Date:
October 13, 2016
To: From: Subject:
All Employees Human Resources 2017 Holiday Schedule
The following is the 2017 holiday schedule the Diocese of Springfield will observe: New Year’s Day
Monday, January 2, 2017 (New Year’s Day falls on Sunday)
Martin Luther King Day
Monday, January 16, 2017
Presidents’ Day
Monday, February 20, 2017
Good Friday
Friday, April 14, 2017
Easter Monday/Patriots’ Day*
Monday, April 17, 2017
Memorial Day
Monday, May 29, 2017
Independence Day
Tuesday, July 4, 2017
Labor Day
Monday, September 4, 2017
Columbus Day
Monday, October 9, 2017
Veterans’ Day
Friday, November 10, 2017 (Veterans’ Day falls on Saturday)
Thanksgiving Day
Thursday, November 23, 2017
Day after Thanksgiving
Friday, November 24, 2017
Christmas Day*
Monday, December 25, 2017
Christmas Eve*
Tuesday, December 26, 2017 (Christmas Eve falls on Sunday)
Day After Christmas*
Wednesday, December 27, 2017
In Lieu of Patriots’ Day*
Thursday, December 28, 2017
New Year’s Eve*
Friday, December 29, 2017 (New Year’s Eve falls on Sunday)
New Year’s Day (2018)*
Monday, January 1, 2018
*Please note that due to the way that the holidays fall in 2017, the Diocese will be closed from Monday, December 25, 2017 through and including Monday, January 1, 2018 for the Christmas holiday observance. The diocesan offices will reopen on Tuesday, January 2, 2018. Note: If you are not normally scheduled to work on the day a holiday falls, you are not eligible to receive pay for that day, nor do you receive a day in lieu of that holiday. If you are on vacation during a holiday that you normally would have worked, that time will be paid as holiday time.