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 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.