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HAPPY PRESIDENTS DAY
Wishing you the best this Presidents Day. In observance of the holiday, the office will be closed on Monday, February 18, 2019. Cemetery gates will be open for visitation as regularly scheduled.
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a valentine prayer
I said a Valentine prayer for you
and asked the Lord above
to fill your heart and bless your soul
With the precious gift of love.
I asked Him for sincere love
The kind that's meant to stay
Just like the generous love
You give to those you touch each day.
I prayed for love from family
And from every cherished friend
Then I asked the Lord to give you
His love that knows no end. -
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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SPONSOR A mosaic
We are very excited to announce the six 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 Gn 8:6-13, 20-22Responsorial Psalm pS 116:12-13, 14-15, 18-19Gospel Mk 8:22-26
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Good News from The Beacon
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February 14
What would you be willing to give up to follow Jesus? Last week, Bishop Serratelli posed that provocative question to a group of young men of the Diocese — teenagers, who have just begun to think about their vocation — on Feb. 5 at a “Pizza with the Bishop” vocations-awareness evening at Pope John XXIII High School in Sparta.Read More -
February 14
Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to St. Clare Parish in Clifton Feb. 9, where he was principal celebrant of the vigil Mass for the Fifth Sunday in Ordinary Time. During the Mass, the Bishop blessed red candles for parishioners to mark the upcoming feast of St. Valentine’s Day on Feb. 14.Read More -
February 14
Bishop Serratelli made a pastoral visit to Our Lady of Lourdes (OLL) Parish in Paterson on Feb. 3, where he celebrated Mass for the Fourth Sunday in Ordinary Time. During the Mass, the Bishop named Father Raimundo Rivera, who has been serving as administrator at the parish, as pastor effective Feb. 11.Read More -
February 14
C.J. looks sharp in his suit and tie, as he “boogies down” to club hits and classics with friends on a darkened dance floor speckled with white and blue light. He and his pals seem busy soaking up the music, fun and friendship of this night of nights and, for a few hours, forgetting about mental or physical limitations that make their lives challenging.Read More -
February 14
When people visit a museum, they are able to see a collection of artifacts and other objects of artistic, cultural, historical or scientific importance. But through the “Treasures of the Church” exposition, the faithful have the opportunity to view more than 150 relics of saints, contained in reliquaries, which goes beyond simply seeing a museum exhibit. It is a moment of evangelization and a re-energizing of the faith life of all who view them.Read More -
February 14
What a contrast in emotions! In President Trump’s State of the Union address last week, he honored the important role women play in society, pointing to the fact that there are more women serving in Congress now than at any time in the nation’s history.Read More -
February 7
Bishop Serratelli visited St. Cecilia Parish here on Feb. 3 to serve as the main celebrant of the 3:30 p.m. Mass with the faith community’s Vietnamese Catholics to commemorate the Vietnamese Lunar New Year. The celebration began with a procession, followed by the liturgy. The Mass marked the Vietnamese New Year — the Year of the Pig, which took place on Feb. 5 this year — and was celebrated in both English and Vietnamese in St. Cecilia’s Church by priests of the Rockaway parish and visiting Vietnamese priests. According to the Vietnamese calendar, the New Year marks the year 4717. The New Year celebrations, called Tet, are the most important celebration in the Vietnamese culture.Read More -
February 7
Students sit captivated as Bishop Serratelli explains how, in the Parable of the Rich Man and Lazarus, Jesus alters a story well known to the Jewish people of his time to make a point about both God’s judgment and his limitless mercy. It feels familiar for this former seminary professor to lead a class about the Parables of Jesus, as he tells his students that, in his version of the story, Jesus reverses the fates of the two men: the Rich Man, who fails to help Lazarus, a beggar, is carried to Hades, while Lazarus is carried to Heaven.Read More
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