“Our dead are never dead to us until we have forgotten them.”

— George Eliot, English author.

 Though rituals existed during pre-Columbian times to honor and remember the dead, according to contemporary Mexican traditions, every year the doors of the “afterlife” open at midnight on October 31st. The souls of children arrive first to visit their families, and then on November 2nd, the souls of adult family and friends come to call. Beautiful ofrendas/altars are constructed in homes, cemeteries, and public spaces to welcome them.

Please join us for an afternoon of crafts (paper flowers, butterflies, and photo frames), music, and “antijitos” on the PUC patio, and help create our ofrenda for El Dia de Los Muertos. (Bring precious and fragile pictures of your beloved dead; we can copy and print them as 4x6 photos for frames.)

As the Monarch Butterflies migrate back to Mexico at this time, it is believed that they are, or carry the souls of the dead back to their families. Our theme for the ofrenda will acknowledge this relationship.

For Questions Contact:

Sylvia Velasquez Lawrence, Pacific Sage Preschool Director

(424) 241-0308