Photo of the Day: All Souls' Day Display, St. Cecilia Church, Englewood NJ

Over the weekend, my longtime parish, St. Cecilia, decorated a back corner of the church in connection with All Souls’ Day, in recognizing those who died in the past year.

What’s on this display in this photo I took reflects the traditional Mexican observance of Día de los Muertos (“Day of the Dead”). This corner attracted quite a throng of parishioners at the conclusion of the morning Mass I attended, and, I imagine, all the others this weekend.

Photo of the Day: Creche, St. Cecilia Church, Englewood NJ

Late yesterday afternoon, I, like so many other parishioners, lined up in front of this creche on the altar at my longtime church, St. Cecilia Roman Catholic Church in Bergen County, NJ, to take this photo.  

You will find the same image all over the world today, but those who go here feel a proprietary interest in beholding this—and those who have ever attended Mass here know exactly what I’m talking about.