Monday, October 28, 2013
Catholics and Halloween
I highly encourage you to read this great article on Catholicism and Halloween, which appeared on Father Robert Barron's Word on Fire Blog. Excellent food for thought and a good history lesson to boot!
Sunday, October 27, 2013
All Saints Day Costumes
Friday, November 1st is our first annual All Saint's Day Party!! My kid's and I are working on our costume ideas and I thought you might like some inspiration from around the web:
From Catholic Icing here is a great post on costume ideas for boys:
And a link to ideas for girls:
Catholic All Year has some absolutely fantastic ideas for making saint costumes that can double as Halloween costumes. So clever!!
There are so many saints to choose from, the ideas are endless. I can't wait to see all our little saints November 1 at 7pm!!
Soul Cakes on Halloween
From Catholic Cuisine, here is a great new tradition to start on Halloween; serve your child a cupcake or a donut and tell the following story:
During the Middle Ages in England, on the night before All Saints Day, or Hallowmas, peasants and children called "soulers" would go about town singing and praying for the souls of the dead. They would stop at homes and beg for a "soul cake" and promise in return to pray for the household's deceased family members to be released from purgatory. If homeowners did not give out cakes it was believed their home would be cursed. And this my friends is thought to be the origination of trick or treating.
There are many recipes for soul cakes from a small round cake to a doughnut shaped treat. Some variations include cutting a cross on the top or adding rasins. It seems that the recipes developed over time and region.
Enjoy your soul cake with the traditional Hallowmas, song:
Soul, Soul, a soul cake!
I pray thee, good missus, a soul cake!
One for Peter, two for Paul,
three for Him what made us all!
Soul Cake, soul cake, please good missus, a soul cake.
An apple, a pear, a plum, or a cherry, any good thing to make us all merry.
One for Peter, two for Paul, & three for Him who made us all.
During the Middle Ages in England, on the night before All Saints Day, or Hallowmas, peasants and children called "soulers" would go about town singing and praying for the souls of the dead. They would stop at homes and beg for a "soul cake" and promise in return to pray for the household's deceased family members to be released from purgatory. If homeowners did not give out cakes it was believed their home would be cursed. And this my friends is thought to be the origination of trick or treating.
There are many recipes for soul cakes from a small round cake to a doughnut shaped treat. Some variations include cutting a cross on the top or adding rasins. It seems that the recipes developed over time and region.
Enjoy your soul cake with the traditional Hallowmas, song:
Soul, Soul, a soul cake!
I pray thee, good missus, a soul cake!
One for Peter, two for Paul,
three for Him what made us all!
Soul Cake, soul cake, please good missus, a soul cake.
An apple, a pear, a plum, or a cherry, any good thing to make us all merry.
One for Peter, two for Paul, & three for Him who made us all.
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