German mass to celebrate All Souls Day

From: Chicago Sun-Times | Date: October 30, 1998| Author: ERNEST TUCKER | Copyright information

It will be auf Deutsch on Gedachtnistag, or All Souls Day, at St. Alphonsus Church on the North Side.

Sunday's 9:30 a.m. Roman Catholic mass with a German liturgy will link churchgoers not only with the souls of the departed, but with the tradition in Germany of visiting cemeteries on this feast day. A floral procession at the start of the service will re-create that custom.

"You get a special feeling when you pray and sing in your mother tongue," said Maria Bappert, who imm...

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