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A
message on the heritage of Catholic Cemeteries.
Dear Sisters
and Brothers,
I am pleased
to support our Catholic Cemeteries Awareness
Program which offers Catholics an
opportunity to thoughtfully decide their
cemetery needs in advance and without
pressure.
Death is
always a significant moment for Catholics:
the culmination of our earthly pilgrimage
and the passage into eternity. Hence, burial
in a Catholic cemetery is an important
decision as we are comforted with the
knowledge that a Catholic cemetery is a
sacred place which reflects the doctrines
and liturgy of our Catholic belief.
The Catholic
Cemeteries of Memphis are unique. Each is a
spiritual connection to the Catholic culture
and history of Memphis. Each cemetery,
Calvary and All Saints is a place of faith.
A testimony to our baptismal belief in the
communion of saints and the resurrection of
the dead. Each is a place where we
continually pray for all those buried and
for ourselves. Each is now a place of
burial, by choice, for those who have been
members of the Catholic Church, for their
loved ones and for those who in other ways
were close to the faith and life of the
church.
I urge you
and your family to take advantage of this
opportunity to enhance your understanding of
the Catholic Burial Rite and to prayerfully
consider the information being offered to
you.
In the
Divine Word,
Most Rev. J.
Terry Steib, S.V.D.
Bishop of
Memphis in Tennessee |
