Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,

As we prepare for the festival, we also preparing for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, known as All Souls Day, next weekend.

For more than 1,000 years, this feast has been celebrated. Remembering the dead on November 2nd became official in the year 998 when the Abbot at the Cluny monastery in France made it obligatory.

Well before that, however, in the 2nd century, Christians prayed for and celebrated the Eucharist for their beloved dead, normally on the third day after burial, then on the anniversary. Later, in the 7th and 30th day after death became days on which it became customary to pray for the deceased.

The tradition continues in our contemporary celebrations, from the popular devotion, Día de los Muertos to inscribing the names of our beloved in the Book of the Dead.

We've had the custom of celebrating All Souls with candles in the sanctuary bearing the names of our beloved departed. The names are recited during the All Souls Mass, which highlights the Paschal Mystery, Jesus’ victory over sin and death.

Additionally, our Schola offers a classical musical accompaniment. This year, it is offering the appropriate parts of Mozart's Requiem. All Souls falls on a Sunday, so the Requiem mass will be offered at the Saturday Vigil mass next weekend.

Please inscribe the names of your beloved in our parish Book of the Dead located near the baptismal font.

Let us pray especially for Paulist Father Brad Schoeberle, who served as Associate Pastor from 2000 - 2005 and then as Administrator of our parish from 2005 - 2007 during the illness of Father Tom Jones. He is well remembered as caring and thoughtful priest.

Eternal rest grant unto them, O Lord,

and let perpetual light shine upon them.

May they rest in peace. Amen.

Peace, Father Gil

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For the healing, comfort, and peace of the sick, for Arlene Havel, Ron Schuster, Montana Gill, Jack & Vicki Phillips, Patricia Arias, Byron Adams, Tel Ramon, Mary Pat Cooper, Kate Dzierzek, Janet Platin, Catherine Gotfredson, Thomas Hinnebusch, Todd Wiench, Bernadette Tee, Estrella and John Monzon, Charles Candel, Joan Doyle, Marisa Kavanau, Carol King Wolcott, John Wolcott, Angel Appleton, Clark Gassan, Lohriena Lohrie Counts, Nora McCormick Heinen, Weldon Tilley, Paul Lannan, Mitchell Twersky, Erny Pinckert, Eileen Gaffney.

For the eternal rest of our beloved departed, Michele Kearin, Father Brad Schoeberle, CSP, Mary Tokuza, Haruko Hiromura, Donny Kie, Cesar Robeniol, Nellie Scholar, Linda Harris, Lauren Lagoeiro, Christine Azurin, Dr. Alfred Ferris, Lee Thompson, Lori Seyer, Birgitta Langeneckert, Emma Ruth, Don Zimmerman, Leilah Katibah, Cathy Abarta, William Sherritt, Georgina Eades, Roy Riblet, Bob Cooper, Bruce Taylor, Gary Clark, Raquel Escudero, Sister Maria Sorahan, DMJ, Charles Kroener, Pamela Bramhall, Kathleen McCann, Braun Levi, Mary Minette, Sharon Wright, Jim Gaffney, Michele (Cramer) MacGregor, Bruce Glaspy, Cecile Oswald, Nancy Hogan, Kitty Dukakis, José Javier Canalejo, Mary Looker, Thomas Roth, Maureen Russell, Nancy Reilly, Paul Sanchez, Sr., Martha Kohler, Maria Ines Gontijo Albergaria, Garry Pietro, Irene Beggs, Raul Hernandez, Ann Messinger, Rosalia DeLa Pena, Ron Roberson, CSP, Tom Foley, CSP, , may they rest in peace.

For peace in every nation: may the light of the Holy Spirit transform hearts so that all may seek the way of peace together and comfort the wounded and grieving, let us pray to the Lord: