April 2025 National Child Abuse Prevention Month
1	Birthday of Frida Berrigan (1974): Activist and columnist for Waging Nonviolence
2	National Day of Prayer (U.S.)
4	International Day for Mine Awareness and Assistance in Mine Action
	Anniversary of the assassination of Martin Luther King, Jr. (1929-1968)
5	Feast of St. Vincent Ferrer
6	Fifth Sunday of Lent
7	World Health Day
	Day of Remembrance for the Victims of the Rwandan Genocide
10	Birthday of Dolores Huerta (1930): Labor leader and civil rights activist who, with César Chávez, founded the National Farmworkers Association, which later became United Farm Workers
11	Proclamation of the encyclical Pacem in Terris, Peace on Earth (1963), Pope John XXIII
12-20	Passover begins at sundown on April 12 and ends at sundown on April 20: Orthodox, Hasidic, and other Jews in the Diaspora will celebrate the holiday as 8 days ending on Sunday, April 20
12	International Day for Street Children
13	Palm Sunday
	Birthday of Amy Goodman (1957): Host and executive producer of Democracy Now!
15	World Art Day
	Income Tax Day in the U.S.
16	Martin Luther King, Jr. writes “Letter from a Birmingham Jail” (1963)
17	Holy Thursday
	Birthday of Loung Ung (1970): American-Cambodian human rights activist, author, and the national spokesperson for the Campaign for a Landmine-Free World
18	Good Friday
	Anniversary of the death of Cornelia Connelly (1809-1879: Founder of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus
19	Holy Saturday
20	Easter —Feast of the Resurrection of Our Lord Jesus Christ
21	Anniversary of the Sri Lanka Easter Bombings (2019)
	Birthday of Helen Prejean, C.S.J. (1939): Leading American advocate for the abolition of the death penalty
22	Earth Day
23-24	Yom HaShoah 2025 (Holocaust Remembrance Day)
25	Arbor Day
	Birthday of Charlene Teters (1952): Native American artist, educator, and lecturer known for her activism against racism in sports and media on behalf of native peoples
26	Birthday of Joan Chittister, O.S.B. (1936): Author and renowned international lecturer on social justice, women’s issues, and spirituality in the church and society
	Anniversary of the assassination of Bishop Juan José Gerardi (1922-1998): Human rights defender, assassinated two days after announcing the release of the report on victims of the Guatemalan Civil War, “Guatemala: Nunca Más!”
27	Canonization of Popes John XXIII and John Paul II
	Day of Silence: Annual day of action to protest harassment of LGBT people
28	Birthday of Oskar Schindler (1908 -1974): German spy and member of the Nazi Party who is credited with saving the lives of 1,200 Jews during the Holocaust
29	International Dance Day
	Feast of St. Catherine of Siena: Patroness of illness, nurses, and fire prevention
	World Day of Remembrance for all Victims of Chemical Warfare
30	International Jazz Day