Halloween, Without the Ghouls
Wednesday, October 29, 2008 9:26 AM
Children wearing saints costumes. (CNS)
This Friday is Halloween, so now is a good time to highlight a Catholic way to celebrate the ancient Christian feast of All Saints.
The tenth annual All Hallows’ Eve Celebration will take place at the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception at the Dominican House of Studies in Washington, D.C., beginning at 7:30 p.m. Friday evening.
Organizers expect a crowd of 400 young Catholic... READ MORE
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Scary, or Silly?
Friday, October 31, 2008 8:19 AM
For many Catholic families, Halloween is a way for kids to have fun while preparing to celebrate the Church’s treasury of saints the following day.
What is the holiday for neo-pagans? You can glean a bit of an idea here from this post on Slate about how one contemporary witch struggles to find an appropriate way to mark the feast of “Samhain, the night when the veil between the living and... READ MORE
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In the Footsteps of the Saints
Friday, November 07, 2008 9:45 AM
At the finish line. (AFP)
Elizabeth Lev’s weekly column for Zenit highlights a Roman way of celebrating All Saints Day: racing from church to church to raise money for charity.
More than 2,000 participants took off from St. Peter’s Square early on the morning of Nov. 1, competing in the 10-kilometer race to several major Christian sites in the Eternal City.
It ended back at St. Peter’s, in time for the runners... READ MORE
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