Solemnity of All Saints is Wednesday, November 1, 2023 
All Souls Day is Thursday, November 2, 2023

Solemnity of All Saints
Wednesday, November 1 is a Holy Day of Obligation
Mass will be held at 9:00 AM (followed by Adoration), 5:30 PM and 7:00 PM.  We celebrate those who have committed themselves to Christ and striven to be like him. It celebrates all saints and especially those who are not named or included on the calendar.

Prayer for All Saints Day
Dear God, thank you for the example of the Saints. I desire to join in their company, worshiping you forever in Heaven. Please help me follow their footsteps, and yours, Jesus Christ. Please help me to conform myself to Your image, seeking Your will in all things, as the Saints did. Please help me to devote myself, and all that I do, to Your glory, and to the service of my neighbors. Amen.

Feast of All Souls; A Day of Remembrance
Wednesday, November 2 – Commemoration of all the faithful departed.  
Mass will be held at 9:00 AM, and there will be a Memorial Mass at 7:00 PM.  This day we remember all those who have died. Anyone who would like to remember a loved one who has passed please arrive by 6:45 PM.  The names of your loved one(s) will be read during the Memorial Mass and a candle will be lit. Questions? Please contact Kathleen Grapski, HOPE Ministry (Healing, Opportunities, Peace and Encouragement) at 301-253-5509.

Prayer for All Souls Day
Lord God, you are the glory of believers and the life of the just. Your son redeemed us by dying
and rising to life again. Since our departed brothers and sisters believed in the mystery of our resurrection, let them share the joys and blessings of the life to come.