All souls day

November 2nd | All Souls Day. The commemoration of all the faithful departed is celebrated by the Church on November 2. The Office of the Dead must be recited by the clergy and all the Masses are to be of Requiem, except one of the current feast, where this is of obligation. The theological basis for the feast is the doctrine that the souls which, on departing from the body, are not perfectly cleansed from venial sins, or have not fully atoned for past transgressions, ...

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ALL SOULS DAY – "May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace."

Podcast on the meaning of the Catholic feast on November 1 - what does All Saints Day teach us about who we are and who we are called to be?

From October 31st through November 2nd, a number of festivals, holidays and solemnities take place, all loosely related and revolving around remembrance of the dead. Halloween, Samhain, All Saints' Day, All Souls' Day, the Day of the Dead and other festivals trace their origins back to Celtic, Aztec, Roman and Christian traditions. Halloween is largely a secular observation these days, All Souls and All Saints remain mainly Catholic observations, and the Day of the Dead is still largely a…

All Souls Day honors the faithful departed, with prayers to aid their purification in purgatory before they attain the Beatific vision in heaven.

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All Souls Day (or All Souls' Day) is November 2nd. While All Saints Day on November 1 honors all of the martyrs and saints, the purpose of All Souls Day is

All Souls days is usually forgotten by many due to being right after Halloween, on November 2nd. All Souls Day is a feast commemorating all of those who have died and now are in Purgatory, being cleansed of their venial sins and the temporal punishments for the mortal sins that they had confessed and atoning before entering fully into Heaven. So how do we teach this feast to our children? Death is not something a lot of people like to talk about, and some children just are not ready to…