All Saints: procession and collection

On the Solemnity of All Saints, at two o'clock, a procession with prayers for the dead set out from the cemetery chapel. Several hundred people took part — the cemetery was full, and thousands of candles were burning on the graves. Before the procession we read the one-off remembrance lists (wypominki).

Members of the Pastoral Council and young people preparing for Confirmation collected at both gates. Eleven thousand two hundred złoty was raised — one and a half thousand more than the year before. The money will go towards restoring historic gravestones; for next year the conservation committee has chosen the Went family gravestone from 1878 and the cast-iron cross by the south wall.

On All Souls' Day the 16:30 Mass was celebrated in the cemetery, by the chapel. Despite the cold and the early dusk, quite a few people came, many with torches.

During the first eight days of November a plenary indulgence for the dead may be obtained by visiting a cemetery and praying for them, under the usual conditions. The annual remembrance lists are read throughout the month before the evening Mass, at 17:30.

We thank everyone who has been tidying graves and paths over the last few weeks — the cemetery looked exceptionally good this year.