Catholic cemeteries have a long tradition of dedicated service to the Catholic Community including non-Catholics spouses, children, parents and other relatives. Christians with a connection to the Catholic Community may also be buried in the Catholic Cemeteries. Click here to read the Christian Burial Policy

It is only natural that those who share the same faith in life will wish to carry on that sense of community in death. When it comes to the issue of death, the sensibilities and needs of Catholics are unique and call for certain practices in the handling and care of the remains of the deceased. Therefore, in the blessed grounds of a Catholic cemetery there are safeguards - mandated by the Church's Canon Law - which guarantee permanence, reverence and respect for the remains of the deceased.

Members of the wider community have been served by these Catholic Cemeteries as part of our dedicated ministry of consolation. We receive non-Catholic spouses, children, parents, other relatives and friends of Catholics. The normal and expected situation is to bury a Catholic in a Catholic cemetery. However, a Catholic may be buried in another cemetery, according on circumstances.

Yes. It is recognized that those who die from the act of suicide deserve understanding and compassion. The deceased may have been suffering from a serious psychological instability, or overwhelming fear and confusion. Therefore, the church offers funeral and burial rites for those who may have died as a result of suicide. The American edition of the Catholic ritual includes prayers for this specific situation. These prayers evoke forgiveness for the departed and consolation to their family.

Some online resources are available or are in the works for gravesite and cemetery research. Many of these have been produced independently for genealogical research. They can be found on the local Rootsweb site. Obituaries are one resource where you may be able to find information or clues about the final resting place of the deceased. Contact the Carnegie Library of Pittsburgh's Pennsylvania Department and inquire about their Death Notice/Obituary Index (1786-1913; 1963-2000).

In our complex and busy world, the desire to do things well spiritually, as well as sensibly, is often complicated by practical matters like time, money and information. Nothing seems quite as easy to do as it first appears. This is also true of planning for a burial place. We recommend that you do this now for the final stage of your journey, while your decision can be made spiritually and prudently.

Each person, created in the image and likeness of God, sets out on a faith journey. Our church, and in particular the local parish, is always present along the way to minister to the traveler’s needs and to celebrate significant milestones in their lives. We become a new creation through water and the Holy Spirit in Baptism becoming children of God. At the table of the Eucharist, we are nourished for our life’s journey.

A - Treorchy Cemetery records are available in Treorchy Library on microfilm, or from the Sexton at the Cemetery. Try writing or phoning him at: David Phillips (address below) has indexed the first 10,000 burials, with 55,000 still to go. The index is available at Treorchy Library, and includes Surname, Name, and Number. David can also supply a copy of the interment record (price on application to David). He hopes to get the full index on CD/disk by next year.

It must first be recalled that a Catholic cemetery is a holy place, being consecrated ground, especially blessed by the Church to receive the bodies, temples of the Holy Ghost, that will rise up to meet Our Lord, the Supreme Judge, on the last day. It is for this reason that it was always considered obligatory for the bodies of faithful Catholics to be buried in Catholic cemeteries (Canon 1205,?1 of the 1917 Code).

Yes. Qualified spouses and/or unmarried dependent children under the age of 21 or adult children who are mentally or physically incapable of self-support may be eligible for burial in a Missouri Veterans Cemetery.

The GNIS is the repository for official geographic names and locative attributes (County, map name, latitude, longitude) about named entities of all types of features, including cemeteries. This database does not maintain information on individuals or their history or interments, although it often assists genealogists by locating obscure or historical churches, cemeteries, or communities.

No. Following the battle nearly all the soldiers killed in the fighting were buried on the battlefield. In 1867, the Springfield National Cemetery was created and the Union dead were removed there. A short time later, the Southern dead were taken there as well and placed in an adjacent plot (now part of the National Cemetery). Unfortunately, only a handful of the Wilson's Creek dead at the Springfield National Cemetery are identified.