December 1
World AIDS Day
December 1-5
Eleventh Annual Diocesan Educational/Catechetical Leadership Institute: "Commitment to Tradition, Commitment to Change, Forming Diocesan Leaders," St. Mary's Center for Continuing Formation, Baltimore, MD. Contact Dr. Michael Steier, USCCB, at (202) 541-3135 or msteier@usccb.org.
December 2
First Sunday of Advent
December 8
Feast of the Immaculate Conception
December 9
National Collection for Retired Religious. Contact: Sister Janice Bader, USCCB, at (202) 541-3465 or jbader@usccb.org.
December 12
Feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Patroness of the Americas
December 25
Christmas Day
Dec. 28-Jan. 1
National Catholic Student Coalition's 24th Annual Leadership Conference: "Our Catholic Faith, Our World in Need," Los Angeles. Contact: Maureen McDonald, NCSC Conference Coordinator, at (845) 216-4563 or email at ncsc_conference@catholicstudent.org.

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