Remembrance of Lives Past

Baptisms are often scheduled on All Souls' Day.

On All Souls' Day, aka the Commemoration of All Faithful Departed, the priests read the names of those whom the congregation wishes to be remembered. The list numbers about a hundred, usually consisting of parents and grandparents.

When in my late twenties I had attended this church (before moving elsewhere) and met many of its first generation. I wrote down a half-dozen names, unfamiliar to all but a very few, but without whom this church would not exist.

Maybe in 40 years a formerly young person will remember to put my name on the list.