All Saints Day

"Actions speak louder than words; let your words teach and your actions speak."
- St. Anthony of Padua (1195 - 1231)

Today is the Solemnity of All Saints. The feast day came about in the fourth century when there was a celebration to honor all the martyrs. This occasion occurred in May, and it is not certain how the date of November 1 was chosen for the Solemnity of All Saints. All that is known is that the theologian Alcuin and his friend Arno, the bishop of Salzburg, adopted the date of November 1 in commemoration of the saints in 800. The Church adopted the same date in the ninth century. 

All You Holy Men and Women of God, pray for us!

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Picture of and Information About All Saints Day Taken From:

http://www.americancatholic.org/Features/Saints/saint.aspx?id=1186

http://www.turnbacktogod.com/november-01-all-saints-day/