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NJ School's Official Religious Holidays
[story info sent by Brian
Hoeck]
Church of God and so-called Jewish Feasts acknowledged by the New Jersey
State School Board? You heard it right! The NJ State Board of Eductaion's
website says: "According to N.J.S.A. 18A:36 14 through 16 and N.J.A.C. 6:3-9,
regarding pupil absence from school because of religious holidays, the
Commissioner of Education, with the approval of the State Board of Education,
is charged with the responsibility of prescribing such rules and regulations
as may be necessary to carry out the purpose of the law."
"The law provides that: Any pupil absent from school because of a religious
holiday may not be deprived of any award or of eligibility or opportunity
to compete for any award because of such absence. Pupils who miss a test
or examination because of absence on a religious holiday, must be given the
right to take an alternate test or examination. To be entitled to the privileges
set forth above, the pupil must present a written excuse signed by a parent
or person standing in place of a parent. Any absence because of a religious
holiday must be recorded in the school register or in any group or class
attendance record as an excused absence. Such absence must NOT be recorded
on any transcript or application or employment form or on any similar form."
"The Commissioner, with the approval of the State Board of Education, is
required
a) To prescribe such rules and regulations as may be necessary
to carry out the purposes of this act. (b) To prepare a list of religious
holidays on which it shall be mandatory to excuse a pupil. The list, however,
is to be a minimum list. Boards of education, at their discretion, may add
other days to the list for the schools of their districts."
"The district board of education has the right to add any bona fide religious
holiday to the list for its own schools. Some parents might ask for an excused
absence for their child on every day listed as a religious holiday for members
of their faith, while others might request an excuse for only part or some
of the days listed. Please note that there are times when the religious holidays
of more than one faith will fall on the same day."
Here is the official list of the NJ State Board of Education adopted Religious
Holidays for the 2004-05 School Year.
September 6 Krishna Janmashtami
September 12 Day of Ascention (Isra and Miraj) (Islamic); September 16 Feast
of Trumpets (World Wide Church of God, United Church of God and Global Church
of God); September 16 - 17 Rosh Hashanah (Jewish New Year) 2 days (Jewish);
September 17 Ganesha Chaturthi (Hindu); September 25 Day of Atonement (World
Wide Church of God, United Church of God and Global Church of God); September
25 Yom Kippur (Day of Atonement) (Jewish); September 30 - October 1 Sukkot
(First & Second Days of Tabernacles) (Jewish); September 30 - October
6 First Day through Seventh Day of Feast of Tabernacles (World Wide Church
of God, United Church of God and Global Church of God)
October 7 Eighth Day of Tabernacles (Jewish); October 7 Last Great Day (World
Wide Church of God, United Church of God and Global Church of God)); October
8 Rejoicing of the Law (Simchat Torah) (Jewish); October 15 First of Ramadan
(Islamic); October 20 Birth of the Bab (Baha’i); October 20 - 22 Dussera
(Hindu); October 31 Reformation Day (Protestant, Lutheran)
November 1 All Saints Day (Roman Catholic, Protestant, Lutheran); November
10 - 12 Deepavali (Hindu); November 12 Birth of the Baha’u’llah (Baha’i);
November 14 Eid El Fitr (End of Fasting) (Islamic)[Date is approximate with
sighting of the moon]; November 24 Guru Tegh Bahadur’s Martyrdom (Sikh);
November 26 Guru Nanak’s Birth (Sikh)
December 8 Feast of the Immaculate Conception (Roman Catholic); December
8 First Day of Hanukkah (Jewish); December 15 Eighth Day of Hanukkah (Jewish);
December 25 Christmas (Christian–general)
January 1 New Year’s Day; January 2 Feast of the Epiphany (Roman Catholic);
January 5; Guru Gobind Singh’s Birth (Sikh); January 6 Christmas (Armenian);
January 6 Feast of the Epiphany (Christian); January 7 Christmas (Eastern
Orthodox); January 14 Makara Sankranti (Hindu); January 14 New Year’s Day
(Eastern Orthodox); January 19 Feast of Epiphany (Eastern Orthodox); January
21 Feast of Sacrifice (Eid of Adha) (Islamic)[Date is approximate with sighting
of the moon]; February 8 Shrove Tuesday;
February 9 Ash Wednesday (Roman Catholic, Protestant); February 9 New Year
(Chinese, Korean and Vietnamese); February 10 New Year (Islamic)[Date is
approximate with sighting of the moon]; February 17; Sts’ Vartanantz Day
(Armenian)
March 8; Maha Shivaratri (Hindu)[Date is approximate with sighting of the
moon];March 21 Feast of Naw-Ruz (Baha’i and Iranian New Year, also Persian
New Year and Heritage Day); March 23 Lent (Eastern Orthodox); March 24 Holy
Thursday (Roman Catholic, Protestant); March 25 Holi (Hindu); March 25 Purim
(Jewish); March 25 Good Friday (Roman Catholic, Protestant); March 27 Easter
(Roman Catholic, Protestant)
April 9 Chandramana Yugardi (Hindu); April 14 Souramana Yugardi (Hindu);
April 13 or 14 Vaisakhi (Sikh); April 17 Rama Navami (Hindu); April 21 Birthday
of the Prophet Muhammad (Islamic); April 21 First Day of Ridvan (Baha’i);
April 24 First Day of Feast of Unleavened Bread or Passover (World Wide Church
of God, United Church of God and Global Church of God); April 24 & 25
First Two Days of Passover (Jewish); April 24 Memorial Day (Armenian); April
28 Holy Thursday (Eastern Orthodox); April 29 Holy Friday (Eastern Orthodox);
April 29 Ninth Day of Ridvan (Baha’i); April 30 Seventh Day of Feast of
Unleavened Bread or Passover (World Wide Church of God, United Church of
God and Global Church of God); April 30 - May 1 Seventh & Eighth Days
of Passover (Jewish)
May 1 Easter (Eastern Orthodox); May 2 Bright Monday (Eastern Orthodox);
May 2 Twelfth Day of Ridvan (Baha’i); May 5 Ascension Day (Roman Catholic,
Protestant); May 23 Declaration of the Bab (Baha’i); May 29 Ascension of
Baha’u’llah (Baha’i)
June 9 Ascension Day (Eastern Orthodox); June 12 Day of Pentecost (World
Wide Church of God, United Church of God and Global Church of God); June
13 - 14; Shavuot (Feast of Weeks) 2 days (Jewish); June 16 Guru Arjun’s Martyrdom
(Sikh)
Quite an ecumenical hodge-podge of holidays, isn't it? If your state is also
including CoG Holydays in their official holiday list for School Boards or
otherwise I would like to know about this. Please email totw@truthontheweb.org
(Thanks)
On The Net: New Jersey
http://www.state.nj.us/njded/genfo/holidays.htm
Massachussetts
http://www.doe.mass.edu/resources/holidays.html
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More Historic Happenings
December 01
1145 - Pope Eugene III sent a papal bull to the French King, Louis VII,
proclaiming the Second Crusade. Led by Louis and Emperor Conrad III from
1147-49, the crusade failed to accomplish its goal.
1742 - Jews are expelled from Great Russia by Empress Elisabeth
1764 - The French government abolished the Jesuit order in that country.
(The Society of Jesus was completely suppressed by Clement XIV in 1767, but
was restored again by Pius VII in 1814.)
1909 - Groundbreaking ceremonies were held for Bob Jones College (University),
in Panama City, FL. This Protestant Fundamentalist college later relocated
its campus to Greenville, SC.
1950 - American missionary martyr Jim Elliot wrote in his journal: 'Unwillingness
to accept God's "way of escape" from temptation frightens me what a rebel
yet resides within.'
1978 - President Carter more than doubles national park system size [This
is the surrender of our land for the debt due the international banksters]
1989 - Professed atheist USSR President Mikhail S Gorbachev meets Pope John
Paul II at the Vatican
December 02
1763 - The Touro Synagogue opened in Newport, RI. Sephardic Jews in Jamaica,
Surinam, London and Amsterdam sponsored the building of this first major
center of Jewish culture in America.
1804 - Napoleon becomes 1st French emperor. Crowns himself Emperor while
Pope Pius VII looks on
1823 - President James Monroe declares his "Monroe Doctrine" against 'European
Powers' which included the Holy Alliance. This doctrine barred any foreign
power from owning American land (ie The Vatican city-state and Catholic church,
other European countries (many with kings with allegiance to the Pope), and
other foreign powers that were or were to be. Boy, did that change fast ...
I believe, if not mistaken, the Catholic Church is the largest private landowner
in the US.
1848 - Franz Josef I becomes emperor of Austria and King of Hungary
1852 - 2nd French empire established; Louis Napoleon becomes emperor
1873 - The Reformed Episcopal Church was organized in New York City when
8 clergymen and 20 laymen broke from the Protestant Episcopal Church over
a debate regarding proper church ritual.
1908 - The Federal Council of Churches of Christ in America was founded in
Philadelphia. (In 1950 this ecumenical organization was replaced by the National
Council of Churches.)
1946 - Rev. E.V. Steele founded the European Christian Orphanage and Mission
Society in Alberta, Canada. Its name was changed in 1953 to World Missions
Fellowship and has been headquartered since 1961 in Grants Pass. OR.
1961 - Jesuit trained Fidel Castro declares he's a Marxist, & will lead
Cuba to Communism
1970 - Environmental Protection Agency begins (Director: William Ruckelshaus)
December 03
0741 - Zachary begins his reign as Catholic Pope
1170 - Archbishop of Canterbury Thomas Becket, 52, returned to England after
six years of exile in France. (Becket would be slain on December 29th of
this year - killed by soldiers sent by his former friend, English King Henry
II.)
1347 - Pope Clemens VI declares Roman tribune, Cola di Rienzi, a heretic
1557 - 1st Covenant of Scottish protestants form
1685 - Charles II bars Jews from settling in Stockholm Sweden
1969 - John Lennon is offered role of Jesus Christ in Jesus Christ Superstar
1976 - In Chicago, the Association of Evangelical Lutheran Churches (AELC)
was formally organized. The bulk of membership derived from former affiliates
of the Missouri Synod Lutheran Church.
1992 - UN Security Council votes unanimously for US led forces to enter Somalia
December 04
0963 - Holy Roman Emperor Otto deposed Pope John XII for dishonourable conduct
and for plotting an armed conspiracy. Leo VIII succeeded as pope.
1154 - Adrian IV, 54, was elected to the papacy. Born Nicholas Breakspear,
near St. Albans, England, he was the only Englishman ever elevated to the
office of pope.
1334 - John XXII, Pope from 1316, died. The second Avignon pope, he improved
church administration and upheld papal authority against Emperor Louis IV
1674 - French Jesuit missionary Jacques Marquette erected a mission on the
shores of Lake Michigan, in present day Illinois. His log cabin became the
first building of a settlement that afterward grew to become the city of
Chicago.
1809 - The International Bible Society was founded in New York City as an
interdenominational agency for translating, producing, and distributing the
Scriptures. The I.B.S. has since distributed the Bible to over 150 countries
in the world.
1816 - James Monroe (VA), elected 5th pres, defeating Federalist Rufus King
1864 - Romanian Jews are forbidden to practice law
1930 - Vatican approves rhythm method for birth control
1933 - FDR creates Federal Alcohol Control Administration
1941 - Nazi ordinances place Jews of Poland outside protection of courts
1945 - Senate approves US participation in UN
1981 - President Reagan allows CIA to engage in 'domestic counter-intelligence'
(Executive Order on Intelligence No 12333)
1995 - Itzhak Rabin, PM of Israel (1968-73), assassinated
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Pope Urges Rediscovery of Sunday
As the liturgical preparatory period for Christmas rolled along, the Roman
Catholic Pontiff John Paul II called for "the rediscovery ... of the meaning
of Sunday." The Pope's daily address in St. Peter's Square Wednesday noted
it was the first Sunday of Advent on, according to Zenit news, which "we
will contemplate with particular fervor the face of Christ present in the
Eucharist." [I am surprised he didn't bid on the face of Mary present in
the grilled cheese sandwich on eBay! Seriously, the Pope has called this
year "The Year of The Eucharist"]
The Pope said the 24th Eucharistic Congress will take place in Bari, Italy
from May 21-29 and its main theme will be: "Without Sunday, We Cannot Live"
which "gives even greater prominence to the Year of the Eucharist." The leader
of the world's Roman Catholics said "I invite the ecclesial community of
Italy to prepare itself with great care for this spiritual event, to "rediscover
with new intensity the meaning of Sunday: its 'mystery,' its celebration,
its significance for Christian and human life"
The Marian Pope closed the message saying, "May Mary Most Holy, "Eucharistic
Woman" and Virgin of Advent, help us to receive with joy the Christ who comes,
and to celebrate worthily the sacramental presence of the Eucharistic mystery."
On The Net:
Sabbath Commandment Vs Sunday Law at
http://www.truthontheweb.org/sunday.htm
Sabbath/Sunday : Notes & Quotes at
http://www.truthontheweb.org/notes.htm
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Notable Sabbath Quotes
"Rites and ceremonies, of which neither Paul nor Peter ever heard, crept
silently into use, and then claimed the rank of divine institutions. Officers
for whom the primitive disciples could have found no place, and titles which
to them would have been altogether unintelligible, began to challenge attention,
and to be named apostolic." --William D. Killen, The Ancient Church, preface,
p. xvi [Killen (1806-1902) was a Protestant church history professor in Belfast,
Ireland].
"The Church made a sacred day of Sunday . . . largely because it was the
weekly festival of the sun;--for it was a definite Christian policy to take
over the pagan festivals endeared to the people by tradition, and to give
them a Christian significance."--Arthur Weigall, The Paganism in Our
Christianity, 1928, p. 145 [Dr. A. E. Weigall (1880-1937) was a high-ranking
British Egyptologist in the Egyptian Government].
"Remains of the struggle [between Christianity and Mithraism] are found in
two institutions adopted from its rival by Christianity in the fourth century,
the two Mithraic sacred days: December 25th, dies natalis solis [birthday
of the sun], as the birthday of Jesus,--and Sunday, 'the venerable day of
the Sun,' as Constantine called it in his [Sunday law] edict of 321."--Walter
Woodburn Hyde, Paganism to Christianity in the Roman Empire, p. 60. [Hyde
(1870- ?) was an American ancient history professor and writer].
"Is it not strange that Sunday is almost universally observed when the Sacred
Writings do not indorse it? Satan, the great counterfeiter, worked through
the 'mystery of iniquity' to introduce a counterfeit Sabbath to take the
place of the true Sabbath of God. Sunday stands side by side with Ash Wednesday,
Palm Sunday, Holy (or Maundy) Thursday, Good Friday, Easter Sunday, Whitsun
day, Corpus Christi, Assumption Day, All Souls' Day, Christmas Day, and a
host of other ecclesiastical feast days too numerous to mention. This array
of Roman catholic feasts and fast days are all man made. None of them bears
the divine credentials of the Author of the Inspired Word."--M. E. Walsh.
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Missing Links
Some links about Christmas and its pagan origins:
The X-Mas Files Vol
1 at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol1.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol 2
at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol2.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol 3
at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol3.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol
4 at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol4.htm
The X-Mas Files Vol 5
at http://www.truthontheweb.org/xmasvol5.htm
Christmas: The Greatest
Story Never Told at http://www.truthontheweb.org/chrismas.htm [by Harold
Cormany]
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Notable Quotes & Quotable Notes
"Who has deceiv'd thee so oft as thy self" -- Benjamin Franklin
"We are never deceived; we deceive ourselves." -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe
[German dramatist, novelist, poet, &scientist (1749 - 1832)]
"The true way to be deceived is to think oneself more knowing than others."
-- François, duc de La Rochefoucauld (1613-1680)
"Mundus vult decipi, ergo decipiatur." ["The world desires to be deceived;
therefore it is" ] -- (Petronius, during the decline of the Roman Empire.)
God never gives us discernment in order that we may criticize, but that we
may intercede. --Oswald Chambers
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