2024 Calendar
This calendar contains:
- particular 2024 dates of relevance to the Presbytery this year
- listings of commemorations for past Christian witnesses, mostly drawn from A Calendar of Other Commemorations (with biographical notes), from the National Assembly of Uniting Church in Australia. Where the entry ends with a ǂ that calendar contains (or will in future contain) biographical notes for those people.
January
1 – New Years Day
2 – Basil of Caesarea, Gregory of Nyssa & Gregory of Nazianzus [Christian thinkers] ǂ
3 – Gladys Aylward [Christian pioneer] ǂ
13 – George Fox [renewer of society] ǂ
14 – Monica Furlong [Christian thinker] ǂ
17 – Antony of Egypt [reformer of the Church] ǂ
17 – Martin Luther King Jr [hero of justice]
18 – Amy Carmichael [hero of mission and creativity]
21 – Agnes of Rome [martyr] ǂ
21 – Aboriginal Sunday – Day of Mourning
24 – Timothy & Titus [apostles]
27 – Lydia, Dorcas & Phoebe [faithful servants]
27 – John Chrysostom [faithful servant] ǂ
28 – Thomas Aquinas [Christian thinker] ǂ
29 – Alan Walker [faithful servant] ǂ
29 – Andrei Rublev [person of prayer] ǂ
30 – Lesslie Newbigin [Christian thinker] ǂ
30 – Coretta Scott King [hero of justice and creativity]
February
1-7 – World Interfaith Harmony Week
2 – Simeon & Anna [witnesses to Jesus] ǂ
3 – First Christian service in Australia [Christian pioneers] ǂ
5 – Joseph Henry Davies & missionaries in Korea & Japan [Christian pioneers] ǂ
7 – International Day of Prayer and Awareness Against Human Trafficking
11 – Sunday – Transfiguration of Jesus
12 – Friedrich Schleiermacher [Christian thinker] ǂ
13 – Anniversary of the National Apology to the Stolen Generations in 2008
14 – Ash Wednesday (beginning of Lent, which ends on 28 March)
14 – Cyril & Methodius [Christian pioneers] ǂ
17 – Saturday – Presbytery Meeting, Wauchope
18 – Martin Luther [reformer of the Church] ǂ
19 – James Robert Beattie (J.R.B.) Love [Christian pioneer] ǂ
20 – World Day of Social Justice
26 – Florence Li Tim-Oi [hero of mission]
27 – George Herbert [faithful servant] ǂ
28 – Martin Bucer [reformer of the Church] ǂ
March
1 – World Day of Prayer
5 – Dianne Buchanan [Christian pioneer] ǂ
7 – Perpetua & Felicitas [martyrs] ǂ
8 – International Women’s Day – Count Her In: Invest in Women. Accelerate Progress.
10 – Harriet Tubman [hero of justice]
17 – Patrick & Ninian [Christian pioneers] ǂ
18 – Joseph of Arimathea [witness to Jesus] ǂ
18-24 – Harmony Week
19 – Joseph of Nazareth [witness to Jesus] ǂ
20 – Cuthbert, Aidan & Bede [Christian pioneers] ǂ
20 – Alan Mungulu [faithful witness] ǂ
21 – Close the Gap Day [3rd Thursday of March]
21 – Thomas Cranmer [reformer of the Church] ǂ
24 – Palm Sunday
24 – Óscar Romero [martyr & hero of justice] ǂ
24 – Paul Couturier [reformer of the Church] ǂ
26 – Caroline Chisholm [renewer of society] ǂ
28 – Maundy Thursday
29 – Good Friday
31 – Easter Sunday
31 – Fred McKay [faithful servant] ǂ
31 – Maria Skobtsova [martyr] ǂ
31 – John Donne [hero of prayer and creativity]
April
4 – Martin Luther King Jnr [martyr & social activist] ǂ
4 – Leonard Kentish [martyr] ǂ
5 – Pandita Ramabai [hero of Justice]
9 – Dietrich Bonhoeffer [Christian thinker] ǂ
10 – Corrie ten Boom [hero of prayer]
18 – Kentigern [Christian pioneer] ǂ
18 – Enoch Sontonga [hero of creativity]
21 – Joo Ki Chul & Korean [Martyrs] ǂ
22 – Trevor Huddleston [renewer of society] ǂ
22 – Toyohiko Kagawa [renewer of society] ǂ
22 – International Mother Earth Day
26 – Mark [witness to Jesus] ǂ
28 – Dorothy Soelle [Christian thinker] ǂ
29 – Catherine of Siena [faithful servant] ǂ
May
1 – Philip & James [apostles] ǂ
1 – Bertha of Kent [hero of prayer]
2 – Athanasius [Christian thinker] ǂ
3 – Catherine Mowry LaCugna [Christian thinker]
4 – Monica, mother of Augustine of Hippo [faithful servant] ǂ
5 – John Flynn [Christian pioneer] ǂ
7 – Charles Harris [faithful servant] ǂ
8 – Julian of Norwich [person of prayer] ǂ
9 – Thursday – Ascension Day
9 – James Egan Moulton [faithful servant] ǂ
14 – Matthias, Simon & Jude [apostle] ǂ
18 – Saturday – Presbytery meeting, Nambucca Heads
18 – Week of Prayer for Christian Unity begins
19 – Pentecost Sunday
19/05-22/06 – Uniting in Prayer (national prayer event)
23 – Winifred Kiek [Christian pioneer] ǂ
24 – John & Charles Wesley [reformers of the Church] – on this day in 1738 John Wesley attended the Moravian worship service at Aldersgate Street ǂ
26 – Trinity Sunday
26 – National Sorry Day
27/05-3/06 – National Reconciliation Week
27 – John Calvin (1509-1564) [reformer of the Church] ǂ
June
3 – Pope John XXIII [reformer of the Church]
3 – Mabo Day
1 – Saturday – Saltwater Freshwater Festival: Celebrating Aboriginal culture of the Mid North Coast. This year at Smithtown.
9 – Columba of Iona [Christian pioneer] ǂ
9 – Ephrem the Syrian [person of prayer] ǂ
10 – Albrecht Ritschl & Adolf von Harnack [Christian thinkers] ǂ
11 – Barnabas [apostle] ǂ
15 – Evelyn Underhill [person of prayer] ǂ
16-22 – Refugee Week
20 – World Refugee Day
22 – 47th anniversary of Uniting Church in Australia
24 – John the Baptist [witness to Jesus]
28 – Irenaeus [Christian thinker] ǂ
29 – Peter & Paul [apostles] ǂ
July
2 – Catherine & William Booth [heroes of justice and hospitality]
7–14 – 9 Sunday to Sunday – National NAIDOC Week
3 – Thomas [apostle]
5 – Willem Visser ’t Hooft (1900-1985) [reformer of the Church] ǂ
6 – Jan Hus & Peter Waldo [reformers of the Church] ǂ
8 – Priscilla & Aquila [faithful servants] ǂ
9 – George Schmidt [hero of mission]
10 – 30th Anniversary of the Covenant
11-16 – 17th National Assembly of the Uniting Church, Sydney
11 – Benedict of Nursia [person of prayer] ǂ
12 – Desiderius Erasmus [reformer of the Church] ǂ
17 – Daniel Thambyrajah (D. T.) Niles [faithful servant] ǂ
18 – Macrina of Nyssa [person of prayer]
22 – Mary Magdalene [witness to Jesus] ǂ
23 – Susanna Wesley [hero of prayer and learning]
25 – James the Great [apostle]
29 – Mary & Martha of Bethany [witnesses to Jesus] ǂ
30 – William Wilberforce [renewer of society] ǂ
31 – Ignatius Loyola [person of prayer] ǂ
August
8 – Mary Helen MacKillop [Christian pioneer] ǂ
10 – Laurence [martyr]
11 – Christine Kilham [Christian pioneer]
12 – Ann Griffiths [person of prayer] ǂ
13 – the Moravian Pentecost
13 – Florence Nightingale & Edith Cavell [renewers of society] ǂ
14 – Maximilian Kolbe [martyr]
15 – Mary, mother of Jesus [witness to Jesus] ǂ
17 – Saturday – Presbytery meeting, on Zoom
18 – Helena, mother of Constantine [faithful servant] ǂ
20 – Bernard of Clairvaux [person of prayer] ǂ
20 – William & Catherine Booth [reformers of the Church] ǂ
24 – Bartholomew [apostle]
28 – Augustine of Hippo [Christian thinker] ǂ
31 – John Bunyan [faithful servant] ǂ
31 – Liyapidiny Marika O.A.M. [Christian pioneer] ǂ
September
1/09-4/10 – Season of Creation
1 – George Brown & John Thomas [Christian pioneers] ǂ
1 – Child Safe Sunday (UCA Child Safe Week)
4 – Albert Schweitzer [Christian pioneer] ǂ
5 – Robert Browne [reformer of the Church] ǂ
5 – Mother Teresa of Calcutta [faithful servant] ǂ
17 – Hildegard of Bingen (1098-1179) [person of prayer] ǂ
17 – Anniversary of Reconciliation - between Bennelong and Captain Arthur Phillip in 1890. Described in Here's a date that Governor Phillip and Bennelong might call Australia Day
18 – Dag Hammarsjkold [faithful servant] ǂ
19-21 – Thursday-Saturday – Presbytery Retreat, Stuarts Point
20 – John Hunt & Pacific Martyrs [martyrs] ǂ
21 – Matthew [witness to Jesus] ǂ
22 – Lazarus Lamilami [faithful servant] ǂ
23 – Henri Nouwen [faithful servant] ǂ
27 – James Watson [Christian pioneer] ǂ
October
4 – Clare & Francis of Assisi [faithful servants] ǂ
4 – Seluvaia Ma’u [martyr] ǂ
6 – William Tyndale [reformer of the Church] ǂ
6 – Helen Pearl Mackenzie [medical missionary and educator] ǂ
11 – Ulrich Zwingli (1484-1531) [reformer of the Church] ǂ
12 – Elizabeth Fry (1780-1845) [renewer of society] ǂ
15 – Teresa of Avila & John of the Cross [people of prayer] ǂ
18 – Luke [witness to Jesus] ǂ
26 - Saturday - “Preaching in the Lectionary Year of Luke” workshop, Port Macquarie Uniting Church (more details to come)
23 – James, brother of Jesus [apostle] ǂ
31 – Reformation Day [reformers of the Church] ǂ
November
1 – Friday All Saints Day [faithful servants] ǂ
4 – Soren Kierkegaard [Christian thinker] ǂ
16 – Saturday – Presbytery AGM, Port Macquarie
16 – Margaret of Scotland [faithful servant] ǂ
17 – Hilda of Whitby [faithful servant] ǂ
17 – John Wimber [hero of creativity and worship]
19 – Mechtild of Magdeburg [person of prayer] ǂ
20 – John Williams & Thomas Baker [Christian pioneers] ǂ
22 – Clive Staples (C.S.) Lewis [Christian thinker and apologist] ǂ
24 – John Knox [reformer of the Church] ǂ
25 – Isaac Watts, G. F. Handel & J. S. Bach [faithful servants] ǂ
26 – Sojourner Truth [renewer of society]
29 – Dorothy Day [faithful servant] ǂ
30 – Andrew [apostle] ǂ
December
1 – Advent Sunday
1 – Charles de Foucauld [person of prayer]
4 – Nicholas Ferrar [person of prayer]
6 – Nicholas of Myra [faithful servant]
8 – Richard Baxter [faithful servant] ǂ
9 – Karl Barth [Christian thinker] ǂ
10 – Thomas Merton (1915-1968) [person of prayer] ǂ
10 – Human Rights Day
14 – John Geddie & John Paton [Christian pioneers] ǂ
21 – Anniversary of Native Title passing in the Senate in 1993
25 – Wednesday – Christmas Day
26 – Stephen [martyr] ǂ
27 – John [witness to Jesus] ǂ
27 – Emma Cotton [hero of prayer and mission]
28 – The Innocents [martyrs]
31 – Josephine Butler [renewer of society]
Much of this list is taken from A Calendar of Other Commemorations (with biographical notes), from the National Assembly of Uniting Church in Australia.
ǂ – that Calendar contains (or will in future contain) biographical notes for those people.
