Here in Bolivia, Halloween isn't exactly celebrated here like it in the US. However, on November 2, All Souls Day, we celebrate all those who we have lost. Many people from all around gather in the local cemetery to celebrate. The celebrations begin with a reading of all the names that have been lost (I was able to add my loved ones who I have lost, special remembrance to my grandparents, Margie, Milton, Martha, and Francis), followed by mass. After mass all those with loved ones set up decorations, their finest foods and beverages on the graves of their lost loved ones. The families hang out for the day and celebrate the lives of their lost ones while children run around and stop at each grave to pray that the souls of those lost will make it to heaven. In return for their prays the families give out bread. This is a day of celebration of the lives that have been lost and full of prayer that their souls will rise into heaven. I had a great time spending the holiday with the girls and experiencing this holiday in another culture.
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Kearney Cole
11/23/2015 01:45:21 pm
This is awesome...Also, SO happy you took the Kennedy Soccer jacket! :)
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Matt Russo
3/6/2016 09:02:11 pm
Perspective changes everything! So happy to see you enjoyin your time in Bolivia! You truly are an inspiration Erin Brennan, and you will never be forgotten.
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Erin Brennan
For the next year I am volunteering as a Salesian Lay Missioner in Cochabamba, Bolivia. I am living in an orphanage of 45 girls and amongst the religious community of the Daughters of the Divine Savior from El Salvador. Archives
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