For All Saints, the kids made cup cakes, each decorated in icing with the symbol of a different saint: crossed keys for St Peter, a boat radiant with fire for St Elmo, and so on. In the evening we sang the Litany of the Saints from the Liber Usualis, adding in our own patrons (where these weren't already included in the Litany. This was by candlelight, with every candlestick in the house in use, and images or statues of all our patron saints on display.
We always try to make something of All Saints Day, not least to counter-balance the secular idiocy of Halloween.
ROME 24/4– Day 37 (-4): MORE sacristy secrets, MORE music from nuns, and
MORE Fr. Z’s Kitchen
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On this Feast of St. Cletus, Pope and Martyr, the sun rose over Rome at
06:11. Sunset is to be at 20:06. The Ave Maria Bell should ring at 20:15.
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