Saturday, November 14, 2020

All Saints and All Souls 2020 Photopost (Part 3)

Gregory DiPippo

Our final All Saints and All Souls photopost really shows the incredible richness of our Catholic liturgical tradition; we have an abundance of black vestments and memento moris, the traditional vigil Mass of All Saints, double Vespers on November 1st, the proper All Saints and All Souls of the Dominican Order, lots of relics, and a Pontifical Requiem with the Absolution at the catafalque. As always, we are very grateful to everyone who sent these in, contributing to the important work of evangelizing through beauty!

Cathedral Basilica of Ss Peter and Paul – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Mass of All Souls; courtesy of one of our favorite photographers, Mrs Allison Girone.
Church of St Bartholomew – Katy, Texas
Courtesy of Katie Robson and Olive Branch Photography
Memento mori!
St Titus Parish – Aliquippa, Pennsylvania
Mass of the vigil of All Saints
Church of the Annunciation – Imperia, Italy
Courtesy of Mr Luca Pavan; Mass of All Saints’ Day
Vespers of All Saints...
followed by Vespers of All Souls on November 1st.
Mass of All Souls
Shrine of the Holy Rosary and St Dominic – London, England
Courtesy of Fr Lawrence Lew
Third Mass of All Souls
November 3rd, the feast of St Martin de Porres, OP
The Feast of All Dominican Saints (OF), November 7th
Blessing of the graves of the Dominican Friars who served at this church on November 8th, the commemoration of All the Faihful Departed of the Dominican Order.
Casa San Clemente – Rome, Italy (Institute of the Good Shepherd)
Courtesy of Fr Giorgio Lenzi; relics displayed on All Saints’ Day
St Anthony of Padua – Washington, DC
Courtesy of the Militia Immaculatae; photos by Mr William Tishuk
Santissima Trinità dei Pellegrini – Rome, Italy (FSSP)
Mass of All Saints
Vespers of All Saints
Pontifical Requiem celebrated by H.E. Abp Guido Pozzo, Almoner of the Office of Papal Charities and former secretary of the Ecclesia Dei commission.

Posted Saturday, November 14, 2020

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