Requiem Mass for All Souls with Archbishop Cordileone

All are welcome to attend a Solemn Requiem Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral on the Feast of All Souls. Join Archbishop Cordileone in prayer for the souls of your own beloved dead and for all the faithful departed. Hear the gorgeous and solemn music of the Requiem Mass by Duarte Lobo, sung by the famed Benedict Sixteen choir directed by Richard Sparks.

Parking is free in the Cathedral parking lot. .

Please RSVP here if you will attend.

The Mass will also be livestreamed here.

Sponsored by the Benedict XVI Institute for Sacred Music and Divine Worship.

The Benedict XVI Institute's mission is opening the door of beauty to God by providing practical resources for more beautiful and reverent liturgy and by energizing a Catholic culture of the Arts. Learn more at BenedictInstitute.org
 

What is the Feast of All Souls?  Why do Catholics celebrate it? Is it a holy day of obligation?  When did it begin?  To learn more about this annual solemnity, observed every November 2, read the article All Saints and All Souls by Fr. William Saunders.