Catholics dedicate the month of November in a special way to pray for the dead. The Church even grants a plenary indulgence for the souls in Purgatory if a Catholic in a state of grace visits a ...

Most families don’t think about cemetery or funeral planning until they have to. Decisions are made quickly, emotions are high, and time feels painfully short. Yet the choices made during those ...

Catholics of a certain age remember the term “sacramentals.” They are “sacred signs which bear a resemblance to the sacraments. They signify effects, particularly of a spiritual nature, which are ...

When a family suffers the loss of a loved one, about 50 difficult decisions must be made within hours, but cemetery pre-planning sets most details ahead of time and can ease much of a grieving ...

Many of us plan ahead in life -- we arrange weddings, education for our children, family vacations, retirement and other significant expected life events. As we know, preparing and planning for ...

A large gang of workmen had the task 118 years ago of removing bodies from the Old Catholic Cemetery to be re-interred in Hanover Green Cemetery. The location of the Old Catholic Cemetery as described ...