Halloween is Coming
In Christianity November is devoted to the dead or the“Month of the Dead”. Celebrations occur November 1st All Saints’ Day, a tribute to all saints, while November 2nd is All Souls’ Day, dedicated to praying for the dead.
All Souls Day (November 2) is a time when we particularly remember those who have died.
Flowers, candles or lanterns are often lit and left burning on the graves and in houses on All Souls’ Eve.
On October 31 people celebrate Halloween, or All Saint’s Eve or All Hallow’s Eve.
Traditionally people believe that the souls of the dead return to their family and speak to their loved ones around this time. That’s why some VISARDS were seen roaming around at our October/November Weekend and performing some SPOOKY rituals. Woooooo!
Sometimes traditionally SOFT have a Fancy Dress Halloween Parade for our children at our Autumn Break!!
November is the eleventh month of the year with 30 days, named after the Latin word “Novem” for nine because it was originally the ninth month of the Roman calendar. It marks the second month of autumn in the Northern Hemisphere and the second month of spring in the Southern Hemisphere. The traditional birthstones for November are topaz and citrine. The birth flower is the chrysanthemum, which can symbolize cheerfulness and comes in colors with different meanings.
The month of November is traditionally a time in which the Catholic community remembers those who have died. It is related to the fact that the end of November is the end of the Liturgical Year with a new year starting the First Sunday of Advent – the four-week period of preparation before Christmas. The Church then uses this end of the year period as a time to think of the end of life and the end of all things and the great hope that our earthly end is transition into a new life in God’s heavenly reality. We give thanks for those who have gone before us and we look with prayer and hope to their new life in heaven and our desire to join them there one day.