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All Souls/ Who Owns the Past?

  • Writer: office2465
    office2465
  • Dec 1, 2025
  • 1 min read

For hundreds of years, Christian churches have observed a ritual in early November of remembrance of loved ones who have died. Perhaps the most elaborate ceremonies are those of Mexico, where it is called Dia de los Muertos. Here at UU Marblehead, we will observe it in the service as All Souls Day. Those who wish are invited to bring a photo or some other object which is associated in memory to someone close to you who has died. The time usually occupied by the Heart Ritual will be occupied instead by the All Souls Day ritual. The person attending will put the photo or remembrance object on a table near the front of the church and say out loud the name of the deceased. If a person has forgotten to bring the remembrance object, she or he can still come forward and pronounce the name of the loved one. (Nov. 2nd, 2025)


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