On Friday, November 2, All Souls Day, the Solemn Mass of All Souls with Mozart's Requiem was celebrated.  More than 1,500 packed the Cathedral for this powerful liturgy.


Carolyn Graves chants the reading from the prophet Isaiah.


The magnificent sequence, Dies Irae, is sung following the second reading.  Dr. James Savage conducts the Cathedral Orchestra and the Cathedral Choir of St. James.






Gospel procession


Father Ryan chants the Beatitudes from St. Matthew's Gospel.




Incensing the gifts




The funeral registers are carried in procession and given a place of honor at the Cathedral crypt during this Mass.  The registers contain the names of all those who have been buried from the Cathedral over the past one hundred years.

Photos by M. Laughlin St. James Cathedral, Seattle.  All rights reserved.