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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 adults to attend the event, making it the most popular event of the year at the Dominican House of Studies.
Basically, the idea is to mark the occasion with a vigil that reflects the authentic Christian meaning of Halloween, by focusing on the saints who have born witness to the faith since the earliest days of the Church. The event features readings from the lives of the saints, a homily, and the singing of Compline night prayers by the house’s Dominican friars.
After the service, the young people will have the opportunity to mingle with the friars in their refectory.
“The popularity of this event among the young is a testament to the fact that these holy men and women from ages past continue to have the power to captivate,” Dominican Father Steven Boguslawski, president of the Pontifical Faculty of the Immaculate Conception, said in an Oct. 27 press release. “These saints, long removed from the world, continue to draw us to God.”...
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