Media Training for bishops and diocesan communicators will be held in Cincinnati, May 5 . National Day of Prayer is May 7 . Mother's Day is May 10 . World Communications Day is May 17 . The calendar will provide highlights of events and activities to take place during the year 2000 both in the United States and Rome and offer suggestions for parish and diocesan celebrations marking the start of the Third Millennium.
Plans call for the calendar to be ready by the end of the summer.
Ascension Thursday is May 21 . Memorial Day is observed May 25 . May 31 is Pentecost . May is a month marked by ordinations . Look for a press pack to be distributed from the National Conference of Catholic Bishops about the Class of 1998 .