Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wensday
Thursday
Friday
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1
Ascension Day
Marks the Ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven; occurs the fortieth day after Easter....
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2
Yom HaShoah
Holocaust Remembrance Day; remembers the Jews killed during World War II (begins at sundown the previous day)....
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11
Mother's Day
Second Sunday in May; a celebration of motherhood and a day to honor mothers....
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18
Trinity Sunday
Sunday after Pentecost; a day appointed to celebrate the doctrine of the Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit....
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20
Vesak (Visakha Puja / Buddha Day)
Celebrates the birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha (Hana Matsuri in Japan); celebrated on different days in the spring depending on one's culture and Buddhist tradition....
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22
Corpus Christi
Honors the body and blood of Christ; observed the eighth Thursday after Easter although in the U.S. it is celebrated on the following Sunday (May 25th this year)....
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23
Declaration of the Bab
Celebrates the Bab, herald of the greater messenger of God (begins sundown the previous day)....
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26
Memorial Day
Last Monday in May; commemorates the service men and women who died in service to their country....
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29
Ascension of Baha'u'llah
Commemorates the death of Baha'u'llah, founder of the Baha'i faith....
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May 1
Christian
Ascension Day
Marks the Ascension of Jesus Christ into heaven; occurs the fortieth day after Easter.
May 2
Jewish
Yom HaShoah
Holocaust Remembrance Day; remembers the Jews killed during World War II (begins at sundown the previous day).
May 11
American 
Secular
Mother's Day
Second Sunday in May; a celebration of motherhood and a day to honor mothers.
May 18
Christian
Trinity Sunday
Sunday after Pentecost; a day appointed to celebrate the doctrine of the Trinity of Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
May 20
Buddhist
Vesak (Visakha Puja / Buddha Day)
Celebrates the birth, enlightenment, and death of Buddha (Hana Matsuri in Japan); celebrated on different days in the spring depending on one's culture and Buddhist tradition.
May 22
Catholic
Corpus Christi
Honors the body and blood of Christ; observed the eighth Thursday after Easter although in the U.S. it is celebrated on the following Sunday (May 25th this year).
May 23
Baha'i
Declaration of the Bab
Celebrates the Bab, herald of the greater messenger of God (begins sundown the previous day).
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