PRESS RELEASE
             For Immediate Release

OFFICE OF COMMUNICATIONS
1933 Spielbusch Avenue
Toledo, Ohio 43604

Sally Oberski, Director of Communications 419.244.6711 x 148
Kelly O’Loughlin, Communications Coordinator 419.244.6711 x 149

ALL SOULS DAY MASSES SCHEDULED AT TOLEDO CEMETERIES

      
     Toledo, Ohio – October 20, 2011 – On November 2, 2011, Catholics from around the world will celebrate the Feast of All Souls Day.  Masses that are scheduled in the Toledo are as follows:

• Calvary Cemetery 2224 Door Street, Toledo beginning at 12:00 pm.
Celebrant - The Most Reverend Bishop Leonard P. Blair

• Resurrection Cemetery, 5725 Hill Avenue, Toledo beginning at 12:00 pm
Celebrant - Father Joseph Steinbauer

• Mount Carmel Cemetery, 15 E Manhattan Blvd, Toledo beginning at 12:00 pm
Celebrant - Father Joseph Poggemeyer

     All Souls Day is a solemn feast in the Roman Catholic Church commemorating the faithfully departed.  Dating back to 988 A.D. the feast day was accepted in Rome in the 13th century.  Traditionally, in the Catholic faith, November is a month for visiting graves of those loved ones who have gone before us in faith.

  
     For more information on the All Souls Day Mass, please contact the Office of Parish Life for the Diocese of Toledo at 419.467.6711.

The Diocese of Toledo, established April 15, 1910 encompasses 8222 square miles in a mixture of urban and rural areas that spans 19 counties across Northwest, serving 322,523 Catholics in 126 parishes. The diocese includes Allen, Crawford, Defiance, Erie, Fulton, Hancock, Henry, Huron, Lucas, Ottawa, Paulding, Putnam, Richland, Sandusky, Seneca, Van Wert, Williams, Wood and Wyandot counties.

 
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