Austin Lodge No.12

Father`s Day
2025-06-15 00:00 - 23:59 (America/Chicago)
Father`s Day, in the United States, holiday (third Sunday in June) to honour fathers. Credit for originating the holiday is generally given to Sonora Smart Dodd of Spokane, Washington, whose father, a Civil Warveteran, raised her and her five siblings after their mother died in childbirth. She is said to have had the idea in 1909 while listening to a sermon on Mother`s Day, which at the time was becoming established as a holiday.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Fathers-Day

St John the Baptist Day
2025-06-24 00:00 - 23:59
The first Grand Lodge was formed on 24 June the feast day of John the Baptist in 1717. This may arise from a very old tradition, since the Baptist appears to have been regarded as the patron of stonemasons in continental Europe during the Middle Ages. The guild of masons and carpenters attached to Cologne Cathedral was known as the Fraternity of St. John the Baptist. The earliest surviving record of Grand Lodge of Ireland installing a Grand Master is dated to 24 June 1725. As records of individual lodges appear in Ireland and in the Antients in England, it seems many of them met to install a new master twice a year, on the feast days of both the Baptist and the Evangelist.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St._John%27s_Day,_Masonic_feast

Independence Day
2025-07-04 00:00 - 23:59
Independence Day, also called Fourth of July or July 4th, in the United States, the annual celebration of nationhood. It commemorates the passage of the Declaration of Independence by the Continental Congress on July 4, 1776.
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Independence-Day-United-States-holiday

Labor Day
2025-09-01 00:00 - 23:59
Lodge is dark. No dinner will be served, and no meeting held afterwards. Masonry 101 class will still be held.
Labor Day pays tribute to the contributions and achievements of American workers and is traditionally observed on the first Monday in September. It was created by the labor movement in the late 19th century and became a federal holiday in 1894. Labor Day weekend also symbolizes the end of summer for many Americans, and is celebrated with parties, street parades and athletic events.
https://www.history.com/topics/holidays/labor-day-1

Yom Kippur
2025-10-01 00:00 - 23:59
Yom Kippur is the holiest day in Judaism and Samaritanism. It occurs annually on the 10th of Tishrei. Primarily centered on atonement and repentance, the day’s observances consist of full fasting and ascetic behavior accompanied by intensive prayer as well as sin confessions.

Diwali
2025-10-20 00:00 - 23:59
Diwali, or Dipawali, is India’s biggest and most important holiday of the year. The festival gets its name from the row(avali) of clay lamps (deepa) that Indians light outside their homes to symbolize the inner light that protects from spiritual darkness. This festival is as important to Hindus as the Christmas holiday is to Christians.
Over the centuries, Diwali has become a national festival that’s also enjoyed by non-Hindu communities. For instance, in Jainism, Diwali marks the nirvana, or spiritual awakening, of Lord Mahavira on October 15, 527 B.C.; in Sikhism, it honors the day that Guru Hargobind Ji, the Sixth Sikh Guru, was freed from imprisonment. Buddhists in India celebrate Diwali as well.
https://kids.nationalgeographic.com/pages/article/diwali

Halloween
2025-10-31 00:00 - 23:59
All Hallows’ Eve, or All Saints’ Eve is a celebration observed in many countries on 31 October, the eve of the Western Christian feast of All Saints’ Day.

Veterans Day
2025-11-11 00:00 - 23:59
Veterans Day (originally known as Armistice Day) is a federal holiday in the United States observed annually on November 11, for honoring military veterans of the United States Armed Forces (who were discharged under conditions other than dishonorable). It coincides with other holidays including Armistice Day and Remembrance Day which are commemorated in other countries that mark the anniversary of the end of World War I. Major hostilities of World War I were formally ended at the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of 1918 when the Armistice with Germany went into effect. At the urging of major U.S. veteran organizations, Armistice Day was renamed Veterans Day in 1954.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Veterans_Day#cite_note-VAhistory-5

Thanksgiving Family Dinner & Movie
2025-11-17 18:00 - 19:30
The Stewards of Austin Lodge No. 12 will serve a traditional Thanksgiving Dinner with sides in This Monday. Following the dinner a family friendly movie will be played in the Theater. Friends, family, and significant others are welcome to join us for the dinner. A movie will be screened for the guests in the theater after dinner. Dinner will be served at 6:30, and and the movie will start at 7:30.

Thanksgiving
2025-11-27 00:00 - 23:59
Thanksgiving is a national holiday celebrated on various dates in the United States, Canada, Grenada, Saint Lucia, and Liberia. It began as a day of giving thanks and sacrifice for the blessing of the harvest and of the preceding year. Similarly named festival holidays occur in Germany and Japan.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thanksgiving

Christmas Day
2025-12-25 00:00 - 23:59
Merry Christmas, Frohe Weihnachten, Joyeux No‘l, Buon Natale, Vrolijk Kerstfeest, Feliz Navidad, God Jul, Mutlu Noeller.
