Tag: All Souls Day
Malaysia: All Souls’ Day Brings Families Together to Remember the Departed in Sarawak
At St. Ann’s Parish in Kota Padawan, near Kuching, the state capital, Catholics attended a special Mass before visiting the graves of their departed loved ones. Families offered prayers, placed flowers and paid their respects, while priests blessed graves at the parish cemetery.
Honoring ancestors as Chinese Catholics
Each November, Matthew Tserng Jia Uei writes his ancestors' names on his parish's list of the departed, and the priest then offers them bread and wine at Mass.
Remembering loved ones who had passed away
On 2 November, Christians attended All Souls Day Mass to commemorate those who had passed away. At the Mass at St Joseph’s Cathedral...
All Souls Day at Holy Spirit Parish Lundu
On All Souls Day 2024, parish priest Fr Adrian Kho celebrated Holy Mass with blessing of the Catholic cemeteries at the four Churches...
What would Jesus do at funerals?
Approaching the celebrations of All Saints and All Souls in our Church, a Youth Gathering with the theme ‘What Would Jesus Do At Funerals’...
All Souls’ Day: Pope prays for lives ‘cut short’ by war
As war continues to rage in Gaza, Ukraine, Yemen, and elsewhere, Pope Francis speaks of remembering the dead and hoping for reunion with...