Catholic schools celebrate All Saints Day

“Catholic schools give soul to our globalized world and radiates the promise of Christian salvation.”
“I believe in the Holy Spirit, the holy catholic Church, the communion of the saints, the forgiveness of sins, the resurrection of the body, and the life everlasting. Amen.”
 
When Christ ascended into Heaven, he sent the Holy Spirit, the Third Person of the Holy Trinity, who proceeds from the Father and the Son in the form of gift. The Holy Spirit is a gift to the Church and sustains the Church through various gifts (see 1 Corinthians 12:4-12). The Church, then, is the Body of Christ here on earth, with Christ as her head in Heaven Through the Church, we experience the communion of saints, meaning that we are united with those who have gone before us and who have perfectly fulfilled the will of God: as St. Paul says, after listing the holy fathers of the Old Covenant, “we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses” (Hebrews 12:1).

The Church allows us to experience the forgiveness of our sins through the sacrament of Penance because of Christ’s sacrifice on the cross; it is through the Church that we receive the graces from Christ’s death (see CCC 1440-1442). We also believe, because Christ rose again from the dead, we shall also rise like him, having received the sacrament of baptism and being united to him in the Church: “For if we have been united with him in a death like his, we shall certainly be united with him in a resurrection like his” (Romans 6:5). Moreover, Christ told us that he is preparing a place for us in Heaven; he longs for us to be united with him in eternal life, for this mortal life will pass away (see John 14:3). Thus, we also believe in eternal life: we believe that we will one day be united with Christ in Heaven. That is the whole purpose of this life, to be completely united with Christ in Heaven.

In celebration of All Saint's Day, Some of the diocesan elementary and middle-level students dressed up as saints.

Below are the photos of Incarnate Word Academy, Most Precious Blood and Bishop Garriga Middle Preparatory School. The photos below are from just some of the Catholic Schools that celebrated All Saints Day on Nov. 1.

Also, the IWA community remembers their loved ones during a candlelight procession at the beginning of Mass.