2026 Calendar

January

• Jan. 1 Solemnity of Blessed Virgin Mary – Theotokos
• Jan. 4 – Solemnity of The Epiphany of The Lord
• Jan. 11 – Solemnity of The Baptism of The Lord
• Jan. 12- GSU Classes Begin
• Jan. 14 – AUC Classes Begin
• Jan. 18 – Second Sunday Ordinary Time / Lyke House Council Meeting
• Jan. 19 – Martin Luther King Jr. Day
• Jan. 21 – Memorial of St Agnes, Virgin and Martyr / Wednesday Bible Study
• Jan. 22 – Day of Prayer for the Legal Protection of Unborn Children
• Jan. 25 – Third Sunday Ordinary Time
• Jan. 28 – Wednesday Bible Study
• Jan. 29 – Lyke House Faith Formation / Bowman & Newman Scholars

February – Black History Month

• Feb. 1 – Fourth Sunday Ordinary Time
• Feb. 2 – Feast of the Presentation of the Lord
• Feb. 4 – Wednesday Bible Study
• Feb. 5 – Lyke House Faith Formation / Memorial of St Agatha, Virgin & Martyr
• Feb. 8 – Fifth Sunday Ordinary Time / Super Bowl Sunday
• Feb. 11 – Wednesday Bible Study
• Feb. 12 – Lyke House Faith Formation / Bowman & Newman Scholars
• Feb. 13-15 – Spelman / Morehouse Founders Week
• Feb. 15 – Sixth Sunday Ordinary Time
• Feb. 15 Lyke House Bowman and Newman Scholar Photo Shoot
• Feb. 18 – Ash Wednesday – Season of Lent : 8am Administration of Ashes, 12:15pm
• Mass at GSU, 5pm Mass at Lyke House
• Feb. 19 – Lyke House Faith Formation / Prayer, Sharing & Holy Hour- Benediction
• Feb. 21 – Lyke House Lenten Retreat Missionary Discipleship 10am to 5pm
• Feb. 22 – First Sunday of Lent
• Feb. 25 – Wednesday Bible Study ( optional )
• Feb. 26 – Bowman Scholar Concert in Honor of Richard Smallwood (7:30pm)
• Feb. 27 – Stations of the Cross (Fridays during Lent at 5pm )

March

• Mar. 1 – Second Sunday of Lent
• Mar. 4    – Wednesday Bible Study ( optional )
• Mar. 5 -Lyke House Faith Formation / Bowman & Newman Scholars
• Mar. 6 – Stations of the Cross (Fridays during Lent at 5pm )
• Mar. 8 – Third Sunday of Lent
• Mar. 9 – 13 – AUC Spring Break
• Mar. 15 – Fourth Sunday of Lent / Spring Break
• Mar. 16 – 22 – GSU Spring Break
• Mar. 19 – Solemnity of St. Joseph Spouse of the Blessed Virgin Mary Lyke House (5pm)
• Mar. 20 – Stations of the Cross (Fridays during Lent at 5pm )
• Mar. 21 – World Day of Prayer Cameroon Catholic Women (10am to 1pm )
• Mar. 22 – Fifth Sunday of Lent
• Mar. 25 – Solemnity of the Annunciation of the Lord Lyke House (5pm )
• Mar. 26 – Lyke House Faith Formation / Review Holy Week and Easter Triduum
• Mar. 29 – Palm Sunday of the Lords Passion – Holy Week Begins

April

• Easter Triduum at Lyke House
• Apr. 2 – Holy Thursday – Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper ( 6:30pm )
• Apr. 3 – Good Friday of the Lord’s Passion Liturgy ( 6:30pm )
• Apr. 4 – Easter Vigil in the Holy Night of Easter ( 7:30pm )
• Apr. 5 – Easter Sunday – The Resurrection of the Lord
• Apr. 11 – Spelman Founders Week
• Apr. 12 – Second Sunday of Easter (Devine Mercy)
• Apr. 16 – Lyke House Newman’s Ladies Night
• Apr. 19 – Third Sunday of Easter
• Apr. 23 – Lyke House Chosen Men’s Night
• Apr. 26 – Fourth Sunday of Easter / Lyke House Mass for 2026 Graduates
• Apr. 27 – GSU classes end
• Apr. 29 – AUC classes end

May

• May 3 – Fifth Sunday of Easter
• May 10 – Sixth Sunday of Easter
• May 17 – Ascension of The Lord
• May 15- 17 – Spelman/ Morehouse Commencement Weekend
• May 24 – Pentecost Sunday

SUMMER BREAK