All Hallows' Eve      Tuesday, October 31st, is Halloween, or better, All Hallows’ Eve, which is to say, All Saints’ Eve.  Wednesday, November 1st, is All Saints’ Day.  Tuesday, the vigil before All Saints’ Day, is the eve of All Saints. All Saints’ Day is a celebration of all the blessed of Heaven.       Tuesday evening at 5:30 PM at Our Lady of Lourdes Church is a Vigil Mass for All Saints’ Day, and Wednesday morning at 9:00 AM at Our Lady of Lourdes Church is the Mass for All Saints’ Day. Wednesday evening at 6:00 PM at St. Joseph’s Church in Boron will also be a Mass for All Saints’ Day.       The Apostles’ Creed states, “I believe in the communion of saints.”  The Apostle St. John saw, in vision, the Heavenly scene: “I looked, and behold, a great multitude which no man could number, from every nation, from all tribes and peoples and tongues, standing before the throne and before the Lamb, clothed in white robes, ...

All Hallows Eve The word “Halloween” is a contraction for “All Hallows Eve,” which is the vigil or eve of All Saints Day (also called “Alhallowmass”), at which time the Roman Catholic Church commemorates all of the hallowed ("made holy") saints in Christian history. The historical origin of All Hallows Eve goes back to the ancient Celtic tribes who lived in Scotland, Wales, and Brittany (today's France). They were pagans, Druids actually, and Nov 1st marked the beginning of the new year and the coming of winter. The eve before Nov 1st, they celebrated a festival called “Lord of the Dead” or “Samhain.” During this festival Celts believed that the souls of the dead, including ghosts, goblins, and witches, returned and visited the living. In addition, they believed that evil people reincarnated as cats, which also made their appearance on Oct 31st. In order to scare away these unwelcome visitors, the people would don masks and light bonfires. After the Romans conquer...