The month of November is the time of remembering, in particular, we celebrate All Saints Day and All Souls Day. My favorite ceremony during this time is Día de Los Muertos, a beloved Mexican holiday in remembrance of the loved ones who have gone before us. During this celebration of life, families traditionally set up ofrendas (altars) in their homes or they visit cemeteries and adorn them with photos, candles and food, to visit with and to celebrate both the life of the one who has gone before and the legacy that person left behind for their families and communities. In the midst of mourning and grief there is a light – a hope - that death is not enough to separate us from the people that we love.
- Dr. Jeanette Rodriguez, ICTC Executive Director
Signs of the Times
- November is Native American and Alaska Native Heritage Month (SU's Office of Diversity and Inclusion Community Resource page)
- At border Mass above the Rio Grande, migrants who died are remembered (NCR, 11/7)
- Seattle's interfaith dialogue pioneer Fr. William Treacy dies at 103 (NCR, 11/7)
- Pope: ‘Every time a woman comes in to do a job in the Vatican, things get better’ (America, 11/6)
- A Litany for the Feast of All Saints and Blessed of the Society of Jesus (Jesuits.org, 11/5)
- New Vatican synod document mentions women's ordination, LGBTQ relationships (NCR, 10/27)