Kaiserslautern American
October 29, 2021
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Allerheiligen – All Saints’ Day
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by Gina Hutchins-Inman 86 Airlift Wing Public Affairs Military members in the Kaiserslautern Military Community may notice that most stores will be closed this coming Monday, Nov. 1. That’s because a German holiday will be observed. All Saints’ Day, celebrated on Nov. 1, is a religious celebration and public holiday in many parts of Germany. As its name suggests, the Catholic Church honors not only its well-known saints, but also the women and men who had secretly lived and defended their beliefs, and proclaimed the Christian message, but were not officially canonized. During the course of the first decades after Christ, it became increasingly difficult to individually honor each saint with a celebration. As early as in the fourth century, an annual celebration was then held the first Sunday after Pentecost in honor of all of them.
At the end of the eighth century, the religious celebration was moved to Nov. 1 in Ireland, which coincides with the Celtic New Year and also marks the beginning of winter. This tradition eventually spread to the European continent. A modern tradition is to decorate graves of deceased with dried-flower bouquets, wreaths or flower bowls and cover existing plants with fir branches to protect against frost. So-called grave or eternal lights with candles are also placed on graves in memory of beloved
family members. All Saints’ Day is celebrated on Nov. 1 in the state of Rhineland-Palatinate, Saarland, NorthrhineWestphalia, BadenWuerttemberg and Bavaria as a public holiday with all stores and public offices being closed. Other German states in the Northern and Eastern regions of the Federal Republic as well as Hesse celebrate “Reformationstag” (Reformation Day) in honor of Martin Luther on Oct. 31 instead.
Buddhist (SGI) Lutheran (WELS) Service: South Chapel, 4 p.m., 2nd & 4th Sun
Orthodox Divine Liturgy: Kapaun Chapel, 08:45 a.m., Sun Children’s Church School: Kapaun Annex, 10:45 a.m., Sun Adult Scripture Study: Kapaun Annex, 10.45 a.m., Sun Great Vespers: Kapaun Chapel, 5 p.m., 4th Sat *Confessions available afterwards
Wiccan Facebook.com/VogelwehOpenCircleSWC Service: Kapaun Annex, 7 p.m., Sat
Unitarian Universalist Facebook.com/ KaiserslauternUnitarianUniversalistFellowship Service: Kapaun Chapel, 1:30 p.m., 2nd & 4th Sun
Catholic Holy Family Catholic Community Facebook.com/RamsteinCatholicCommunity Daily Mass: North Chapel, 11:30 a.m., Tue-Fri Confessions: North Chapel, by appointment only Sunday Masses: North Chapel, 9 a.m. & 1 p.m., Sun
Knights of Columbus (K of C) Meeting: North Chapel, 6 p.m., 2nd Tue
Catholic Women of the Chapel (CWOC)
www.ktowncoc.org
CHURCH OF CHRIST
Mühlstrasse 34 67659 Kaiserslautern Tel. 06 31 - 36 18 59 92 Tel. 06 371 - 46 75 16
86 AW/HC, Unit 3210, APO AE 09094-3210 North Chapel (Bldg 1201) (DSN) 480-6148, (Civ) 06371-47-6148 South Chapel (Bldg 2403) (DSN) 480-5753, (Civ) 06371-47-5753 Vogelweh Chapel (Bldg 2063) Please call Ramstein North Chapel Kapaun Chapel/Annex (Bldg 2781/2782) Please call Ramstein North Chapel For more information about our services, please visit us on Facebook: Facebook.com/RamsteinChapelOfficial Or at the Ramstein Air Base website: https://www.ramstein.af.mil/About/Fact-Sheets/ Display/Article/2597677/kmc-chapels/ Service: North Chapel, 10:30 a.m., 4th Sat
KAISERSLAUTERN
Sun: 10 am, 11 am and 6 pm Wed: 7 pm
RAMSTEIN CHAPEL PROGRAMS
(except Jul & Aug) Bible Study: North Chapel, 9 a.m., Tue Book Club: North Chapel, 6 p.m., 2nd & 4th Thu
Catholic Religious Education (RE)
Services:
Sunday Starting at 11:00 am & 6 pm Wednesday 6:30 pm
(except Jun, Jul & Aug) Kindergarten – 8th and Confirmation class Ramstein Intermediate School: 10:30 a.m.-12 p.m., Sun Life Teen: North Chapel, 5:30 p.m., Sun
Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults (RCIA) (except Jul & Aug) Meeting: South Chapel, 6 p.m., Thu
The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter –day Saints Early Morning Seminary/Scripture Study for High School aged students Ramstein School: North Chapel, 6:30 a.m., Mon-Wed, Fri Vogelweh School: Vogelweh Chapel, 6:30 a.m., Mon-Wed, Fri
Episcopal Service: Kapaun Chapel, 10:30 a.m., Sun
Islam Jumu’ah Khutbah: South Chapel, 1 p.m., Fri Potluck: South Chapel, 7 p.m., 1st & 3rd, Fri Daenner Chapel, 1 p.m., Fri LRMC Chapel, 1:15 p.m., Fri
Jewish Facebook.com/KMCMILJEWISHCOMMUNITY Shabbat: South Chapel, 6 p.m., Fri Sabbath Kiddush & Lunch: 1 p.m.; RSVP and request location by COB Wed* Saturday Torah Study: 7 p.m. - request location & Zoom link* Sunday Hebrew School & B’nei Mitzvah Study – request location and Zoom link*
Messianic Service: South Chapel, 10 a.m., Sat
Protestant Contemporary North Chapel, 11 a.m., Sun Facebook.com/ramsteincontemporaryservice (Deaf & Hard of Hearing Ministry ASL interpreter available) Children’s Church: North Chapel Annex, Ages 5 and up (Children are dismissed during service to attend) Men’s Bible Study: South Chapel, 11:45 a.m., Wed Gospel: Vogelweh Chapel, 11 a.m., Sun Facebook.com/VogelwehGospelService/ Children’s Church registration begins at 10:45 a.m. Children’s Church: Vogelweh Chapel, Pre-K to 12th, Sun Traditional: South Chapel, 9:30 a.m., Sun Facebook.com/ramsteinprotestanttraditionalservice
Seventh - day Adventist Worship service: North Chapel, 11 a.m., Sat Bible Study: North Chapel, 10 a.m., Sat
PMOC Bible Study: South Chapel, 11:45 a.m., Wed
PWOC Bible Study: Vogelweh Chapel, 6 p.m., Mon Bible Study: South Chapel, 9 a.m., 11:30 a.m., 6 p.m., Tue Bible Study: Vogelweh Chapel, 9:30 a.m., Thu
Ramstein AWANA (RE) Facebook.com/groups/RamsteinAwana Protestant Youth of the Chapel (Middle & High School) Grds 6-8: North Chapel, 3:30-5 p.m., Tue Grds 9-12: North Chapel, 5:30-7:30 p.m., Tue Grds 6-12: Vogelweh Chapel, TBA
Officer Christian Fellowship North Chapel Annex, 5:30-9:30 p.m., Thu
