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	All Souls' Day - LoveToKnow 1911
		The celebration is based on the doctrine that the souls of the faithful which at death have not been cleansed from venial sins, or have not atoned for past transgressions, cannot attain the Beatific Vision, and that they may be helped to do so by prayer and by the sacrifice of the mass.
		The practice oflsetting apart a special day for intercession for certain of the faithful departed is of great antiquity; but the establishment of a feast of general intercession was in the first instance due to Odilo, abbot of Cluny (d.
		From him he learned that amid the rocks was a chasm communicating with purgatory, from which rose perpetually the groans of tortured souls, the hermit asserting that he had also heard the demons complaining of the efficacy of the prayers of the faithful, and especially of the monks of Cluny, in rescuing their victims.
	www.1911encyclopedia.org /All_Souls'_Day (583 words)

	All Souls Day
		All Soul's Day (sometimes called the "Day of the Dead") is always November 2 (November 3rd if the 2nd falls on a Sunday).
		Souls in purgatory, who are members of the church just like living Christians, must suffer so that they can be purged of their sins.
		All Soul's Day lives on today, particularly in Mexico, where All Hallows' Eve, All Saint's Day and All Soul's Day are collectively observed as "Los Dias de los Muertos" (The Days of the Dead).
	all-souls-day.123holiday.net (784 words)

	All Souls Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		A festival of the Roman Catholic Church (November 2) distinguished by solemn commemoration of and prayer for all the souls in purgatory.
		The mass said on that day is always the mass of the dead, and priests are obliged to recite in private the matins and lauds from the office of the dead.
		All Souls' Day is a natural corollary to its predecessor All Saints' Day (November 1).
	www.sacredspiral.com /Database/samhain/allsoul.html (1585 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: All Souls' Day
		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.
		In the early days of Christianity the names of the departed brethren were entered in the diptychs.
		In the Greek Rite this commemoration is held on the eve of Sexagesima Sunday, or on the eve of Pentecost.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01315b.htm (311 words)

	All Souls Day - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		All Souls' Day (formally, Commemoratio omnium Fidelium Defunctorum or Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed), also called Defuncts' Day in Mexico and Belgium, is the day set apart for the commemoration of the faithful departed.
		At the Reformation the celebration of All Souls' Day was fused with All Saints' Day in the Anglican Church, though it was renewed individualistically in certain churches in connection with the Catholic Revival of the 19th century.
		In Brittany, people flock to the cemeteries at nightfall to kneel bare-headed at the graves of their loved ones, and to toll the hollow of the tombstone with holy water or to pour libations of milk on it, and at bedtime the supper is left on the table for the souls.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/All_Souls_Day (700 words)

	All Souls' Day - Search Results - MSN Encarta
		In the Roman Catholic Church, a festival falling on November 2, the object of which is, by prayers and alms-giving, to assist souls in purgatory.
		All Souls' Day, in the Roman Catholic Church, a festival falling on November 2, the object of which is, by prayers and alms-giving, to assist souls...
		- 2 November: the day set aside in the Roman Catholic Church calendar for prayer for the souls of those who have died and are believed to be in purgatory.
	uk.encarta.msn.com /All_Souls'_Day.html (195 words)

	Day of the Dead - 1/03/97
		The Day of the Dead, All Souls Day, is an official holiday of the Catholic Calendar.
		The day was founded to honor all the faithful departed and along with the offerings and the Office of the Dead, there are three Requiem Masses that are said by the clergy to assist the souls from Purgatory to Heaven.
		The Day of the Dead was revealed as a result of amalgamation of Pre-Spanish Indian ritual beliefs and the imposed ritual and dogma of the Catholic church.
	www.nacnet.org /assunta/dead.htm (1648 words)

	All Souls' Day (Roman Catholic) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		All Souls' Day is a Roman Catholic day commemorating the faithful departed or those baptized Christians believed to be in purgatory.
		Odilo, abbot of Cluny, established All Souls' Day in the eleventh century.
		On this day, three requiem masses are celebrated: one for the celebrant, one for the departed, and one for the pope.
	www3.kumc.edu /diversity/ethnic_relig/allsouls.html (119 words)

	All Souls' Day
		All Souls' Day is the annual commemoration of all those souls who departed this life in the grace and favor of God but who are still detained in purgatory.
		Purgatory is that third place in the other world in which the souls of the departed suffer the temporal punishment of those sins for which in life they have not sufficiently atoned, and in which they are purified until they are worthy to appear in the presence of God.
		The feast of this day was probably established in order that, after having one day before rejoiced over the glory of the saints in heaven, we should this day remember in love those who are sighing in purgatory for deliverance.
	www.traditionalcatholic.net /Tradition/Calendar/11-02.html (749 words)

	Mexican Tradition - Day of the Dead, All Saints Day - Dia de los Muertos
		November 1, All Saints Day, and November 2, All Souls Day are marked throughout Mexico by a plethora of intriguing customs that vary widely according to the ethnic roots of each region.
		In Mexico the Day of the Dead is a holiday that tends to be a subject of fascination for visitors from abroad.
		Day of the Dead festivities in villages throughout the state of Michoacan have a distinctive flavor reflecting the culture of the area's Purepecha Indians.
	www.mexconnect.com /mex_/muertos.html (1403 words)

	All Souls Day: All About All Souls Day
		All Souls Day is when the Church commemorates and prays for the holy souls in Purgatory, undergoing purification of their sins before entering heaven.
		All Souls is the day to remember, pray for, and offer requiem masses up for these faithful departed in the state of purification.
		All Souls' Day became a universal festival largely on account of the influence of Odilo of Cluny in AD 998, when he commanded its annual celebration in the Benedictine houses of his congregation.
	www.churchyear.net /allsouls.html (1353 words)

	All Souls' Day Customs
		To visit the graves of dear ones on All Souls’ is considered a duty of such import that people will travel great distances to their home towns on All Saints’ Day in order to perform this obligation of love and piety.
		A generous portion of the meal is given to the poor each day; and the faithful abstain from dances and other public amusements out of respect for the holy souls.
		In Austria the holy souls are said to wander through the forests on All Souls’ Day, sighing and praying for their release, but unable to reach the living by external means that would indicate their presence.
	www.sspx.org /Seasonal/all_souls_day_customs.htm (1466 words)

	All Souls Day
		Also, the faithful who, during the period of eight days from All Souls Day, visit a cemetery and pray for the dead may gain a plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, on each day of the Octave, applicable only to the dead.
		A plenary indulgence, applicable only to the Souls in Purgatory, is granted to the faithful, who on the day dedicated to the Commemoration of all the faithful departed, piously visit a church, a public oratory or—for those entitled to use it—a semipublic oratory.
		II On all the days from November I though November 8 inclusive, a plenary indulgence, applicable only to the Poor Souls, is granted to those who visit a cemetery and pray even if only mentally for the departed.
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	all souls day
		At the time of their death, these souls are not perfectly cleansed of venial sin or have not atoned for past transgressions, and thereby are deprived of the beatific vision.
		In the early days of the Church, the names of the faithful departed were posted in Church so that the community would remember them in prayer.
		Nevertheless, All Souls Day as well as all Saints Day are rooted in Christian belief and arose in this life of the Church through a healthy spirituality, despite some pagan trappings that may have survived and have remained attached to their celebration.
	www.catholicherald.com /saunders/01ws/ws011101.htm (556 words)

	CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: All Saints' Day
		It is instituted to honour all the saints, known and unknown, and, according to Urban IV, to supply any deficiencies in the faithful's celebration of saints' feasts during the year.
		In the early days the Christians were accustomed to solemnize the anniversary of a martyr's death for Christ at the place of martyrdom.
		In the fourth century, neighbouring dioceses began to interchange feasts, to transfer relics, to divide them, and to join in a common feast; as is shown by the invitation of St.
	www.newadvent.org /cathen/01315a.htm (361 words)

	AllRefer.com - All Souls' Day (Christianity, General) - Encyclopedia
		All Souls' Day, Nov. 2 (exceptionally, Nov. 3), feast of the Roman Catholic Church on which the church on earth prays for the souls of the faithful departed still suffering in purgatory.
		The proper office is of the dead, and the Mass is a requiem.
		In Catholic countries there are many customs peculiar to All Souls' Day (e.g., leaving lights in the cemeteries on the night before).
	reference.allrefer.com /encyclopedia/A/AllSouls.html (245 words)

	All Souls Day
		And Peter, abbot of Cluny, saith that there was a priest that sung every day Mass of requiem for all Christian souls, and hereof he was accused to the bishop, and was suspended therefor of his oflice.
		And the devil which had envy thereat appeared three days continually to this woman in form of a man, and demanded her whither she went, and when she had said to him, he said to her: Thou goest in vain, for the Mass is done.
		And as Peter, the abbot of Cluny, witnesseth and saith that, in the town of Ferrara in the diocese of Grationopolitana, that a mariner was fallen into the sea by a tempest, and anon a priest sang Mass for him, and at the last he came out of the sea all safe.
	www.fisheaters.com /customstimeafterpentecost12ac.html (4528 words)

	All Souls' Day — Infoplease.com
		All Souls' Day, Nov. 2 (exceptionally, Nov. 3), feast of the Roman Catholic Church on which the church on earth prays for the souls of the faithful departed still suffering in
		Day of the Dead - A summary of Day of the Dead.
		Pastoral epistles from Peter Plymley II (All Souls' Day).
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	Message for Millennium of All Souls Day
		For the souls in purgatory, waiting for eternal happiness and for meeting the Beloved is a source of suffering, because of the punishment due to sin which separates them from God.
		The Church believes that the souls detained in purgatory "are helped by the prayers of the faithful and most of all by the acceptable sacrifice of tile altar" (Council of Trent, Decree on Purgatory), as well as by "alms and other works of piety" (Eugene IV, Bull Laetantur coeli).
		I willingly extend it during the millennial year to all who pray for the intention of the souls in purgatory, who take part in the Eucharist and who offer sacrifices for the dead.
	www.ewtn.com /library/PAPALDOC/JP2SOULS.HTM (1008 words)

	"All Souls Day: This Do In Remembrance of Me."
		All Saints' Day is just that, a solemn occasion wherein the Christian Church remembers and offers reverence to all the great Christian saints and martyrs who died for the faith.
		And All Souls' Day is the intentional occasion for reminding ourselves of the importance of the lesser people of our human past.
		Moreover, as you might expect on All Souls' Day, the Mexican festival serves to remind everyone that death is the greater "leveler." It comes to all alike,...
	www.uufsm.org /AllSoulsDay.html (2586 words)

	All Souls Day
		This practice of praying for the departed on these same days was adopted ("inculturated") by the early Christians -- and continued in the Church for nearly 2000 years: the Church offered Masses for the deceased person on the third, seventh and thirtieth day after death.
		Beginning in the year 998, All souls -- the "faithful departed" -- were officially remembered in the Church's prayers on the evening of November 1, and with Requiem Masses, Masses for the dead, on November 2.
		The feast of All Souls is a reminder to pray for the "faithful departed".
	www.wf-f.org /AllSouls.html (1440 words)

	Catholic Culture : Liturgical Year : November 02, 2005 : All Souls
		Do pious practices to help the Poor Souls: attend 3 Masses for the Poor Souls on this day; remember your family and friends who are deceased and make an extra sacrifice for them; pray the rosary for the most forgotten soul in purgatory.
		Each day between November 1 and November 8, this gains a plenary indulgence that can only be applied to the Poor Souls in Purgatory.
		Of particular note is the English "Soul Cakes," the Italian "Eggs in Purgatory" and Fave dei Morti (Beans of the Dead), "Bread of the Dead" from Mexico, and "Dry Bones Cookies" from Switzerland.
	www.catholicculture.org /lit/calendar/day.cfm?date=2005-11-02 (1391 words)

	Halloween -- The History and Customs of Halloween (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		November 1, "All Hollows Day" (or "All Saints Day"), is a Catholic day of observance in honor of saints.
		One story says that, on that day, the disembodied spirits of all those who had died throughout the preceding year would come back in search of living bodies to possess for the next year.
		On November 2, All Souls Day, early Christians would walk from village to village begging for "soul cakes," made out of square pieces of bread with currants.
	wilstar.com /holidays/hallown.htm (880 words)

	Day of the Dead (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		The result is that Mexicans now celebrate the day of the dead during the first two days of November, rather than at the beginning of summer.
		The traditional observance calls for departed children to be remembered during the first day of the festivity (the Day of the Little Angels, "Día de los Angelitos"), and for adults to be remembered on the second day.
		Traditionally, this is accompanied by a feast during the early morning hours of November the 2nd, the Day of the Dead proper, though modern urban Mexican families usually observe the Day of the Dead with only a special family supper featuring the bread of the dead.
	www.public.iastate.edu /~rjsalvad/scmfaq/muertos.html (887 words)

	Holidays and Festivals - All Souls' Day (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-09-18)
		This day was instituted by Saint Odilo, abbot of Cluny, France (d.1048) who ordered it to be observed throughout the Cluniac monasteries.
		Also known as Day of the Dead, especially in Mexico, where families picnic at the graves of their dead relatives, and give the children toys, bread and sweets in the shapes of skeletons or caskets.
		All Souls' Day commemorates departed spirits not elevated to sainthood.
	www.shagtown.com /days/allsouls.html (251 words)

	All Souls Day
		In the "Catechism of the Catholic Church," the church clearly affirms her belief that "All who die in God's grace and friendship, but still imperfectly purified, are indeed assured of their eternal salvation; but after death they undergo purification, so as to achieve the holiness necessary to enter the joy of heaven" (No. 1030).
		A special plenary indulgence is granted by the church, applicable to the souls in purgatory, when the Christian faithful devoutly visit a church or an oratory on All Souls Day, and offer some prayers for the faithful departed, minimally the Our Father and the Creed.
		The plenary indulgence proper to All Souls day is a very special moment in the church's liturgical calendar for us to remember those who have gone before us.
	www.diocese-kcsj.org /Bishop-Finn/Bishop-Key/11-04-05.htm (535 words)

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