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Couple sees light emerging from personal experience of abortion
By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@stlouisreview.com Chuck Raymond clearly remembers the moment a visiting priest came to his parish and spoke at Mass on the subject of abortion.It was a moment in which...
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Catholic Cemeteries buries more than 2,200 individuals last year
The Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis buried 2,276 individuals during the fiscal year July 1, 2010, to June 30, 2011.CALVARY in north St. Louis, with 477 acres, is one of the oldest...
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Friends create tradition to honor memory of Marine
By Barbara Watkins | bwatkins@archstl.org Memorial Day weekend has a deep meaning for many people, a time to visit deceased loved ones in cemeteries. It's a way to remember and honor those who have...
View ArticleHow do we find hope? Sometimes in unexpected ways
By Father Ronald Chochol Where do we find hope? Sometimes we search high and low as for something lost. We keep reaching, but we are not able to grasp it.read more
View ArticleCemeteries has tips for families after a death
The Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis offers some helpful advice to families who have experienced the death of a loved one.Information needed for obituaries and death notices,...
View ArticleCatholic Cemeteries provides monthly grave decoration removal service
The Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis offers a grave decoration removal service at all of its locations.Removals take place beginning the second Wednesday of the month and continuing...
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'Protect and serve' reaches beyond life
By Joseph Kenny | jkenny@stlouisreview.com It's a work of fiction that grabs readers and takes them for a ride.The book focuses on a police officer whose "protect and serve" efforts reach far beyond...
View ArticleMemorial Mass honors those buried at Catholic Cemeteries
The Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis offers a memorial Mass every month for those buried at all of its cemeteries.Msgr. Dennis Delaney, director of Catholic Cemeteries, celebrates...
View ArticleMass in 'Memory of Our Children' to be celebrated in December
Father Sean Martin will be the main celebrant at the annual Mass, "In Memory of Our Children," on Sunday, Dec. 11.The Mass will be celebrated at 2 p.m. at the Old Cathedral, 209 Walnut St. Downtown on...
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National bereavement group seeks to widen umbrella of ministry
By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@stlouisreview.com When members of the National Catholic Ministry to the Bereaved convened here last week, they were brainstorming ways to expand the organization into an...
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Parish grief ministry is all a part of evangelization
By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@stlouisreview.com When a parish family reaches out to its members who are grieving, it's a form of evangzelization.That's what Michelle Ritter believes. The parish...
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Family shows love cannot be counted by chromosomes
By Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@stlouisreview.com The Crosier family understands that love cannot be counted by chromosomes alone.Last September, Scott and Sheryl Crosier welcomed into their family a...
View ArticleArchdiocese to host Nov. 5 enrichment day for grief ministers
The archdiocesan Office of Laity and Family Life is sponsoring an enrichment day for grief ministers and others involved in the ministry of consolation from 9:30 a.m.-3:45 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 5, at the...
View ArticleHealing Souls | Our Sorrowful Mother’s Ministry offers a spiritual refuge for...
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Catholic Cemeteries offers card as a special remembrance
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org When Marilyn Kramer was hired as cemetery counselor at Resurrection Cemetery a year ago, she became one of the first faces families encountered.Some of those...
View ArticleCatholic Cemeteries reports 2,235 burials in FY 2012-13
The Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis buried 2,235 individuals during the fiscal year July 1, 2012, to June 30, 2013.RESURRECTION in Affton, with 302 acres, was founded in 1929. It...
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Camp brings magic to kids grieving loss of a loved one
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org Amy Berry loves sharing stories of her older brother, Gus.Like the times they made super-tall Lego towers. Or how he loved dinosaurs. His favorite was the...
View ArticleCatholic Cemeteries offers grave decoration removals
Catholic Cemeteries of the Archdiocese of St. Louis offers a decoration removal service at all of its locations.Removals take place beginning the second Wednesday of the month and continuing the...
View ArticleGrief resources
• "Journeying through Grief," is a series of four short books by Kenneth C. Haugk and produced by Stephen Ministries, which are sent at four crucial times during the first year after the loss of a...
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Catholic Cemeteries to open Divine Mercy Mausoleum
Jennifer Brinker | jbrinker@archstl.org A new mausoleum at Resurrection Cemetery in Affton is being described as a "peaceful garden."Work on the Divine Mercy Mausoleum started last May, and work is...
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