Catholic Cemeteries offers card as a special remembrance
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org When Marilyn Kramer was hired as cemetery counselor at Resurrection Cemetery a year ago, she became one of the first faces families encountered.Some of those...
View ArticleCatholic Cemeteries reports 2,235 burials in FY 2012-13
The Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis buried 2,235 individuals during the fiscal year July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013.RESURRECTION in Affton, with 302 acres, was founded in 1929. It...
View ArticleCatholic Cemeteries offers grave decoration removals
Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis offers a decoration removal service at all of its locations.Removals take place beginning the second Wednesday of the month and continuing the...
View ArticleCatholic Cemeteries to open Divine Mercy Mausoleum
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org A new mausoleum at Resurrection Cemetery in Affton is being described as a "peaceful garden."Work on the Divine Mercy Mausoleum started last May, and work is...
View ArticleUntil death do us part: Planning ahead for a loved one's funeral, burial
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org | twitter: @jenniferbrinker About 10 years ago, Bill Henderson contemplated where he and his wife, Gloria, should be buried after they die. He wanted to get the...
View ArticleBEFORE THE CROSS | Proclaiming Christ in every situation
Archbishop Robert J. Carlson "Catholic cemeteries are not final resting places," Msgr. Dennis Delaney says. "They are places that whisper hope."That's a brilliant and poetic and faith-filled insight....
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