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Students from Catholic high schools serve as pallbearers at indigent burial

Auxiliary Bishop Andrew Wypych lays his hand on the casket after blessing the remains. Students from St. Laurence, Mother McAuley and Brother Rice high schools joined the Archdiocese of Chicago, Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle and other Cook County officials during a committal service to bury indigent and unborn persons on Oct. 26, 2022 at Mount Olivet Cemetery. The committal service included burial of 39 unborn persons and 163 cremated indigent remains. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Hearses arrive from the Cook County morgue arrive with the remains of the indigent and unborn. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
The students gather before the service. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Catholic High School students from St. Laurence, Mother McAuley and Brother Rice joined funeral directors in accompanying the remains as they arrive from the hearses. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Father Lawrence Sullivan leads the service. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
St. Laurence students stand near the caskets during the service. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Leena Webb, a student at Mother McAuley, reads a petition. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Cook County Board President Toni Preckwinkle prays during the service. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Andres Flores, a student at Brother Rice High School, reads a petition during the service. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Students stand with the caskets during the service. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Students stand by the caskets as Bishop Wypych blesses the remains. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Bishop Wypych lays his hands on a casket containing cremated remains. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Students place roses atop a casket. Each casket contains the cremated remains of several people. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
Roses lay atop the caskets. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)
A student holds a rose. (Cynthia Flores-Mocarski/Chicago Catholic)

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