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🌼 Día de los Muertos Celebration at Holy Name 🌼
Honoring our loved ones with color, creativity, and joy
📍 Holy Name Church – 11000 W. 133rd Ave, Cedar Lake, IN
📅 Saturday, October 18, 2025
🕛 12:00 pm – 8:00 pm
🎨 Cultural Experience & Exhibits (12–4 pm, Sacred Heart Hall)
Explore hands-on exhibits that bring this beautiful tradition to life:
🌼 Marigolds: learn their meaning & create your own paper marigolds
✂️ Papel picado (colorful cut-paper banners): learn the art & make one to take home
💀 Skulls: try temporary tattoos or have your face painted in traditional skull makeup (small fee)
🖼️ Remembrance Station: print a photo of your loved one for the altar
🕯️ Altar / Ofrenda: discover what goes on a Día de los Muertos altar & why
📖 What is Día de los Muertos?: learn the history and meaning
🍬 Gift shop & snack bar open throughout
🎬 Screening of Disney–Pixar’s Coco
🍴 Food Vendor (12–4 pm, Parking Lot)
Authentic tacos and refreshments available for purchase.
🕯️ Community Shrine Memorial (3:00 pm, Upstairs)
Bring a photo of a loved one to place on the shrine. Participants may share a brief memory (1–2 minutes) with the group.
💀 Costume Contest (4:00 pm)
Wear any costume you like — but skull face paint or a mask is required to enter the contest.
🎶 Parade & Procession (4:15 pm)
A joyful walk through Holy Name Cemetery and along 133rd Avenue.
✨ Evening Events
3:30 pm: Bilingual confessions
5:00 pm: Mass
6:00 pm: Fiesta & fellowship