MAY NON CATHOLIC MEMBERS OF FAMILIES

 BE BURIED IN ST. JOSEPH CEMETERY?

        Although St. Joseph Cemetery is a reserved cemetery for members of the Catholic Parishes in Evansville, family members who may not be Catholic (e.g. spouses, children, parents, brothers and sisters or any other family member) can be buried in St. Joseph Cemetery in order to maintain  family unity, even in death.

 

DOES THE CATHOLIC CHURCH ALLOW PEOPLE TO BE CREMATED?.

      Although it has long been the custom of the Church for people to be buried in either a mausoleum crypt or in-ground burial plot, the Catholic Church does allow people to have the remains of their loved ones to be cremated and their cremains to be buried in the cemetery.  The cremains can be entombed in a mausoleum niche or in an in-ground plot.

 

WILL ST. JOSEPH CEMETERY BURY PEOPLE WHO DO NOT HAVE THE FINANCIAL RESOURCES TO PURCHASE A GRAVE? 

     St. Joseph Catholic Cemetery has never refused to bury a person because of lack of financial resources.  One of the great Corporal Works of Mercy is to bury the dead.  For this reason, it has been a longstanding policy of our cemetery to bury all those Catholic requesting burial even if they have no means to pay for such burial places.

 

    IS THERE ROOM ENOUGH AT ST. JOSEPH CEMETERY

FOR ME TO BE BURIED?

 

        Although there are over 37,000 people buried in St. Joseph Cemetery, a conservative estimate gives St. Joseph Cemetery enough in ground burial sites for 250 more years. The 20-year mausoleum master plan will allow for more than 10,000 crypt spaces.

 

 

ARE THERE SPECIAL "CATHOLIC SECTIONS" IN OTHER LOCAL CEMETERIES?

      Although there are Catholics who are buried in other Evansville area cemeteries, there are no "Catholic Sections" in any of these cemeteries.

 

 

MAY CATHOLICS WHO ARE NOT MEMBERS OF ONE OF THE EIGHTEEN CATHOLIC PARISHES IN EVANSVILLE BE BURIED AT ST. JOSEPH CEMETERY?

 

       Catholics from any parish in the Diocese of Evansville are allowed to be buried in St. Joseph Cemetery.  Most of the outlying parishes in the Evansville area have their own parish cemeteries. This is the first and preferred choice for most of the members of these parishes.  However, some of these families may want to choose to be buried in a mausoleum or a large family plot.  St. Joseph Cemetery is always ready to provide this option for Catholics.  

 

 

 

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