All Saints Day and All Souls' Day

Solemnity of All Saints

Saturday, October 31, 2026

  St. Boniface Parish
Vigil Mass; Anticipated Mass for Sunday
Historic St. Boniface Catholic Church
4:30 p.m.

Sunday, November 1, 2026 
 
  St. Boniface Parish
Historic St. Boniface Catholic Church
6:00 a.m. Mass

Monday, November 2, 2026

 St. Boniface Parish
Historic St. Boniface Catholic Church
Anticipated Mass for Sunday: 4 p.m. Saturday
6 a.m. Mass

St. Meinrad Parish
St. Meinrad Catholic Church
8:30 a.m. Mass

Please note: Reading of the Honor Roll will follow the homily with candles lit for each deceased.

Also, candles honoring this past year's deceased are available for pickup after Mass or during the day, near the Mary and Joseph altars. Please use the handicap entrance.

Cemetery Prayer Service
for the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed

Saturday, October 25, 2025
St. Boniface Parish
St. Boniface Parish Cemetery 
located at Jefferson and Vine Street
Following the 4 p.m. Mass (about 5:15 p.m.)

Sunday, October 26, 2025
St. Meinrad Parish
St. Meinrad Parish Cemetery
located at 4th and E. Green Street
Following the 8:30 a.m. Mass (about 9:30 a.m.)

If there is inclement weather, prayer services will take place in church at these times. All times are Central Time.

Since the eighth century, the solemnity of All Saints has marked a day when we rejoice in the holy men and women of every time and place, canonized or beatified, who are now in heaven. Some were famous; others lived smaller lives going about God’s business on earth relatively unnoticed.

In the Catholic Church, we are called to imitate and venerate saints because of their heroically virtuous lives, martyrdom, or their offering of life for others. But, what does veneration mean and why do we pray to the saints? Veneration of the saints fosters our faith in God and does not detract from it. Rather, our faith in God is strengthen by our relationship with our brothers and sisters in the faith who are in heaven.

The Church teaches that by imitating the virtues lived by the saints, the saints brings us closer to Christ. When we ask the saints to pray for us, we ask them to join their wills with the will of God and intercede for us here on earth. This is the Communion of Saints, which we profess every Sunday in the Creed.

All Souls' Day, also known as “The Commemoration of all the Faithful Departed” is observed on November 2 each year. This is when we remember people who were more like us – the souls of the faithful departed in purgatory or in process. The faithful on earth can assist these purgatorial souls in attaining heaven through prayer, good work and the offering of Mass.

At Mass on All Souls' Day, we pray that through Christ’s loving mercy, God’s “departed servants…may be granted pardon and peace, and be brought to the joy of God’s eternal home. All Souls' Day is an especially rich cultural experience for Hispanic/Latino Catholics, who call it “Día de los Muertos” or “The Day of the Dead.”

During November many Catholics visit a church or cemetery to pray for the holy souls in purgatory, and the Church encourages this custom by attaching a “plenary indulgence” to such prayers for the faithful departed. This indulgence means that through our prayers we can help departed souls complete their preparation for heavenly life.