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Allsaintstide & Remembrance 2021

31 October - All Saints’ Sunday
  • 10:30am Parish Mass at All Saints'
On All Saints' Day we celebrate all the Saints who rejoice in heaven and intercede for us before God.
Patronal Festival of Houghton Regis celebrating the title feast of the Parish Church.


2 November - All Souls’ Day
  • 7:30pm Said Requiem Mass as All Saints'
A Requiem Mass to remember and pray for the soul of all those whom we have loved and lost.

11 November - Armistice Day
  •  10:50am Act of Remembrance
A short memorial service for all fallen service personnel with the 11:00am Act of Remembrance at the Memorial Stone.

14 November - Remembrance Sunday
  • 9:45am Requiem Mass at All Saints'
  • 5:00pm Sunday Mass at St Thomas'
A service of remembrance and prayer for all fallen service personnel followed by the Act of Remembrance at the Memorial Stone. Attendance at this service is ticketed.
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About Allsaintstide and Remembrance
The days surrounding the Feast of All Saints (1 November), traditionally called Allsaintstide, are very important ones in our parish. During this time we celebrate our patronal festival – the dedication of the Parish Church to all the saints who ever lived and now rejoice in heaven in the presence of God.
At All Saints' we usually transfer this important celebration to the Sunday either preceding or following 1 November. This year we will celebrate it on Sunday 31 October as "All Saints' Sunday".

On All Souls’ Day (2 November) we remember, and pray for, all our loved ones who have died. There will be two Requiem Masses this year; one on the eve (Friday 1 November at 7:30) and one on the day itself at 12:00 noon. Allsaintstide and Remembrance continues as we pray for all the war dead on Remembrance Sunday and Armistice Day.

While many people think of the saints as (sometimes unreachable) examples of ‘virtuous and godly living’, this hardly does justice to the biblical insight that in our pilgrimage through this world ‘we are surrounded by so great a cloud of witnesses’ (Hebrews 12:1). Sanctity is not about hero-worship as about accessibility; the saints are the real men and women of every age in whose lives we can glimpse heaven in our midst. They are our partners in prayer:
Before thy throne we daily meet
As joint-petitioners to thee;
In spirit each the other greet,
And shall again each other see.

                 - Richard Baxter

All Saints' Parish Church
High Street, Houghton Regis
LU5 5DJ

St Thomas' Church
Lowry Drive, Houghton Regis.
LU5 5SJ

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  • The Parish
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  • Our Faith
    • Learning
    • Homilies (Sermons)
  • Worship & Prayer
    • Mass
    • Corpus Christi
    • Junior Church
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  • Life Events
    • Baptisms
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    • Coffee Mornings
    • Walsingham Youth Pilgrimage
  • Giving
    • Parish Giving Scheme
    • Lagacies
    • Restoration
    • Memorial Path