All Soul’s Day

Last Saturday I had the honor of visiting Our Lady of the Rosary Cemetery and Prayer Gardens for an All Soul’s Day celebration conducted by Georgetown’s Saint Helen’s Catholic Church.   This beautiful cemetery, as I’ve posted here before, is one of the most peaceful spots anywhere in Central Texas.   The Our Lady event was preceded by an All Soul’s Mass at the church.    At the cemetery, family members were joined by Father Brian McMaster in addition to nuns from the Dominican Sisters of Mary, Mother of the Eucharist, plus some others from a convent in north Austin.   This was a quiet celebration where family members visited the graves of loved ones.   Blessings were bestowed, but the neatest thing was the scattering of wildflower seeds throughout over the resting places of loved ones.    If you’ve ever been here, you’ll know Our Lady’s reputation for their wildflowers.    One attendee, Betty Stone of Austin, makes weekly visits here to visit the resting place of her husband, Bob, who died three years ago.   After a blessing, she was comforted by Sister Maria Guadalupe.   A byproduct of so many flowers, of course, are butterflies galore.    After this spreading of seeds, more are sure to come.