All Saints’ Day has been celebrated on November 1st since the first millennium. It was sometimes called Hallowmas (Hallow = holy/saint; mas = short for Mass), or All Hallows. Its origins were practical: With all the great martyrs and saints of the early Church, there weren’t enough days in the year to honor them all. All Hallows was a catch-all day.

The Vigil for this important feast was called All Hallows’ Eve, now known as Halloween. It was often a day of fasting and praying in preparation for the great feast on All Hallows, which began in the evening with a Vigil Mass.

In the 13th century, St. Odilo of Cluny popularized a feast for remembering and praying for all the dead, All Souls Day. While we ask the saints in heaven for their prayers, we pray for the rest of the faithful departed, in case they are suffering in purgatory.

All Hallows Eve, All Hallows, and All Souls complete Allhallowtide: the Triduum of Death.

ALL HALLOWS' EVE - Dress as your favorite Saint and carve or paint Catholic pumpkins. (printable stencils below)

ALL SAINTS' DAY - Go to Mass on this Holyday of Obligation for Catholics, and pray for the Saints. (printable prayers below)

ALL SOULS DAY - Pray the Requiem Aeternam or Eternal Rest Prayer for the Poor Souls in Purgatory and make Souls Cakes. (printable prayers and recipe below)

Click the links below that correspond to the image descriptions to access their printable PDF files.

The Solemnity of All Saints is day dedicated to honoring all of the saints in heaven. This is a holyday of obligation for all Catholics.

Mass times for the Solemnity of All Saints will be at 9am & 7pm on Friday, November 1st.

We are very excited to have SNYM (St. Nicks Youth Ministry) filling all of the Volunteer Ministry roles for the 7pm Mass, and we are grateful to Fr. Aiden for providing our Youth & Teens the opportunity to serve!

The Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed (All Souls Day) is a day of prayer for all those who have gone before us.

All are invited to attend All Souls Day Mass at 7:30am on Saturday, November 2nd.

9am-3pm on Saturday, November 2nd. Quilt Raffle tickets are $2 each and are available for purchase after all masses.

Youth and Teens (6th-12th grade/ EDGE & HSYG) are invited to enjoy an evening together on Friday, November 8th, 5:30-8:30pm.

This will be an opportunity for the Youth & Teens to share a meal, complete a service project, and have social time together. Pizza will be provided.

(PLEASE ENSURE ALL YOUTH & TEENS HAVE APPROPRIATE COLD WEATHER ATTIRE IN THE EVENT OF AN EMERGENCY.) Use the link below to RSVP by 11/8/24.

For our last First Friday (on October 4th) the Youth & Teens chose their service project for the month, and prayed the Rosary for the recipients of the 150 Candy Bags that they prepared.

This week the Candy Bags were DELIVERED!

75 candy bags were donated to The Door (a shelter for ages 12-18) and 75 more were donated to S.O.A.P (Street Outreach Advocacy Program for ages 12-18). The staff was very grateful for the donations!

I was brought to tears as they explained that the Youth & Teens who partcipate in the programs find comfort in knowing others care and are praying for them, but rarely receive those types of intentions from their peers, so this donation will be extra special!

As always, I cannot fully express how extraordinary our SNYM Youth & Teens truly are.

Please join me in applauding and thanking these inspiring Young Catholics! -Mrs. Beth

Last week quite a few from EDGE attended the All Saints Celebration! See video below.

This week EDGE will review Part 1 and complete Part 2 to finish Lesson 1 of Encounter.

Many from HSYG assisted at the All Saints Celebration and because Ms. Heather was very thankful for their help, she popped in to express her gratitude to the Teens. See video below.

Some of our Teens were not able to attend the All Saints Celebration, so we continued the celebrating with an afternoon of fun at HSYG! Chef Shannon was so kind to cook pizza rolls, so to pass the time I gave the Teens a prompt that turned into a 30 minute discussion.

The prompt was Name one Saint and one Question you would want to ask them. As usual, their input was very impressive and YOU WILL WANT TO WATCH THIS VIDEO!

Before everyone devoured the snacks, we celebrated our October birthdays! We then moved to the Social Hall for more Minute-To-Win-It games before we closed in prayer.

Many thanks to Shannon & Rob Blackburn for blessing us with their ongoing assistance in HSYG!

This week the Teens will review Part 1 and complete Part 2 to finish Lesson 1 of Venture.

The St. Nicholas Knights of Columbus have graciously offered to donate all proceeds to SNYM from their upcoming Pancake Breakfast on November 17th!

All KofC asks is that our Youth & Teens volunteer to assist.

Please let me know if you are interested & available to volunteer!

Bring a pie to share after Mass the evening before Thanksgiving!

No class this week.

Next class will be on Sunday, Nov. 10th at 1:30pm.

DEADLINE TO REGISTER IS NOV 1. Space is limited.

Teens ages 13-17 who are active members of their parish youth groups are invited!

Contact servidoras@cbna.org for more information

or register using the link below.

This event is for the whole family!

5:30PM - HOLY MASS

6:00PM - CARNIVAL GAMES DOWNSTAIRS

7:00PM - PINATA

7:30PM - TRUNK OR TREAT IN PARKINGLOT

(Families are needed to host a Trunk or Treat!)

COME DRESSED AS YOUR FAVORITE SAINT!

PRIZES FOR BEST DRESSED SAINT!

(INDIVIDUAL AND AS A FAMILY)

See the flyer for details or email for more information: servidoras@cbna.org

Ages 5-17 years old are invited to Oratory at 1pm every Saturday at Sacred Heart Cathedral.

Learn more about Oratory (including the schedule) at https://sacredheartak.org/oratory.

While we have had quite a few wonderful parishioners volunteer to assist in EDGE & HSYG, their schedules do fluctuate and it would be very helpful to have more who are willing to assist.

Per the Diocese policy for the safety of everyone, a minimum of 2 certified adults are required to be present for all Youth Ministry activities.

Please prayerfully consider completing your certification, and/ or asking individuals who you think would be a willing volunteer. Or, you can submit suggestions for me to contact. Thank you. -Beth

All youth ministry volunteers must have current certification for the course of Serving Vulnerable Populations and a Criminal History Record Check on file with the Diocese.

More information can be found by visiting Adult Training on the Diocese of Fairbanks website.

Diocese of Fairbanks - Adult Training - Fairbanks, AK

Call or Text 907-978-4786

Email stnicksym@cbna.org

Sundays 10am-7pm

Please call, text, or email for

appointments Monday-Saturday

It is a privilege to work with St. Nick's Youth!

As always, please never hesitate to contact me for any reason.

I pray you are having a blessed week.

In Christ's love, Beth