CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz: Students dressed as their favorite saints recite the Lord’s Prayer during Mass Oct. 31 at Sts. Philip & James Church in St. James, N.Y. Sixth-graders in the parish school participate annually in a saints’ pageant in observance of All Saints’ Day Nov. 1. Likewise, students in dioceses across the United States and around the world pay tribute to the saints in a variety of ways for their holy day. Visit facebook.com/The.Catholic.Miscellany for photos from the Diocese of Charleston.
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