ALL SOULS DAY ATLANTA ARCHDIOCESE

 

ONLY ALL SOULS DAY MASSES IN GEORGIA

The ONLY All Souls Day Masses in Georgia. Masses will take place at the parish of Saint Francis de Sales. This Thursday because all priests are permitted 3 masses on this day, the parish will have 3 back to back masses starting at 6:30 am. Two back to back masses starting at 9:00 am. At 7:00 pm there will be a Sung High Requiem Mass with absolution at the catafalque. (Notice the rubrics when masses are said one after the other!)

HOLY DAY WEDNESDAY

For All Saints Day, the only masses in Georgia will likewise take place at the parish of Saint Francis de Sales. Low masses are at 6:30 am, noon , and a High Mass at 7:00 pm. 

Parish web page:  St. Francis de Sales Catholic Church - Latin Mass Atlanta (fsspatl.com)

587 Landers Drive SW

Mableton Ga 30216

(770) 948-6888

INDULGENCE OF ALL SOULS DAY AND OCTAVE

Between Noon of ( All Saints Day) November 1 and Midnight of All Souls day ( Nov 2nd) , a person who has been to confession and Communion can gain a plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, for the poor souls each time he visits a church or public oratory and recites the Our Father, the Hail Mary and the Glory be to the Father six times. This is a special exception to the ordinary law of the Church according to which a plenary indulgence for the same work can be gained only once a day.

      Also, the faithful who, during the period of eight days from All Saints Day, visit a cemetery and pray for the dead may gain a plenary indulgence, under the usual conditions, on each day of the Octave, applicable only to the dead. Here is a simple invocation for the dead, called the "Eternal Rest" prayer:             

English translation:

Eternal rest grant unto him/her (them), O Lord; and let perpetual light shine upon him/her (them). May he/she (they) rest in peace. Amen.

Latin:
Réquiem ætérnam dona ei (eis) Dómine; et lux perpétua lúceat ei (eis). Requiéscat (Requiéscant) in pace. Amen.

Catholics also pray this prayer for the dead anytime throughout the year, and whenever they pass a cemetery. Many families pray a Rosary nightly for the dead throughout the Octave of All Souls, replacing the Fatima prayer with the Eternal Rest prayer