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Video – FiNews #38 – All Saints Vigil – Friday Oct 31 2008 – 6pm

apostolate — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 17:15:14 +0000

FI News #38 – All Saints Video – OL of Guadalupe Friary – Griswold, CT ( 04min) >>> Play

ALL SAINTS VIGIL – FRIDAY – OCT 3, 2008 @ 6pm

Ave Maria! This Friday, Oct 31, 2008, at the Our Lady of Guadalupe Friary in Griswold, CT is the annual All Saints Vigil Celebration. Children are encouraged to dress up as a Catholic saint. Mass begins at 6pm followed by games and the judging of the ‘saints’ – their costume and knowledge of their chosen saint.

Marian Friary of Our Lady of Guadalupe
199 Colonel Brown Road
Griswold, Connecticut 06351
(860) 376-6840
friars@figuadalupe.com

Ave Maria!

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Oct 31 – Special Homily – Fr Bonaventure: All Hallows Eve

apostolate — Sun, 02 Nov 2008 20:51:34 +0000

Homily #081031 ( 31min) Play – For the eve of All Hallows, Fr. Bonaventure gives a meat and potatoes homily to a young group of aspiring saints who are, in fact, dressed as saints. He also addresses the parents. For more on the All Hallows Eve events see

FiNews #40: Preparation for All-Hallows Eve

FiNews #41: All-Hallows Eve at Griswold Friary

Ave Maria! Mass readings
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Video – Short Series #43: All Hallows Eve 2009

apostolate — Wed, 04 Nov 2009 17:24:04 +0000

Short Series #43 – See you next year ( 09min) >>> Play

Ave Maria!

Celebration of All Hallows Eve at the Franciscan Friary of Our Lady of Guadalupe in Griswold, CT.
The Church day by day gives special veneration to one or more of the holy men and women who have helped to establish it by their blood, develop it by their labors, or edify it by their virtues. But, in addition to those whom the Church honors by special designation or has inscribed in her calendar, how many martyrs are there whose names are not recorded! How many humble virgins and holy penitents! How many unknown anchorites and monks, Christian fathers and mothers, young children snatched away in their innocence! How many courageous Christians, whose merits are known only to God and His heavenly court! – a

Ave Maria!

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Oct 31 – Homily – Fr Dominic: All Hallows Eve

apostolate — Sun, 31 Oct 2010 22:56:17 +0000

Homily #101031 ( 08min) Play – Fr. Dominic preaches on the importance of honoring the saints who lived heroic lives in their following in the footsteps of Christ. The saints have very different lives that speak of very different aspects of Christ’s life. We must live our lives well, do our daily duty and offer up our sufferings that our station of life tends to bring.
Ave Maria! – Mass: –Readings:
1st: rev 7:2-4, 9-14
Resp: psa 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
2nd: 1jo 3:1-3
Gsp: mat 5:1-12

Audio (MP3)

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Nov 01 – Homily – Fr Dominic: All Hallow’s Eve

apostolate — Mon, 31 Oct 2011 23:54:55 +0000

Homily #111101 ( 15min) Play – On all Saints Eve we have our annual Celebration where all the kids come dressed as their favorite saints. Fr. Dominic preaches on how these kids are following good models and how we all need to do this and to ask for the saints to intercede for us and to intercede for each other before God to become real saints.
Ave Maria!
Mass: All Saints – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: rev 7:2-4, 9-14
Resp: psa 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
2nd: 1jo 3:1-3
Gsp: mat 5:1-12

Audio (MP3)

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Oct 31 – Homily – Fr Elias: Holy Halloween

apostolate — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 11:24:54 +0000

Homily #121031b ( 10min) Play – Fr. Elias preaches on the morning of Halloween and explains how it is really All Hollows Eve, the day before All Hollows Day, or as we call it today All Saints Day, a solemnity and even a holy day of obligation. So it is a very Catholic celebration. He exhorts us to do our part, however small, to bring this aspect back, and since this day has become associated with doing evil then we should do some act of reparation.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Wednesday in the 30th Week in Ordinary Time – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: eph 6:1-9
Resp: psa 145:10-11, 12-13, 13-14
Gsp: luk 13:22-30

Audio (MP3)

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Oct 31 – Homily – Fr Joachim: All Saints Eve

apostolate — Wed, 31 Oct 2012 23:10:40 +0000

Homily #121031bs ( 11min) Play – Fr. Joachim preaches on the Eve of All Hallows on the history for this Catholic celebration. He exhorts us to ask the multitude of Holy Souls in heaven to go before the throne of God to pray for us so that we can one day join them.

Ave Maria!
Mass: All Saints – Solemnity – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: rev 7:2-4, 9-14
Resp: psa 24:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
2nd: 1jo 3:1-3
Gsp: mat 5:1-12

Audio (MP3)

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PHOTOS: All Hallows Eve Celebration Bloomington Indiana

Fra Didacus — Mon, 04 Nov 2013 15:37:59 +0000

St. Bridget of Sweden and St. Pio

We will add more photos as permissions come in from parents.

St. Patrick

St. Denis

A Babushka

St. Francis of Assisi or Obi Wan Kenobi

He was St. John of God until he took up the light-saber.

St. Michael the Archangel

St. Barbara

St. Dominic

St. Joseph

St. Anthony of Padua

St. Catherine of Siena

Bl. Helen of Udine

St. Lucy with a bucket of eyeballs.

St. Elisabeth and St. Bernadette Soubirous

St. John Bosco

St. Alphonsus Maria de Liguori

St. Patrick

Babushkas

St. Dorothy

Blessed Mother Teresa

St. Therese of the Child Jesus

Sts. Clare, Paul, and Francis

St. Agatha

St. Isadore The Farmer and his sister

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Oct 31 – Homily – Fr Alan: Becoming Hallowed

apostolate — Fri, 31 Oct 2014 11:37:04 +0000

Homily #141031b ( 10min) Play – On All Hallows Eve, that is Halloween or the Eve of the Solemnity of All Saints Day, Fr. Alan points out all the pointers toward becoming saints contained in today’s readings. We must focus primarily on the need to ask for God’s grace and then to cooperate with that grace.
Ave Maria!
Mass: Friday in the 30th Week in Ordinary Time – Wkdy – Form: OF
Readings:
1st: phi 1:1-11
Resp: psa 111:1-2, 3-4, 5-6
Gsp: luk 14:1-6

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