From email announcement:

On Sunday evening, November 2, St. Andrew’s will host an All Souls’ Labyrinth Walk in Pleasants Park. Please feel free to stop by any time between 5 pm and 7 pm. It is an invitation to walk in quiet remembrance of and thanksgiving for the ancestors who have gone before us to light the way.

Walking a labyrinth is one of the oldest contemplative practices for prayer and pilgrimage found in faith traditions around the world. Labyrinths may have been in existence as early as 3,500 to 4,500 BCE.

In the Christian tradition, the practice arose when Christians could no longer make pilgrimages to Jerusalem and so began to transform the physical journey to a spiritual one. On November 2, the Episcopal Church celebrates the Commemoration of All Faithful Departed, also called All Souls’ Day. It is a day for particular remembrance of ancestors, family members and friends who have walked before us.

The labyrinth will be set up from 5 to 7 for those who would like to walk it. The choir will sing contemplative chants from several traditions, and we will have hot chocolate and cookies for those who join us.