Saint Andrew's Day been given national holiday status. In 2006, the Scottish Parliament passed the St. Andrew's Day Bank Holiday (Scotland) Act 2007, which designated the Day as an official bank holiday. If 30 November falls on a weekend, the next Monday is a bank holiday instead. Although it is a bank holiday, banks are not required to close and employers are not required to give their employees the day off as a holiday. The University of St Andrews traditionally gives the day for all the students as a free holiday, but this is not a binding rule. Saint Andrew's Day is an
Daughters of the Holy Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew Daughters of the Holy Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew The Daughters of the Holy Cross, Sisters of St. Andrew (French: "Filles de la Croix, Sœurs de Saint-André"; Latin: "Institutum Filiarum Crucis seu Sororum Sancti Andreae"), is a religious institute of pontifical right whose members profess public vows of chastity, poverty, and obedience and follow the evangelical way of life in common. Their mission includes instruction and education of youth and care of the sick. This religious institute was founded in the castle of Molante, near Saint-Pierre-de-Maillé, France, in 1807, by st. Andrew Fournet, with the help of st. Joan Elizabeth