Halloween: Eve of All Hallows
The root word of Halloween is ''hallow,'' which means ''holy.''
The suffix "een" is an abbreviation of "evening." Halloween refers to the Eve of
All Hallows, the night before All Saints' Day, the Christian holy day that honors
saintly people of the past.
All Souls' Day, Nov 2, is a day to pray for all souls. Among Catholics, prayers are
offered for those in purgatory, waiting to get into heaven.
November 1 is All Saints' Day. Choose the Saints from the list below that
worked/ministered in the Americas (North, Central, South). Do you know where
each is from? Do you know his/her feast day?
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Saint
Born in
Feast Day
Mission Work
St. Kateri Tekakwitha
St. Catherine of Siena
St. Isaac Jogues
St. John Paul II
St. Frances Xavier Cabrini
St. Francis of Assisi
St. Rose Philippine Duchesne
St. Anthony of Padua
St. Marianne Cope
Saint Junípero Serra
St. Katharine Drexel
St. Agnes
St. Damien Molokai
St. Teresa of Calcutta
St. John Bosco
St. John Neumann
St. Maria Goretti
St. Elizabeth Ann Seton