Dear Brothers and Sisters in Christ, If you walk around stores or you listen to announcements you hear a lot about Halloween. Have you ever thought about what the word means. We use one of the words every time we pray the Our Father. We say Hallowed be your name. Hallowed or may your name be Holy. Yes the word Hallow is an old English name for Holy. And the other part of the word “een’ is the shortened version of eve or evening. When we say Halloween we are saying Holy evening or the eve of All Saints. Very often in the early church the leaders realized that there were many pagan festivals and that Christians would be tempted to go to them so instead, of outright prohibition they celebrated a Christian event on that day. Some of the pagan customs carried over and that may have been the case with Halloween. So as you have fun and celebrate remember the name and say a prayer to the Saints whose feast we celebrate on the day after. Let the journey of faith continue Pray for me as I pray for you, Fr Karl