All Hallows' Eve Reflection.
Allhallowtide,[1] Hallowtide,[2] Allsaintstide,[3] or the Hallowmas season[4][5] is the Western Christian season encompassing the triduum of All Saints' Eve (Halloween), All Saints' Day (All Hallows') and All Souls' Day,[6][7][8] as well as the International Day of Prayer for the Persecuted Church (observed on the first Sunday of November) and Remembrance Sunday (observed on the second Sunday in November) in some traditions.[9][10][11] The period begins on 31 October annually.[12] Allhallowtide is a "time to remember the dead, including martyrs, saints, and all faithful departed Christians."[13] The present date of Hallowmas (All Saints' Day) and thus also of its vigil (Hallowe'en) was established for Rome perhaps by Pope Gregory III (731–741) and was made of obligation throughout the Frankish Empire by Louis the Pious in 835.[14] Elsewhere, other dates were observed even later, with the date in Ireland being 20 April.[15] In the early 11th century, the modern date of All Souls' Day was popularized, after Abbot Odilo established it as a day for the monks of Cluny and associated monasteries to pray for the dead.
All Hallows’ Eve
All Saints’ Eve
In more recent years, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has organized a "Saint Fest" on the holiday.
In the Roman Catholic Church Halloween is viewed as having a Christian connection,[53] and Halloween celebrations are common in Catholic parochial schools throughout North America and in Ireland.
Other Christians feel concerned about Halloween, and reject the holiday because they feel it trivializes - or celebrates - paganism, the occult, or other practices and cultural phenomena deemed incompatible with their beliefs.[54] A response among some fundamentalist and conservative evangelical churches in recent years has been the use of 'Hell houses', themed pamphlets, or comic-style tracts such as those created by Jack T. Chick in order to make use of Halloween's popularity as an opportunity for evangelism.[51] Some consider Halloween to be completely incompatible with the Christian faith[55] because of its origin as a pagan "Festival of the Dead".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween
In more recent years, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Boston has organized a "Saint Fest" on the holiday.
In the Roman Catholic Church Halloween is viewed as having a Christian connection,[53] and Halloween celebrations are common in Catholic parochial schools throughout North America and in Ireland.
Other Christians feel concerned about Halloween, and reject the holiday because they feel it trivializes - or celebrates - paganism, the occult, or other practices and cultural phenomena deemed incompatible with their beliefs.[54] A response among some fundamentalist and conservative evangelical churches in recent years has been the use of 'Hell houses', themed pamphlets, or comic-style tracts such as those created by Jack T. Chick in order to make use of Halloween's popularity as an opportunity for evangelism.[51] Some consider Halloween to be completely incompatible with the Christian faith[55] because of its origin as a pagan "Festival of the Dead".
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Halloween