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Cremation garden opens at All Saints Cemetery

Catholics increasingly choose to be cremated, so this summer Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of Chicago opened its first cremation garden next to the Immaculate Heart of Mary Mausoleum at All Saints Cemetery in Des Plaines.
A statue of St. Francis of Assisi at the new cremation garden of St. Francis at All Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines on July 14. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Family members gather for the entombment of of Marian and Edmund Sylwestrak at the new cremation garden of St. Francis at All Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines on July 14. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Family members gather for the entombment of of Marian and Edmund Sylwestrak at the new cremation garden of St. Francis at All Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines on July 14. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
Family members gather for the entombment of of Marian and Edmund Sylwestrak at the new cremation garden of St. Francis at All Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines on July 14. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
The new cremation garden of St. Francis at All Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines on July 14. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
The new cremation garden of St. Francis at All Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines on July 14. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)
The new cremation garden of St. Francis at All Saints Catholic Cemetery in Des Plaines. (Karen Callaway/Chicago Catholic)

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