My Calendar
Events in May 2024
| MonMonday | TueTuesday | WedWednesday | ThuThursday | FriFriday | SatSaturday | SunSunday |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
29/04/2024(1 event) International Dance Day 
This is a lovely day to celebrate! Humans seem to have a universal desire to dance. It happens across all societies and it was wonderful in 2019 that we had our own flashmob dance in the Peace Garden to mark this event. Here it is! Here's another flashmob of joy! And here's a wonderful song - I HOPE YOU DANCE:
A PRAYER FOR TODAY (available here as a 1:00 video) Creator God, we thank you for the beauty of dance. Help us to leap with your joy, to stretch with your passion, to balance with your strength as we express our thoughts and emotions. May our dancing always be a spirit-filled, life-giving expression of our humanity.
We pray this in your holy name. AMEN
|
30/04/2024(1 event) International Jazz Day 
Here's a 4:53 reflection on International Jazz Day including an exuberant extract from The Boss and the E-Street Band! |
01/05/2024
|
02/05/2024(1 event) World Tuna Day |
03/05/2024(1 event) World Press Freedom Day 
Why should we care about press freedom? (1:13) So, how are things around the world? This video (3:2) compares the freedom of the press. What do you think of where the UK is ranked?
A PRAYER FOR TODAY (available here as a 1:00 video)Loving God, We give thanks for journalists who investigate, inform and celebrate.
Strengthen and direct all who write what many read, May they be courageous in confronting evil and injustice: May they act with honesty and integrity, And feel protected and empowered to challenge oppression in all its forms.
We ask this in your holy name!
St Julie: pray for us, protect us and bless us. |
04/05/2024
|
05/05/2024
|
06/05/2024
|
07/05/2024
|
08/05/2024(2 events) Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation ... ... for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War. World Red Cross and Red Crescent Day 
Sp, what are the basic principles of the Red Cross and Red Crescent (2:22)?
Here are 5 great facts about the movement! (0:55) |
09/05/2024(1 event) Time of Remembrance and Reconciliation ... ... for Those Who Lost Their Lives During the Second World War. |
10/05/2024
|
11/05/2024
|
12/05/2024
|
13/05/2024(1 event) Feast of St. Julie (anniversary of her beatification in 1906) 
On this special day, do CLICK HERE for a short (3:52) video reflecting on the 'What If' moments of the life of St. Julie. |
14/05/2024
|
15/05/2024(1 event) International Day of Families |
16/05/2024(2 events) International Day of Light International Day of Living Together in Peace |
17/05/2024(3 events) "Vesak", the Day of the Full Moon International Day against Homophobia and Transphobia 
This is a short French news item marking this day in 2020.
CLICK HERE for a one minute prayer for this day!
World Telecommunication and Information Society Day Why not catch up on the boxset of The Julie Show on this day!
|
18/05/2024
|
19/05/2024
|
20/05/2024(1 event) World Bee Day |
21/05/2024(1 event) World Day for Cultural Diversity ... ... for Dialogue and Development |
22/05/2024(1 event) International Day for Biological Diversity |
23/05/2024(1 event) International Day to End Obstetric Fistula |
24/05/2024
|
25/05/2024
|
26/05/2024
|
27/05/2024
|
28/05/2024
|
29/05/2024(1 event) International Day of UN Peacekeepers |
30/05/2024
|
31/05/2024(1 event) World No-Tobacco Day |
01/06/2024(1 event) Global Day of Parents 
This day was set up by the United Nations in 2012 and it is designed to appreciate all parents for their "selfless commitment to children and their lifelong sacrifice towards nurturing this relationship." Of course, not all parents manage to live up to such high standards all the time. There are plenty of bumps along the road of parenting and some parents struggle and fail. Today though, we are encouraged to focus on the challenge of being a parent. A prayer for Global Day of Parents (available here as a video 1:35) Loving, Creator, parent God – we hold before you now – all parents.
Being a parent can be exhausting and overwhelming – give all parents the strength and resilience required to meet the challenges.
Being a parent involves making difficult decisions – Give all parents wisdom as they consider them – and peace of mind when they are made.
Being a parent isn’t easy – and all parents make mistakes, When this happens, help them to put things right.
And when parents get older and need looking after, May their children do so with patience, kindness and compassion, ensuring their parents retain the dignity which comes as being a child of God created in your image!
We pray this in your holy name. AMEN |
02/06/2024
|