Halloween on October 31 easily recalls children of all ages in colorful costumes going from house-to-house as they trick-or-treat for candy. All Saints Day, or in some countries, Day of the Dead, is the next day.
Halloween focuse is on spooky fun, costumes and warding off or scaring away evil spirits. while Day of the Dead is a peaceful, joyful family reunion remembering and honoring the souls of deceased loved ones, reported Patricia Humphrey Taylor.
Ware Episcopal Church, 7825 John Clayton Memorial Hwy, Gloucester, at 5 p.m. November 1 will offer a celebration in song, honoring those who have died, especially those who passed in the past year. Guest concert organist Giles Cooke, formerly of Gloucester and Williamsburg, now living in Bethesda, Md., with his family, will begin the candlelight service on the Cassavant Freres pipe organ with meditative prelude “Preludio Sine Nomine” by Herbert Howells. At the conclusion of the service, Cooke’s postlude will be “Fugue in E-flat Major” by J.S. Bach……
