Chaplaincy Diary

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June

Sunday 1st June 2014 Ascension Day - observed
(Catholic Church in England and Wales) (Christian)
Wednesday 4th June 2014 Shavuot - first day
(Jewish)
 Stockport Air Disaster 1967
On the morning of Sunday 4th June 1967, a British Midland Airways (BMA) C-4 Argonaut aircraft flying back from Palma de Mallorca,Spain to Manchester Airport crashed at Hopes Carr off Waterloo Road. Local people, many of them on their way to worship at the Salvation Army Citadel, rescued 10 passengers ,the pilot and a stewardess before the flames engulfed the aircraft. The remaining 72 passengers on board the aircraft perished in the flames.
Sunday 8th June 2014 Pentecost - Whitsunday
(Christian )
Sunday 15th June 2014 Trinity Sunday
(Christian)
 All Saints' Day
(Orthodox - Christian )
Monday 16th June 2014 Martyrdom of Guru Arjan Dev
(Nanakshahi calendar) (Sikh )
Thursday 19th June 2014 Corpus Christi
(Christian )
Saturday 21st June 2014 Summer Solstice - Litha
(Pagan )
 Corpus Christi - observed
(Catholic Church in England and Wales - Christian)
Saturday 28th June 2014 Ramadan - start
(Muslim)
Sunday 29th June 2014 St Peter and St Paul
(Christian)