All Souls' Day

The Oxford American College Dictionary;      19 words ...All Souls' Day • n. a festival in some Christian churches with prayers for the souls of the dead, held on November 2.

All Souls Day. (Brief Reviews).(Book Review)

Chicago Review;  December 22, 2002 ;   Gibbons, James;   787 words ...Cees Nooteboom, All Souls Day. Translated by Susan Massotty. New...352pp. $25. ISBN 0-15-100566-4 All Souls Day, first published in Holland in 1998...imperfectly grasped. At the heart of All Souls Day is the intuition that history determines...

Cleaning up for All Souls' Day

New Straits Times;  November 1, 2004 ;     217 words ......Times 11-01-2004 Cleaning up for All Souls' Day Edition: Main/Lifestyle; 2* Section...to clean graves of relatives for All Souls' Day on Tuesday. Most took advantage of the...and placed flowers on the graves. All Souls' Day is celebrated every year on Nov 2 as...

All Souls' Day.(Opinion & Editorial)

Manila Bulletin;  November 2, 2007 ;     320 words ...TRADITION says that the observance of All Souls' Day can be traced to the seventh century...It remains observed to this day. All Souls' Day is a day when the souls of the faithful...being helped correct their sins. On All Souls' Day, Requiem Masses are said to assist the...

EXPLORING VIETNAM FROM INSICE A '54 BUICK.(COMMENTARY)(Review)

The Virginian Pilot;  July 27, 1997 ;     521 words ...Byline: JOE COCCARO ALL SOULS' DAY BILL MORRIS Avon Books. 325 pp. $23...Vietnam. The result of his trip is All Souls' Day, a novel rich with texture, vivid writing...to make it fun - but not trivial. All Souls' Day is Morris' second novel. The first, Motor...

CBCP reminds priests to be proactive in promoting Gospel.(Main News)

Manila Bulletin;  November 1, 2006 ;     265 words ......teachings about All Saints' Day and All Souls' Day. As priests, we have to look for alternative...before, we just celebrate mass every All Souls' Day, this time we should be proactive in...the Filipino tradition of observing All Souls' Day is slowly being influenced by the growing...

Seasons of Regret

The Washington Post;  November 18, 2001 ;   Reviewed by Thomas McGonigle;   746 words ...ALL SOULS DAY By Cees Nooteboom Translated from the...a sure bleakness at the center of All Souls Day, both the reader and the central character...Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge. In All Souls Day there is a little slackness, however...

POET'S CHOICE

The Washington Post;  October 29, 2000 ;   Rita Dove;   738 words ......pageantry: All Hallows (November 1) and All Souls' Day (November 2). I was raised Methodist...Protestant upbringing, I had not heard of All Souls' Day until I ran full steam into it--literally...mixed with aversion and pity: It was All Souls' Day, when fresh flowers are placed on ...

Cees Nooteboom. All Souls Day.(Brief Article)

The Review of Contemporary Fiction;  June 22, 2002 ;   Buckeye, Robert;   280 words ...Cees Nooteboom. All Souls Day. Trans. Susan Massotty. Harcourt, 2001...past never does, and in their lives All Souls' Day, the day the dead come back and dance, is day after day after day. All Souls Day is more than twice as long as any of...

All Souls' Day observance today; Catholics pray, offer sacrifices for...

Manila Bulletin;  November 2, 2006 ;     787 words ......Church observes today the feast of All Souls' Day in remembrance of all the departed faithful...Encyclopedia said the observance of All Souls' Day is based on the doctrine that the souls...as Memorial Day, the Church said All Souls' Day reminds the faithful of their obligation...

German mass to celebrate All Souls Day

Chicago Sun-Times;  October 30, 1998 ;   ERNEST TUCKER;   255 words ......auf Deutsch on Gedachtnistag, or All Souls Day, at St. Alphonsus Church on the North...Saints Day, a holy day of obligation; All Souls Day usually is observed the following day...priests based at St. Alphonsus, said All Souls Day is a chance to celebrate "everyone who...

Vigil continues on All Souls' Day; Thousands visit graves nationwide.(Main...

Manila Bulletin;  November 2, 2000 ;   Tuazon, Brenda P.;   787 words ......memorial parks and cemeteries today, All Souls' Day. Yesterday, All Saints' Day, families...visiting their former homes. Today, All Souls Day,tere are three requiem masses offered...living. Thus on All Saints Day and All Souls Day, the faithful keep on praying for the...

ALL SOULS DAY; CARDINAL LEADS MASS.(News)

Daily News (Los Angeles, CA);  November 3, 1999 ;     220 words ......for the Roman Catholic holy day of All Souls Day. More than 200 people gathered for the...Celebrated annually on Nov. 2, All Souls Day is a day of services and prayers for...Columbus lead the processional to the All Souls Day Mass at Good Shepherd Cemetery. At right...

`All Souls Day' proves heaven-sent

Chicago Sun-Times;  March 13, 1992 ;   Hedy Weiss;   439 words ......has given us in her lovely, delicately transcendent theater piece, "All Souls Day," a whimsical evocation of the lives of two female saints. The show...will not be moved. Unless it's to soar happily heavenward, just as "All Souls Day" does.

Uncovering Voodoo's Roots

The Washington Post;  November 11, 1993 ;     330 words ......news story on the celebration of All Souls' Day (Halloween) in Haiti {"Haitian Crisis...Christianity. The celebration of All Souls' Day was one of the linchpins of this combination...Haiti was peaking. On the eve of All Souls' Day, the people would assemble, say a rosary...