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• When to Make Cemetery Arrangements

  How one faithful Catholic couple decided it was time to make their plans for burial.

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• Catholic Burial Problems

  The U.S. Bishops teach that two new ways of disposing of the body are inadequate, and agree with Pope Boniface VIII.

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• Cemeteries Week Logo

  Presenting the winner of the Catholic Cemeteries Week logo contest.
   

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• Console, not Canonize

  Consoling the sorrowful is a spiritual work of mercy, and we should do it. But canonization isn't our job.

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• A Mission of Mercy

  A partnership between a Catholic hospital and a Catholic cemetery honors life.
   

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• Jewish Burial Traditions, Part I

  An interview with Rabbi Zohn about traditional Jewish burial customs.

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• Jewish Burial Traditions, Part II

  Part two of the interview with Rabbi Elchonon Zohn about traditional Jewish burial practices.

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• Disposition Decisions,
  Part I

  Three priorities as you consider your burial options: Faith, finances, and the environment.

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• Disposition Decisions,
  Part II

  Five choices you can make that will conform to the priorities of faith, finances, and the environment

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• Football, Cremation, and the Church

  Jones lost a medallion containing some of his father’s ashes during a game against the Detroit Lions.

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• Alkaline Hydrolysis and You

  About legislation that would legalize alkaline hydrolysis as a means of disposing of human remains.

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• Thinking About Green Burial

  St. Anthony the Great had a problem. He was 105 years old, he lived in fourth-century Egypt, and he was famous.

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• Are "celebrations of life' Catholic?

  A couple of times -- for a neighbor and for a cousin -- I've been invited instead to an event called a "celebration of life."

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• Understanding Cemetery Jargon

  Making cemetery arrangements can be daunting. One of the causes of this anxiety is the vocabulary.

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• Praying for All Souls

  The Church dedicates the whole month of November to pray for the dead, with a special emphasis on November 2, All Souls Day.

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• Praying About Death

  One of my godchildren is in the habit of saying the prayer that starts, "Now I lay me down to sleep", at bedtime. 

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• Hope to Die: A Review

  With death all around us, it is an opportune time to ground ourselves deeply in the truths of the faith about death

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• How to Get a Catholic Funeral

  Sometimes a Catholic, after decades of devotion, dies and does not receive a funeral Mass or burial.