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The Communion of Saints

As we have approached Allhallowtide this year, I've been rather mindful of mortality: my own, my loved ones', and others around me. There are...

Bring Back the Catafalque

By Leander S. Harding I learned from the great theorist of education Elliot Eisner and his book The Educational Imagination, to look for three curricula in...

All Souls

By Sam Keyes In the Catholic imagination, All Souls’ Day (November 2) is more prominent than All Saints’ Day (November 1). All Saints is usually...

For All Souls Day

By Christopher Yoder Since at least the 11th century, western Christians have prayed for the dead on this day, All Souls Day. Others have written...

What is All Souls Day?

What do Anglicans believe about All Souls Day?

‘I will redeem you’

What the Book of Ruth can teach about our prayers for the dead.

Facing death with Christian hope

If Jesus died was raised to life, then something akin to overturning the law of gravity has been unleashed.

Among the faithful departed: Prince Rogers Nelson (1958-2016)

A rad musical and theological tribute from Christopher Wells, with equal parts prayer and thanksgiving.

St. Augustine on ‘Caring for the dead’

St. Augustine commends prayer for all the dead, as well as burial in holy places, with monuments.

Faith of my father

A memorial: My father's Christian example had a great impact on my own walk with Jesus and on my priestly vocation.

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