Cemeterians

Prison Cemetery

November is fast approaching.  Oct. 31st is all Hallow's Eve and thoughts turn to All Saint's Day on Nov. 1st.  Nov. 2nd is All Souls Day.  One of the many great things about being Catholic is our Communion of Saints.  Everybody prays for everybody--living and dead.  The living pray for the dead and the dead pray for the living.  Sounds like a plan.

One of the oldest ministries in the church is the care of the dead.  Cemeterians' ministry involves the care of cemeteries. They manage and care for cemeteries.  Some of the cemeterian societies are large enough to offer bereavement ministries.  In the early days, they took care of the catacombs.  Presently, they perhaps could offer development, planning, engineering, landscape architecture planning, financing, etc.  (We lives in such complicated times).  But rest assured, they also look toward the future.  I guess you could say, it's the nature of the business.