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remembrance board
Memorial Day mass will be celebrated in the cemetery on Memorial Day, Monday, May 27th at 10:30 AM. Please join us.
We also invite everyone to add the name of a loved one who has gone to be with the Lord to our remembrance board. It is located at the front entrance of the mausoleum.
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cemetery clean-up
To help prepare for Mother's Day, a cemetery clean-up will commence Monday, April 29th. Kindly remove any decorations you wish to keep before this date.
Only fresh flower plantings are permitted from April 1st until October 31st. All plantings must be within one foot in front of the headstone. Please remember, resident deer live on the property and feed on flowers that are not deer resistant. Consult your local garden center for recommendations. -
memorial candle dedications
Dedicating a memorial candle is a beautiful way to remember and honor a loved one. Click here on 'Memorial Candle Dedication'. You'll be able to purchase a dedication on-line.
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HIGH WINDS
Since February 24th, the National Weather Service has issued weather alerts affecting the Passaic County area for wind gusts up to 60 mph. We'd like to remind all visitors that the strength of these winds wreaks havoc throughout the cemetery as gravesite decorations are strewn about the grounds. It is impossible for the cemetery staff to replace these items at their correct location. Please use caution when walking throughout the sections for any flying debris and any ground depressions caused by the recent rain and melting snow/ice. Thank you. -
new niche wall
Studies have shown that more people are choosing to be cremated rather than interred. The Catholic church does support cremation and encourages all families to bring their cremated remains to a Catholic cemetery where family and friends may visit, pray and pay their respects. Holy Sepulchre Cemetery offers in-ground and above-ground burial options where you can bring your cremated remains.
Recently, a third niche unit was installed at the mausoleum offering both glass and marble niches. The niches can accomodate one urn in a single 12” niche, or two urns in an 18" or 24" niche.
We invite you to stop by and receive all the information you need to make an informed decision. Secure the location you love, at the price you can afford. Stop in the office to speak with a counselor or call to make an appointment.
This new unit has been installed across from the Immaculate Conception mosaic in one of the new corridors. -
wHY CHOOSE A CATHOLIC CEMETERY?
Burial in a Catholic cemetery is a long-standing sign of the Church’s reverence for the human body. Appropriately, the ground in a Catholic cemetery is consecrated to receive sacred remains. Selecting a final resting place in a Catholic cemetery recognizes baptismal commitment and gives witness, even in death, to faithfulness to the Church.
The Church maintains Catholic cemeteries because both in life and in death we belong to the Lord (Romans 14:8). Just as faithful have shared and celebrated faith in the community of the Church, so in death their bodies rest with other deceased members of this community, awaiting the day when God will raise their mortal bodies in glory. Catholic cemeteries also stand as a sign to the world that even in death, Christians believe in life. The images of saints in Catholic cemeteries are not mere decorations, they are a sign of belief in the living communion of saints. -
THE IMPORTANCE OF A CATHOLIC CEMETERY
The Catholic Church lights the way at all important moments of your life. When you pass from this life, choose to let the Church support you. By choosing a Catholic Cemetery as your final resting place, you reaffirm in death all of the traditions you loved in life. You light a candle that will glow...faithfully...forever.
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donate today
It is with great excitement we announce six absolutely beautiful new mosaics have been installed at the mausoleum. To learn more about how you can make a charitable donation to fund these amazing works of art, please click here.
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cathedral of saint john the baptist
Thank you for visiting our website. Holy Sepulchre Roman Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum is the parish cemetery of Saint John the Baptist Cathedral located in Paterson, New Jersey. There are 65 acres of land dedicated to the burial of our Catholic families. Holy Sepulchre offers both in-ground and above-ground burial.
We welcome all visitors who wish to pay their respects to family and friends. Section maps are available for downloading to facilitate navigating through the cemetery. If you would like to know where someone is buried please stop by or call the office during regular business hours.
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Today's Readings
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Reading 1 Acts 14:19-28Responsorial Psalm Ps 145:10-11, 12-13ab, 21Gospel Jn 14:27-31a
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now is the right time to make pre-arrangements
Our caring staff are ready and available to assist you with any questions you may have. Don't let fear keep you from learning how easy, and cost effective, it is to make pre-arrangements. Call today!
973-942-3368
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funerals
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Good News from The Beacon
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May 16
Bishop Serratelli ordained eight men as priests of the Diocese of Paterson during Mass on Saturday, May 11 in the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson — the mother church of the Diocese. He challenged these new priests to carry out their priestly ministry “with constant joy and genuine love, attending not to your own concerns, but to those of Jesus Christ.”Read More -
May 16
Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to St. Joseph Parish in Passaic and was main celebrant of the Mass May 12 for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, which was also Mother’s Day. During the Mass, 10 children of the parish made their First Communion, receiving Jesus in the Holy Eucharist for the first time.Read More -
May 16
Czarina Alfonso, 17, a parishioner of St. Philip the Apostle in Clifton, believes that vaccinations save lives. Her belief is so strong that protecting young children from serious illnesses has become her mission. A graduate of St. Philip Prep and currently a junior at the Academy of the Holy Angels in Demarest, Alfonso is founder of “Give It a Shot,” a non-profit organization that provides pneumococcal vaccines to daycare-aged children in the Philippines. According to UNICEF data, pneumonia remains the leading cause of death among children under five, killing 2,400 children a day worldwide.Read More -
May 16
Bishop Serratelli administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to young people of Our Lady of Good Counsel Parish here during the vigil Mass at which he was the principal celebrant and homilist to mark the Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 11.Read More -
May 16
It could be a photo or a precious memory. There are a few things that can still bring Mary Ramsden to tears, as she grieves — and will continue to grieve — for her late daughter Nicole, remembering the girl’s sweet laugh, bright smile, blue eyes and dirty blonde hair. It has been almost 10 years since Nicole died of complications from acute myeloid leukemia at 12 years old — an eternity for Ramsden, director of religious education at Our Lady of the Magnificat (OLM) Parish in Kinnelon, and her husband, John, whose unimaginable pain has tested the limits of their family and their faith in God.Read More -
May 16
Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to Annunciation of the Most Blessed Virgin Mary Parish here where he celebrated Mass for the Fourth Sunday of Easter, May 12, which was also Mother’s Day.Read More -
May 16
From the first note, worshippers started clapping, as they began lifting their singing voices in praise. The Contemporary Youth Ensemble (CYE) had just launched into the processional hymn of the 6 p.m. Sunday Mass in St. Kateri Tekakwitha Church here: the driving “Rain Down” — a modern song that led churchgoers into a deep sense of prayer, while also giving high-spirited voice to their joy as Catholics.Read More -
May 16
Here in New Jersey, Gov. Phil Murphy continues to support a culture of death, which St. Pope John Paul II condemned in his encyclical, “Evangelium Vitae,” (“The Gospel of Life”). The governor’s recent signing into law legislation that legalized assisted suicide in the state and his first act as governor to fully restore taxpayer funding of Planned Parenthood, the nation’s largest provider of abortions, attest to that.Read More
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