All Souls Day

Categories: Holidays
    • Celebrated on November 2nd every year
    • Coincides with the Mexican Day of the Dead
    • If it falls on a Sunday, celebrated on November 3rd insteadCatholic Encyclopedia: All Souls' Day
    • Clergy recite the Office of the Dead at MassCatholic Encyclopedia: All Souls' Day
    • Customs include sharing ancestry with children, attending to family grave sites and the eating of soul food like lentils or peasFish Eaters: All Souls Day
  • The Catholic holiday All Souls’ Day follows All Saints Day and is a celebration meant to honor the dead. Because Catholics believe that the soul does not go to heaven or hell, but waits in purgatory for final judgment, All Souls’ Day is a time to pray for the souls of those who have died.BBC: Religion and Ethics: All Souls' Day

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