All Saints Day prayer service

Deacon Natale Garofalo led an All Saints Day prayer service Nov. 1 at Rose Memorial Park Cemetery in Hammond. Although typically considered a tradition of the Roman Catholic Church, Garofalo said, “This is not a Catholic thing. It is a Christian thing. There is but one God.”

Shirley Schmidt places flowers on the grave of her mother while her father, Alvin Segura, holds additional flowers Wednesday at Rose Memorial Park Cemetery in Hammond. Schmidt said she was honoring her mother as well as carrying on the All Saints Day tradition her mother taught to her.

Photos provided by Richard Meek | The Hammond Daily Star