Remember those who have gone before us.

You are invited to enter a name of a deceased loved one into our Book of the Names of the Dead and place any pictures or mementos of your deceased loved ones in the niche. Entering the names of the deceased in a book dates back to ancient times. Making a shrine with pictures, symbols, and articles associated with the deceased continues today in many cultures.
 
As we prepare to celebrate the feast days of All Saints and All Souls, we are reminded that the communion of saints is both the living and the dead, both the canonized saints and the faithful holy men and women we know as our ancestors.      
 
The Book of the Names of the Dead will remain in the narthex throughout November and each day at one of our liturgies we will pray their names aloud with all who have died, also adding a petition to our Sunday liturgies. The pictures and mementos on the pedestals remind us of their lives and their stories, and can be shared with family members and our parish community.
 
A poster with the saints of the Church will be in the shrine along with our pictures as we celebrate the living and dead together on the feasts of All Saints and All Souls Day.