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happy st. patrick's day
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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
On Sunday, February 24th, the National Weather Service issued a weather alert 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. 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 2 Sm 7:4-5a, 12-14a, 16Responsorial Psalm Ps 89:2-3, 4-5, 27 and 29Reading 2 Rom 4:13, 16-18, 22GospeL Mt 1:16, 18-21, 24aor Lk 2:41-51a
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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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Good News from The Beacon
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March 14
Like many of the more than 400 Catholics, who traveled to St. Cecilia Church in Rockaway on the evening of March 7, Amy Welsch, a faith-filled married mother of six, came with a mission: to find a saint to become her new spiritual companion. A parishioner of St. Cecilia’s, she was looking for some help through a tough time — her 17-year-old daughter, Alexis, recently had been diagnosed with an autoimmune disease.Read More -
March 14
’Twas a grand day for Notre Dame of Mount Carmel Parish as parishioners marched through the streets of Morristown on March 9 in the 40th annual Morris County St. Patrick’s Day Parade, in which their pastor, Father Paddy O’Donovan, was honored as the parade’s grand marshal.Read More -
March 14
Bishop Serratelli celebrated Mass in the chapel of St. Joseph Regional Medical Center in Paterson on Ash Wednesday morning, March 6, where he distributed ashes to employees of the hospital to begin the holy season of Lent. Following Mass, he visited patients at the hospital in their rooms and distributed ashes to them, blessed them and prayed with them.Read More -
March 14
Parishioners of St. Mark the Evangelist in Long Valley welcomed Bishop Serratelli, who made a pastoral visit to the parish March 9. There, he celebrated the vigil Mass for the First Sunday of Lent. During the Mass he also administered the Sacrament of Confirmation to the young people of the parish, who had been preparing for the last two years to be confirmed.Read More -
March 14
To better serve the pastoral and the spiritual needs of laity, it is important today that pastors, priests and lay leaders are equipped with also managing the parish on an administrative and organizational level. To facilitate this, the Paterson Diocese has entered into a unique partnership with the Villanova School of Business (VSB) Center for Church Management (CCM) to offer an innovative two-year, online Master of Science in Church Management degree designed to provide students with a high-level skill set in effective church management. In addition, a 50 percent scholarship is available to any new students from the Paterson Diocese.Read More -
March 14
They come from different vocations — priests, religious sisters and laity — and have taken on different roles at St. Anthony Parish in Hawthorne — including lector, Catholic school principal and Bible-study participant. They use different approaches to make their points, drawing on personal experience, quoting Scripture or outlining with bullet points. Yet these people of faith, past and present members of St. Anthony’s, came together between the covers of the parish’s new booklet, “Repent & Believe in the Gospel,” offering short, individual spiritual reflections.Read More -
March 14
On March 10, the First Sunday of Lent, in dioceses around the world, the Rite of Election took place as catechumens journeyed closer to receiving the Sacraments of Initiation — Baptism, Eucharist and Confirmation — at the Easter Vigil celebration on Holy Saturday evening, April 20. The 114 catechumens, who will be welcomed into the Church on Holy Saturday, came to the Cathedral of St. John the Baptist in Paterson on Sunday where Bishop Serratelli formerly selected — or elected — them.Read More -
March 14
On March 1, U.S. Secretary of Education Betsy DeVos, along with U.S. Sen. Ted Cruz (R-Texas) and U.S. Rep. Bradley Byrne (R-Ala.), unveiled Education Freedom Scholarships (EFS), the Trump Administration’s key proposal to expand and improve the education options available to students across the country.Read More
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