Sample Church Family And Friends Day Program' title='Sample Church Family And Friends Day Program' />Library Family Celebration Ideas for Halloween, All Saints Day and All Souls Dayby. Jennifer Gregory Miller and Margaret Gregory. Descriptive Title. Ideas for Sanctifying Halloween, All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Description. Suggestions and ideas to create a Catholic atmosphere in the home Domestic Church for Halloween, All Saints Day and All Souls Day. Includes the Litany of the Saints and De Profundis Out of the Depths, Psalm 1. Larger Work. Original. Publisher Date. Original, October 1. Contents History All Hallows Eve  TOPThe Solemnity of All Saints is celebrated on November 1. It is a solemnity, a holyday of obligation and the day that the Church honors all of Gods saints, even those who have not been canonized by the Church. It is a family day of celebrationwe celebrate the memory of those family members sharing with us in the Mystical Body, the doctrine of the Communion of Saints now sharing eternal happiness in the presence of God. We rejoice that they have reached their eternal goal and ask their prayers on our behalf so that we, too, may join them in heaven and praise God through all eternity. The honoring of all Christian martyrs of the Faith was originally celebrated on May 1. Pope Boniface IV in 6. Feast of All Martyrs commemorating the dedication of the Pantheon, an ancient Roman temple, into a Christian church dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary and all the martyrs. By 7. 41, the feast included not only martyrs, but all the saints in heaven as well, with the title changing to Feast of All Saints by 8. In 8. 44, Pope Gregory IV transferred the feast to November 1st, timing it around the harvests to be able to provide food for the pilgrims. 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November 1 as a holyday of obligation and gave it both a vigil known today as All Hallows Eve or Halloween and an eight day period or octave to celebrate the feast. This feast is marked with liturgical observances that have changed over the centuries. By 1. 95. 5, the octave and vigil of All Saints were abrogated. Instead of a separate vigil on the calendar, the celebration begins the evening before, as mentioned in The General Norms for the Liturgical Year and the Calendar Solemnities are counted as the principal days in the calendar and their observance begins with evening prayer of the preceding day. Some also have their own vigil Mass for use when Mass is celebrated in the evening of the preceding day. In the Divine Office, or Liturgy of the Hours, solemnities and Sundays are begin with Evening Prayer I the evening before and Evening Prayer II the evening of the solemnity. In England, saints or holy people are called hallowed, hence the name All Hallows Day. The evening, or een before the feast became popularly known as All Hallows Eve or even shorter, Halloween. Many recipes and traditions have come down for this evening, All Hallows Eve now known as Halloween, such as pancakes, boxty bread and boxty pancakes, barmbrack Irish fruit bread with hidden charms, colcannon combination of cabbage and boiled potatoes. This was also known as Nutcrack Night in England, where the family gathered around the hearth to enjoy cider and nuts and apples. In England soul cakes are another traditional food. People would go begging for a soul cake and promise to pray for the donors departed friends and family in exchange for the treat, an early version of todays Trick or Treat. November 2, the Feast of All Souls, is the date designated to pray for all the departed souls in Purgatory. In many countries this is an important day. Families cook special foods and make a special days outing to cemeteries to tend to the graves, pray for the family dead. The feasts of All Saints and All Souls fall back to back to express the Christian belief of the Communion of Saints. The Communion of Saints is the union of all the faithful on earth the Church Militant, the saints in Heaven the Church Triumphant and the Poor Souls in Purgatory the Church Suffering, with Christ as the Head. They are bound together by a supernatural bond. The Church Militant those on earth still engaged in the struggle to save their souls can venerate the Church Triumphant, and the saints can intercede with God for those still on earth. Both the faithful on earth and the saints in heaven can pray for the souls in Purgatory. During these two days we see the Communion of Saints really in action On All Souls Day and November 1 8 one can gain plenary indulgences for the Poor Souls. See Praying for the Dead and Gaining Indulgences for more details. Purpose and Focus of Party  TOPWe have entered the 2. It is getting harder to be in the world but not of the world. How are we to tread carefully to find balance in a secular holidayWe have an onslaught of Halloween witches, ghosts, goblins, vampires, etc. How do we bring a message to our children to say that being a Christian does not mean that we cannot have fun and enjoy some secular practices How do we convey that that we must not constantly be negative and condemn everything To answer this, we must to put on the mind of the Church. All through the centuries the Church has taken secular feasts and tried to sanctify or Christianize them. This is one of the reasons that December 2. Christmasthat was the time of the winter solstice or Saturnalia festival, with many pagan traditions during their celebration. The feast day of All Saints itself came from the dedication of the Pantheon, a pagan temple, into a Christian church, undoubtedly another way of sanctifying the secular and pagan. Missionaries familiarize themselves with the culture and religion of the country before they can convert the native people. The missionaries have to be able find some elements in their culture that can help these people identify and understand Christianity at their level. St. Paul tried it with the Greeks. Seeing their altar to the Unknown God, he saw that through their own pagan altar he might bring them to Christianity. It is beautiful to remember that we can recognize and enjoy simple earthly pleasures as gifts from God. Many of the practices of Halloween are innocent fun and some deal with healthy reminders of death, sin and the devil. Some parts of Halloween can be extreme. Since the All Saints and All Souls feasts are back to back, we can balance some of the focus of Halloween to the Communion of Saints in action. We combine honoring the saints in heaven, remembering our loved ones and then earn graces for our own souls by prayer and actions. Through this approach we see the Mystical Body in action. The following party is just a starting point. My family has done this type of celebration since I was six years old. We have had both young and old, priests, religious and lay people, and even whole schools adopt this type of party. Depending on the age of the children dictates the intensity of the party. Besides Florence Bergers Cooking for Christ, other ideas can be extracted from Mary Reed Newlands The Year and Our Children. These parties combine fun, elements of surprise and macabre with a focus on the aspect of the Communion of Saints. The Poor Soul sketch is completely optional, adding a small element of scary. We have never had any child scarred from the little scare in the cemetery.