Happy Halloween y'all ^_^

[gookykookypig]

Halloween means “sanctified people”, its not about ghouls and hobbits or any corpse walking. It’s about a day for prayers directed to the heavemly saints and offered for the dead (to God directly, of course.)

The competition between Satan and God’s holy people is tough. It seemed that Satan got the upper hand when it comes in the eyes of the world. But here in the Philippines, people don’t view Halloween as something horrifying at all. rather, it is a special day for prayer and for reliving memories for our beloved loved ones.

The catholic faith encourages visitations for the dead in the sync of the doctrine of purgatory. A huge number of Protestants joins in the religious festivity. The festivity might re-echo Samhain, but the Church insistence of its true meaning as a day for all the saints to be rendered honor to.

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[Sam_777]

Is it allowed to celebrate Halloween in Catholicism?

 

[LDNCatholic]

Is it allowed to celebrate Halloween in Catholicism?

Hallowe’en is the eve of all Hallows (i.e All Saints Day) so while it is not part of Catholicism to play dress up games or whatever, there is a feast day that falls on the same date.

 

[ralphinal]

Is it allowed to celebrate Halloween in Catholicism?

In what I will call American Catholicism, Halloween has become a secular day. It is still the eve of All Saints, one of the Big Feasts (May all of you have a blessed one), but there is no corresponding Church celebration.

In Mexico, it does not exist. The Day of the Dead does, which ties into All Saints and All Souls Days.

 

[Thing]

Halloween started, like everything else did, in Ireland. A pagan festival stomped out and replaced with a Catholic theme. All Hallows 'eve is the day before All Hallows Day, I suppose, - All Saints Day.
As far as Catholicism is concerned its a Holy Day of obligation - so people go to Mass and thats it.
‘Trick or Treat’ started in England when the protestants, around 1605 after the Gunpowder plot, would dress in straw and go around in crowds to Catholics homes and demand beer and cakes. This tradition was brought to America and the rest is history.

 

[OneTrueCathApos]

Catholics do not recognize, or aren’t suppose to anyway, Halloween because it is a Pagan holiday. I was in Rome last Oct. 31, and nothing was going on as well as no one I saw was dressed up.

 

[ralphinal]

Catholics do not recognize, or aren’t suppose to anyway, Halloween because it is a Pagan holiday. I was in Rome last Oct. 31, and nothing was going on as well as no one I saw was dressed up.

Halloween, as we understand it in the US, is an Anglo thing: only the US and England, and perhaps Canada/Australia would ahve anything to do with it. The rest of Europe has no concept of it.

 

[Laurent_LUG]

The rest of Europe has no concept of it.

Except for some bars ,
who’ll make it a commercialized drunkparty

Salute & Cheers from a NON BELIEVER:
– Laurent LUG (.@…), november 2, 2008

 

[jam070406]

Halloween started, like everything else did, in Ireland. A pagan festival stomped out and replaced with a Catholic theme. All Hallows 'eve is the day before All Hallows Day, I suppose, - All Saints Day.
As far as Catholicism is concerned its a Holy Day of obligation - so people go to Mass and thats it.
‘Trick or Treat’ started in England when the protestants, around 1605 after the Gunpowder plot, would dress in straw and go around in crowds to Catholics homes and demand beer and cakes. This tradition was brought to America and the rest is history.

The feast in honor of all the saints in heaven used to be celebrated on May 13, but Pope Gregory III (d. 741) moved it to Nov. 1, the dedication day of All Saints Chapel in St. Peter’s at Rome. Later, in the 840s, Pope Gregory IV commanded that All Saints be observed everywhere. And so the holy day spread to Ireland. The day before was the feast’s evening vigil, “All Hallows Even” or “Hallowe’en.” In those days, Halloween didn’t have any special significance for Christians or for long-dead Celtic pagans.