CALENDAR OF EVENTS FOR 2026
Public Events ***Charity Events
HOLIDAYS, ***NON FED/RELIGIOUS New Star Member Birthdays/Events
OES & Lodge Related Events New Star Outings
New Star Chapter Meetings HH CT Meetings
Page last updated: 06/02/2025
2026
2026
JANUARY
01 - New Years Day
11 - Sis. L. Brown Birthday
- NS Chapter Meeting, 6 PM
18 - Sis. T. Haymer Birthday
- Sarai (Amaranth) Meeting, 12 PM
- King Holiday
- Geneva (HOJ) Meeting, 7 PM
24 - PWM S. Smith Birthday
25 - Sis. Weatherspoon Birthday
26 - PWME MARCUS SMITH BIRTHDAY
31 - Sis. D. Smith-Adams Birthday
FEB
13 - PWM S. Duncan Birthday
14 Valentines Day
- President's Day
19 - Sis. T Hammond Birthday
Moses E. Terrell Scholarship Banquet - State of Illinois
- ***RAMADAN BEGINS
MAR
07 - Sis. Rolland Birthday
- Daylight Savings Time - SPRING FORWARD
10 - Sis. L. Peggs Birthday
- Sarai (Amaranth) Meeting, 12 PM
17 - St. Patricks Day
- Geneva (HOJ) Meeting, 7 PM
- RAMADAN ENDS
APR
11 - Sis. C. Haymer Birthday
- ***PASSOVER BEGINS
- Palm Sunday
- HOJ Palm Sunday Program, 7443 S INGLESIDE, 3 PM
- NS Chapter Meeting, 6 PM
14 - Sis. M. Lee-Harris Birthday
14 - Sis. P Smart Birthday
15 - Sis. J. Dillon Birthday
17 - Sis. G. Wright Birthday
- Sarai (Amaranth) Meeting, 12 PM
- Easter
- ***PASSOVER ENDS
- Earth Day
25 - Sis. G. Palmer Birthday
- **New Star CHARITY EVENT - 9 AM - 12 Noon. CLEAN UP RAIL ROAD JUNCTION PARK, our adopted park.
In conjunction with Friends of the Parks.
MAY
02 - PWME Gail Lee-Fason Birthday
05 - ***CINCO DE MAYO
- FIRST FRIDAY CINCO DE MAYO @ MW ST. JOHN GRAND LODGE
- Mothers Day
- NS Chapter Meeting, 6 PM
- Sarai (Amaranth) Meeting, 12 PM
- GENEVA (HOJ) Meeting, 7 PM
- Memorial Day
JUN
07 - Sis. D. Simmons Birthday
- 1st Friday (SJGL&COES) at MWSJGL
- NS Chapter Meeting, 6PM
10 - WM Kym Garlington Hargrove Birthday
- ***FATHERS DAY
19 - JUNETEENTH DAY
- Sarai (Amaranth) Meeting, 12 PM
JUL
1st Friday (SJGL&COES) at MWSJGL
04 - INDEPENDENCE DAY
04 - Sis. Melanese Stitts Birthday
- NS Chapter Meeting, 6PM
- Sarai (Amaranth) Meeting, 12 PM
- Geneva (HOJ) Meeting , 7 PM
23 - Sis. P. Smith Birthday
AUG
01 - FIRST FRIDAY @ MW ST. JOHN GRAND LODGE
03 - Sis. Donegan Birthday
05 - Sis. Z Long Birthday
- NS Chapter Meeting, 6PM
- Annual O.U.T. (Order of Universal Turtles) SHELLNIC, DOLTON PARK
- Sarai (Amaranth) Meeting, 12 PM
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SEPT
01 - PWM Michelle Stitts Birthday
- LABOR DAY
- 1st Friday (SJGL&COES) ay MWSJGL
- SJGC Grand Chapter Meeting, 3 pm
08 - NS Chapter Meeting, 6 PM
09 - Sis. T. Murry Birthday
15 - Sis. T. Washington Birthday
16 - New Star 26th Anniversary
- Geneva (HOJ) Meeting , 7 PM
- Sarai (Amaranth) Meeting, 12 Noon
- Deanna Grand Court (Amaranth), 2:30 PM
OCT
01 - Sis. C. Stitts Birthday
04 - 1st Friday (SJGL&COES) at MWSJGL
- St. John SOI 1-2:30 PM
- NS Chapter Meeting, 6 PM
- INDIGENOUS PEOPLES DAY/COLUMBUS DAY
21 - Sis. D. Jackson Birthday
- Sarai (Amaranth) Meeting, 12 Noon
19 - Sis. M. Alsay Birthday
- Geneva (HOJ) Meeting - ZOOM, 7 PM
25 - Sis. J. Bond Birthday
28 - Sis. P. Strong Birthday
31 - ***HALLOWEEN
NOV
- 1st Friday (SJGL&COES) at MWSJGL
- St. John SOI 1-2:30 PM
- Daylight Savings Time - FALL BACK
- NS Chapter Meeting, 6 PM
11 - VETERANS DAY
- Sarai (Amaranth) Meeting, 12 Noon
18 - PWME N. Harvey Birthday
20 - PWM P. Stovall Birthday
- THANKSGIVING
DEC
- St. John SOI 1-2:30 PM
05 - 1st Friday (SJGL&COES) at MWSJGL
- NS Chapter Meeting (Chapter Christmas Party), 6 PM
- *****Distribute Christmas gifts for Ada S. McKinley Group Home
- SJGC Grand Chapter Meeting, 3 PM
17 - Sis. T. Williams Birthday
St. John Christmas Party
- Sarai (Amaranth) Meeting, 12 PM
- Deanna Grand Court (Amaranth), 2:30 PM
- Geneva (HOJ) Meeting - ZOOM, 7 PM
25 - CHRISTMAS
26 - ***KWANZAA BEGINS, HANUKKAH BEGINS
31 - ***NEAR YEARS EVE