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Catholic cemetery in Salt Lake City works to uncover graves of ‘lost souls’
- Nov 2, 2020
In the historical area of Mount Calvary Catholic Cemetery is a wide swath of grass unmarked by headstones.

By Marie Mischel
Bishop demands justice after Catholic cemetery desecrated in India
- Oct 22, 2020
A bishop in India is calling for justice after Hindu radicals desecrated a Catholic cemetery in the southern state of Tamil Nadu.

By Nirmala Carvalho
Catholic funerals are helping ‘fill the void of loss with faith’
- Aug 29, 2020
Robert Seelig leads Catholic Funeral & Cemetery Services (CFCS) as CEO and founder. He created the vision for CFCS as “Church helping Church.”

By Charles C. Camosy

Dutch nuns open new cemetery for ‘natural burials’
- Sep 23, 2019
A new cemetery providing natural burials was recently opened in the Netherlands after years of preparation. The Trappistine Sisters of the Abbey of Koningsoord came up with the idea as a place of consolation and of connection, and of course as a final resting place.

By Hettie van der Ven – Katholiek Nieuwsblad
Voracious goats keep Wisconsin cemetery looking beautiful the natural way
- Aug 19, 2019
In early July, five goats arrived at St. Mary Cemetery in Appleton, Wisconsin, from a farm in nearby Black Creek. They’re helping tackle the cemetery’s problem with buckthorn, an aggressive, invasive species of shrub that had overtaken the cemetery’s riverbank.

By Patricia Kasten
Parish cemeteries: A labor, but also a labor of love
- Nov 2, 2017
Parish cemeteries are “not all that uncommon” in the Midwest, said Grant Emmel, who is charged with keeping tabs on the 125 cemeteries in the Madison Diocese. “It’s the perfect ministry, because it’s right there, it’s right in the middle of your parish … our parents are there, our grandparents are there, our kids are there.”

By Mark Pattison

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