ALL SAINTS DAY SCHEDULE 2025
AMERICAN MARTYRS & SAINT PATRICK
ALL SAINTS DAY SCHEDULE
All Saints’ Day is a Solemnity and Holy Day of obligation on which the Church honors the Martyrs, the Saints, and the Confessors, including all known and unknown, all who have gained the reward of heaven.
On All Souls’ Day the universal Church prays for all those in purgatory, people who were much like us, whose offense may have been less than ours. By pleading for them, we are inspired to lead purer lives. On that day, and during the entire month of November, we remember our departed brethren as we go to the cemetery where they are buried, attain indulgences for them, give alms, do some good work, ask for Masses to be said in remembrance, all on behalf of those close to us and to others we may have neglected during the year. We also light candles, and in some parishes the faithful display pictures of their deceased loved ones in the church. Church bells are sometimes rung to remind everyone to pray for the poor souls in purgatory.
Friday, October 31st
American Martyrs Mass at 5:00 p.m.
Saturday, November 1st
All Saints Day Mass at American Martyrs
at 5:00 p.m.
Sunday, November 2nd
All Souls Day at Saint Patrick’s followed by the Cemetery Blessing. Father Brian will come back to Scottsburg to do a cemetery blessing at the Scottsburg City Cemetery. Father Brian encourages us to visit graves and pray. If anyone would like Father to bless a grave, please let him know.
