2023 CALENDAR OF EVENTS
Isrāʾ wa Miʿrāj | The Eve of Ascent
Our annual commemoration of the timeless Night Journey of the Beloved ﷺ – Our Zoom link will be posted to Lanturna.com one week prior to our virtual session.
DAILY GATHERINGS
Take our 40 Day Challenge and recite Sūrat Yā Sīn and Sūrat al-Mulk with us daily at 8:30 am and 8:30 pm ET, respectively, via YouTube.com/Lanturna. We aspire to fill 1000 homes with angelic light. Together with your families, turn your home into 1 of 1000 lanterns. If ever we are unable to meet on YouTube, our backup reciter will lead us via Zoom. To receive notifications for when this happens, please join our Recitation group.
WEEKLY REMINDERS
MARGINALIA | Friday Reflections
Join us every Friday at 12 pm ET live from Lanturna’s YouTube channnel for a short reflection on the gems of wisdom that color our brilliant scholarly tradition.
SCHEDULED EVENTS
JANUARY – DECEMBER, 2023
Scroll through the calendar below to see our scheduled events for this year:
Feb 17
Isrāʾ wa Miʿrāj | The Eve of Ascent
Our annual commemoration of the timeless Night Journey of the Beloved ﷺ – Our Zoom link will be posted to Lanturna.com one week prior to our virtual session.
Mar 14
A Lexical Taste of Fasting
Discover some of the spiritual connotations of the Qur’anic verse wherein the faithful are commanded to fast. This session is open to the public as a prelude to our Ramadan Retreat and Month-Long Program the weekend of March 17 – 19. Our Zoom link will be posted to Lanturna.com/Ramadan one week prior to our virtual session.
Mar 17 - Apr 21
Ramadan | The Ritual of Hunger and Thirst
A summary of Imām al-Ghazzālī’s Book on Gluttony. Fasting is the sustenance of the souls, and feasting after fasting breaks the spiritual fast. Early registration for our weekend retreat and weekly Ramadan program will begin one month prior to our retreat via Lanturna.com/Ramadan.
May 19 - 21
In Preparation for Ḥajj
Welcome to all who are planning to perform ḥajj in the coming months. Our Zoom link will be posted to Lanturna.com one week prior to our virtual session.
Jul 24 - 30
New Mexico Summer Sīrah Program
Join us in New Mexico for this 6-day retreat, which will highlight milestones from the blessed life of the Prophet Muhammad ﷺ to serve as signposts as we tread the paths of our own lives. Early registration will begin three months prior to our program at Lanturna.com/Sirah.
Jul 31 - Aug 7
New Mexico Summer Family Retreat
Join us in New Mexico for our 2nd Annual Family Retreat with five concurrent programs based on age groups. Early registration will begin three months prior to our program at Lanturna.com/Family.
Sep 26
Āminah’s Gift | The Birth of Compassion
Our annual commemoration of the Birth of the Beloved ﷺ – Our Zoom link will be posted to Lanturna.com one week prior to our virtual session.
October 6 - 8
Living with Presence
Receive the sacred words of the Prophet ﷺ—whose remembrance of God becomes our nexus to Him and whose divine communion becomes the dialect of our gratitude—that we may render the little we can muster to receive the much He bequeaths! Early registration will begin three months prior to our retreat at Lanturna.com/Presence.
Nov 17 - 25
ʿUmrah
Welcome to all who are planning to perform ʿumrah in the coming months. Our Zoom link will be posted to Lanturna.com/Umrah three months prior to our virtual session.
Nov 27 - Dec 12
In the Footsteps of the Prophet ﷺ | The Hijrah Route
Tread with us the path of the hijrah as we migrate to Allah and His Messenger ﷺ from Mecca to Medina. The traverse is expected to endure 15 days. Early registration will begin three months prior to our excursion via Lanturna.com/Hijrah.
