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Halloween: Eve of All Hallows
The root word of Halloween is ''hallow,'' which means ''holy.''
The suffix "een" is an abbreviation of "evening." Halloween refers to the Eve of All Hallows, the night before All Saints' Day, the Christian holy day that honors saintly people of the past.
All Souls' Day, Nov 2, is a day to pray for all souls. Among Catholics, prayers are offered for those in purgatory, waiting to get into heaven.
November 1 is All Saints' Day. Choose the Saints from the list below that worked/ministered in the Americas (North, Central, South). Do you know what their ministry was?
Saint |
Born in |
Feast Day |
Mission Work |
St. Kateri Tekakwitha |
Auriesville, NY |
July 14 in US: Apr 17 in Canada |
|
Saint Junípero Serra |
Petra, Majorca, Spain |
July 1 |
|
St. Damien Molokai |
Tremelo, Belgium |
May 10 |
|
St. John Neumann |
Kingdom of Bohemia; now Czech Republic |
Jan 5 in US; Mar 5 in Czech Republic |
|
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini |
Angelo Lodigiano, part of Austrian Empire |
November 13 |
|
St. Katharine Drexel |
Philadelphia, PA |
March 3 |
|
St. Marianne Cope |
Heppenheim, Grand Duchy of Hesse |
January 23 |
|
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton |
New York |
January 4 |
|
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne |
Grenoble, Kingdom of France |
July 3 |
|
St. Isaac Jogues |
France |
Sept. 26 in Canada; Oct. 19 in US |
Youth were asked at LOFT how the Sacrament of Reconciliation can be a sacrament of joy. These are their drawings.