Autism Awareness Day
4th - St Isidore, Bishop, Doctor. United Nations' Mine Awareness Day
5th - St Vincent Ferrer, Priest. International Day of Conscience
6th - St John Baptist de la Salle, Priest. International Day of Sport for Development and Peace
7th - United Nations' World Health Day. Day of Remembrance of the Victims of the Rwanda Genocide
10th - Palm Sunday
12th - International Day of Human Space Flight
14th - Maundy Thursday
15th - Good Friday
16th - Holy Saturday
17th - Easter Sunday
18th - Easter Monday
21st - World Creativity and Innovation Day
22nd - Earth Day
23rd - English Language Day. World Book and Copyright Day. Anniversary of death of James Fagan and Nicholas Hogan, first lay missionaries, shipwrecked Torres Strait en route to Point Essington 1846
24th - International Day of Multilateralism and Diplomacy for Peace. World Immunisation Week – Day 1
25th - ANZAC Day. World Malaria Day
26th - St Mark, Evangelist International Chernobyl Disaster Remembrance Day
27th - St Louis Marie Grignion de Montfort, Priest
28th - Peter Chanel, Priest, Martyr. International Girls in ICT Day. World Day for Safety and Health at Work
29th - St Catherine of Siena, Virgin, Doctor
30th - St Pius V, Pope

2nd - May Day (NT). St Athanasius, Bishop, Doctor
3rd - Sts Philip and James, Apostles. World Press Freedom Day
5th - Blessed Edmund Roce
6th - 8th - Nightcliff Seabreeze Festival
8th - Mother’s Day. Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation for Those Who Lost Their Lives during the Second World War. St Magdalene of Canossa
9th - St Louise de Marillac (The Patroness of Social Workers.)
12th - Sts Nereus and Achilleus, Martyrs. St Pancras, Martyr
13th - Our Lady of Fatima
14th - St Matthias, Apostle. World Migratory Bird Day
15th - International Day of Families
16th - International Day of Living Together in Peace. International Day of Light. World Communications Day
17th - World Information Society Day
18th - St John I, Pope, Martyr
20th - St Bernardine of Siena, Priest. World Bee Day
21st - St Christopher Magallanes and his Companions, Martyrs. World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development. International Tea Day
22nd - International Day for Biological Diversity
23rd - International Day to End Obstetric Fistula
24th - Our Lady, Help of Christians
25th - St Gregory VII, Pope. St Mary Magdalen deâ Pazzi, Virgin. St Bede the Venerable, Priest, Doctor. World Day of Prayer for Vocations
26th - St Philip Neri, Priest. National Sorry Day
27th – St Augustine of Canterbury, Bishop
29th - Ascension of the Lord. International Day of United Nations Peacekeepers. Our Lady of the Sacred Heart
31st - Visitation of the Blessed Virgin Mary. World No Tobacco Day

1st - St Justin, Martyr. Global Day of Parents
2nd - Sts Marcellinus and Peter, Martyrs
3rd - Sts Charles Lwanga and his Companions, Martyr
4th - International Day of Innocent Children Victims of Aggression
5th – Pentecost. World Environment Day
6th - Mary, Mother of the Church. St Marcellin Champagnat
7th - World Food Safety Day
8th - World Oceans Day / National First Responders Day
9th - St Ephraem, Deacon, Doctor. Anniversary of death Fr Angelo Confalonieri (1848)
10th -12th - Barunga Festival
11th - St Barnabas, Apostle
12th - The Most Holy Trinity. World Day Against Child Labour
13th - Queen's Birthday (regional holiday). St Antony of Padua, Priest, Doctor
14th - World Blood Donor Day
15th - World Elder Abuse Awareness Day
16th - International Day of Family Remittances
17th - World Day to Combat Desertification and Drought
19th - Corpus Christi. International Day for the Elimination of Sexual Violence in Conflict
20th - World Refugee Day
21st - St Aloysius Gonzaga, Religious
22nd - Sts John Fisher, Bishop, and Thomas More, Martyrs
23rd - St Paulinus of Nola, Bishop. Public Service Day. International Widows' Day
24th - The Most Sacred Heart of Jesus. St John the Baptist birth
25th - Birthday of Saint John the Baptist. Day of the Seafarer
26th - International Day Against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. International Day in Support of Victims of Torture
27th - St Cyril of Alexandria, Bishop, Doctor. Micro-, Small and Medium-sized Enterprises Day
28th - St Irenaeus, Bishop, Martyr
29th - Sts Peter and Paul, Apostles. International Day of the Tropics
30th - First Martyrs of the See of Rome. International Day of Parliamentarism

1st - Territory Day
3rd - St Thomas, Apostle. First day of NAIDOC week.
5th - St Antony Mary Zaccaria, Priest
6th - St Maria Goretti, Virgin, Martyr
7th - Blessed Peter To Rot
9th - St Augustine Zhao Rong and his Companions, Martyrs
11th - World Population Day. St Benedict
12th - Anniversary of death of Bishop Gsell (1960)
13th - St Henry
14th - St Camillus of Lellis, Priest
15th - St Bonaventure, Bishop, Doctor. World Youth Skills Day
16th - Our Lady of Mount Carmel
18th - Nelson Mandela Day
20th - St Apollinaris, Bishop, Martyr
21st - St Laurence of Brindisi, Priest, Doctor
22nd - St Mary Magdalen. Darwin Show Day
23rd - St Bridget of Sweden, Religious
24th - St Charbel Makhlouf, Priest
25th - World Drowning Prevention Day
26th - St Joachim and St Anne, parents of the Blessed Virgin Mary
29th - St Martha
30th - St Peter Chrysologus, Bishop, Doctor. International Day of Friendship. World Day against Trafficking in Persons
31st - St Ignatius Loyola, Priest

1st - Darwin Cup Carnival. Picnic Day (NT).
2nd - St Eusebius of Vercelli, Bishop. St Peter Julian Eymard
3rd - St Dominic, Priest
4th - St John Mary Vianney, Priest
4th-21st - Darwin Festival
5th - Dedication of the Basilica of Saint Mary Major
6th - The Transfiguration of the Lord
7th - Sts Sixtus II, Pope, and his Companions, Martyrs. St Cajetan, Priest
8th - St Mary of the Cross (MacKillop), Virgin. Anniversary of the death of Bishop Collins
9th - St Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein), Virgin, Martyr. International Day of the World's Indigenous People
10th - St Laurence, Deacon, Martyr
11th - St Clare, Virgin
12th - St Jane Frances de Chantal, Religious. International Youth Day
13th - Sts Pontian, Pope, and Hippolytus, Priest, Martyrs
14th - St Maximilian Kolbe, Priest, Martyr
15th - Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary
16th - St Stephen of Hungary
19th - St John Eudes, Priest. World Humanitarian Day
20th - St Bernard, Abbot, Doctor. Anniversary of Consecration of St Mary’s Cathedral (1972)
21st - St Pius X, Pope. International Day of Remembrance of and Tribute to the Victims of Terrorism
22nd - International Day Commemorating the Victims of Acts of Violence Based on Religion or Belief. Community Feast Day of the Missionaries of Charity
23rd – St Rose of Lima, Virgin. International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition
24th - St Bartholomew, Apostle
25th - St Louis. St Joseph of Calasanz, Priest
27th - St Monica
28th - St Augustine, Bishop, Doctor
29th - International Day against Nuclear Tests
30th - International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances

3rd - St Gregory the Great, Pope, Doctor
4th - Father’s Day
5th - International Day of Charity. St Teresa of Calcutta
7th - International Day of Clean Air for Blue Skies
8th - Birthday of the Blessed Virgin Mary. International Literacy Day. Little Sisters of Jesus Foundation Day. SVD Foundation Day. R U OK? Day.
9th - St Peter Claver. International Day to Protect Education from Attack
13th - St John Chrysostom, Bishop, Doctor
14th - Exaltation of the Holy Cross
15th - Our Lady of Sorrows. International Day of Democracy
16th - Sts Cornelius, Pope, and Cyprian, Bishop, Martyrs. International Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer
17th - St Robert Bellarmine, Bishop, Doctor. World Patient Safety Day
18th - International Equal Pay Day
20th - Sts Andrew Kim Taegon, Priest, and Paul Chong Hasang, and their Companions, Martyrs
21st - St Matthew, Apostle, Evangelist. International Day of Peace
22nd - World Maritime Day
23rd - St Pius of Pietrelcina (Padre Pio). International Day of Sign Languages
26th - International Day for the Total Elimination of Nuclear Weapons
27th - St Vincent de Paul, Priest. World Tourism Day
28th - St Wenceslaus, Martyr. Sts Laurence Ruiz and his Companions, Martyrs. International Day for Universal Access to Information
29th - Sts Michael, Gabriel and Raphael, Archangels. International Day of Awareness of Food Loss and Waste
30th - St Jerome, Priest, Doctor. International Translation Day

1st - St Thérèse of the Child Jesus, Virgin, Doctor. International Day of Older Persons
2nd - Holy Guardian Angels. International Day of Non-Violence
3rd - World Habitat Day
4th - St Francis of Assisi
5th - St Faustina Kowalska, Religious. World Teachers' Day
6th - St Bruno, Priest
7th - Our Lady of the Rosary
9th - Sts Denis, Bishop, and his Companions, Martyrs. St John Leonardi, Priest
10th - World Mental Health Day
11th - St John XXIII, Pope. International Day of the Girl Child
12th - Wednesday, International Day for Natural Disaster Reduction
14th - St Callistus, Pope, Martyr
15th - St Teresa of Ãvila, Virgin, Doctor. International Pregnancy and Infant Loss Remembrance Day. International Day of Rural Women
16th - St Hedwig, Religious. St Margaret Mary Alacoque, Virgin. World Food Day
18th - St Luke, Evangelist
17th - Monday, International Day for the Eradication of Poverty
19th - John de Brébeuf and Isaac Jogues, priests, and their Companions, Martyrs. St Paul of the Cross, Priest
22nd - St John Paul II, Pope
23rd - St John of Capistrano, Priest. World Mission Sunday
24th - United Nations Day. St Anthony M. Claret
28th - Sts Simon and Jude, Apostles
31st - Halloween

1st - All Saints
2nd - All Souls. Melbourne Cup Day. International Day to End Impunity for Crimes against Journalists
3rd - St Martin de Porres, Religious
4th - St Charles Borromeo, Bishop
5th - World Tsunami Awareness Day
9th - Dedication of the Lateran Basilica
10th - St Leo the Great, Pope, Doctor. World Science Day for Peace and Development
11th - Remembrance Day. St Martin of Tours, Bishop
12th - St Josaphat, Bishop, Martyr
13th - World Kindness Day
15th – St Albert the Great, Bishop, Doctor. Anniversary of death of Bishop O’Loughlin (1985)
16th - St Margaret of Scotland. St Gertrude, Virgin. International Day for Tolerance
17th - St Elizabeth of Hungary, Religious. World Philosophy Day
18th - Dedication of the Basilicas of Saints Peter and Paul, Apostles
20th - World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. Universal Children's Day
21st - Christ the King. World Television Day
22nd - St Cecilia, Virgin, Martyr
23rd - St Clement I, Pope, Martyr. St Columbanus, Abbot and Missionary
24th - Sts Andrew Dũng-Lạc and his Companions, Martyrs
25th - St Catherine of Alexandria, Virgin, Martyr. International Day for the Elimination of Violence against Women
27th - First Sunday of Advent
30th - St Andrew, Apostle. Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare

2nd - International Day for the Abolition of Slavery
3rd - International Day of People with Disability. St Francis Xavier, Priest
4th - St John Damascene, Priest, Doctor
5th - International Volunteer Day for Economic and Social Development
6th - St Nicholas, Bishop
7th - St Ambrose, Bishop, Doctor
8th - Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary
9th - St Juan Diego Cuauhtlatoatzin. International Anti-Corruption Day. World Genocide Commemoration Day
10th - Our Lady of Loreto. Human Rights Day
11th - St Damasus I, Pope
12th - International Day of Neutrality. International Universal Health Coverage Day
13th - St Lucy, Virgin, Martyr
14th - St John of the Cross, Priest, Doctor
18th - International Migrants Day
20th - International Human Solidarity Day
21st - St Peter Canisius, Priest, Doctor
23rd - St John of Kęty, Priest
24th - Christmas Eve
25th - Christmas Day
26th - Boxing Day. Holy Family
27th - St John, Apostle, Evangelist. International Day of Epidemic Preparedness
28th - Holy Innocents, Martyrs
29th - St Thomas Becket, Bishop, Martyr
31st - New Year’s Eve. St Silvester I, Pope