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Students from Catholic high schools serve as pallbearers at indigent burial

The more than three dozen students from Brother Rice, Mother McAuley and St. Laurence high schools who served as honorary pallbearers for the burial of indigent people at Mount Olivet Cemetery Oct. 26 bore witness to the human dignity that each of the 202 souls whose remains were interred possessed, said Father Lawrence Sullivan, priest director of Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago

Indigent burial includes those who died of COVID-19

For the 30th time, Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago, in conjunction with the County Medical Examiner’s Office, buried the remains of indigent people, two unknown people and unborn babies during a service at Mount Olivet Cemetery on June 9. For the first time, those buried included 31 who died from COVID-19.

Catholic Cemeteries holds 29th burial of indigent, unborn

On a sunny fall day, Nov. 12, Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago held its 29th committal service to bury indigent people and the unborn from Cook County at Mount Olivet Cemetery, 2755 W. 111th St.

Memorial Day cemetery Masses to be broadcast online

Attending Mass at one of the archdiocese’s cemeteries on Memorial Day is an annual tradition for many Catholics, but this year, because of COVID-19, those Masses will take place online.

Losing a loved one during the pandemic

This is a terrible time to lose a loved one, whether it’s to COVID-19 or not. That’s the conclusion of people who minister to grieving families who now must navigate new rules as they seek to lay their loved ones to rest.

Hillside cemetery hosts replica of Vietnam Memorial, veterans

Cemeteries to host replica of Vietnam Memorial

Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago will host a half-sized replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall and a traveling museum about the Vietnam War Sept. 26-30 at Queen of Heaven Cemetery, 1400 S. Wolf Road, Hillside.

Japanese morticians learn how Americans bury their dead

Various faiths and countries bury their dead in different ways. For most societies religious traditions play a role but with the share of people belonging to religions dropping significantly in recent years, how people bury the dead around the world is changing

Interest in cremation leads to new garden in Des Plaines

Every year on Nov. 2, the Catholic Church remembers its dead on All Souls Day. On or around that day many families visit their deceased loved ones at the cemetery.

Catholic cemeteries bury the poor and forgotten

It is not as if anyone has organized a parade or a public relations campaign to say so, but Catholic cemeteries around the country have, do and will bury the indigent and those whose bodies have gone unclaimed.
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