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Faithful gather to remember deceased on All Souls Day

Catholics pray during a rosary procession following annual Mass at Calvary Cemetery

Bishop Anthony B. Taylor delivers his homily during the annual All Souls Day Mass at Calvary Cemetery on Nov. 2 to a crowd of about 50 people. (Aprille Hanson photo)

Don Pilkington (right), a member of St. Theresa Church in Little Rock, and his brother Paul Pilkington, a member of Our Lady of the Holy Souls Church in Little Rock, silently follow along as names of the deceased were read during the All Souls Day Mass. (Aprille Hanson photo)

Suzette Bridges, a member of St. Patrick Church in North Little Rock, walks in a rosary procession through Calvary Cemetery with other faithful following the All Souls Day Mass. (Aprille Hanson photo)

Father Erik Pohlmeier (right), director of faith formation and permanent diaconate formation in the Diocese of Little Rock, led the rosary procession through Calvary Cemetery. Father Jack Vu, rector of the Cathedral of St. Andrew, also concelebrated the All Souls Day Mass. (Aprille Hanson photo)

Seminarian Omar Galván carries the cross during the rosary procession at Calvary Cemetery Nov. 2. (Aprille Hanson photo)

Seminarian Omar Galván (left) and discerner John Marconi help lead the rosary procession with Deacon Chuck Ashburn, assistant director for development and academic advising in the Office of Vocations and Seminarians in the Diocese of Little Rock, and Bishop Taylor. (Aprille Hanson photo)

Catholics pray the rosary Nov. 2 for the faithful departed following the annual All Souls Day Mass. (Aprille Hanson photo)

Bishop Taylor blesses the priests’ graves at Calvary Cemetery during the rosary procession on All Souls Day, Nov. 2, with assistance from John Marconi, who is discerning a call to religious life. (Aprille Hanson photo)

Catholics say final prayers at the end of the rosary procession at Calvary Cemetery. (Aprille Hanson photo)

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Bishop Anthony B. Taylor concelebrates the annual All Souls Day Mass at Calvary Cemetery Nov. 2 with about 50 of the faithful.

Bishop Taylor preached in his homily that “people of faith grieve differently.”

“Death does not separate us in any definitive way,” he said. “… Spiritually, we’re not separated at all.”

Following Mass, Father Erik Pohlmeier (right), director of faith formation and permanent diaconate formation in the Diocese of Little Rock, led a rosary procession around the cemetery where Bishop Taylor blessed several graves, including those of priests.

Also assisting during the Mass were Father Jack Vu, (front left) and Deacon Chuck Ashburn (back, left).