February 3, 2017
8 Beautiful Cemeteries In Michigan That Are Anything But Creepy
Let’s be honest: there’s something fun and intriguing about exploring the reportedly haunted cemeteries around our state. But it’s easy
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October 10, 2016
Funeral center opens at Lafayette cemetery
On a peaceful autumn afternoon more than 500 Catholics joined Oakland Bishop Michael C. Barber, SJ, in Lafayette’s Queen of Heaven Cemetery to dedicate a new funeral center that will help Catholics reverently carry out one of the corporal works of mercy, to bury the dead. The new 8,000-square-foot center and columbarium provide improved facilities to assist families with funeral …
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May 22, 2015
May 22 – Our Lady of Hope Cemetery, Bishop Donald Hanchon to Hold Groundbreaking May 26 on St. John Paul II Chapel Mausoleum
Brownstown Twp. — Our Lady of Hope Cemetery will conduct a ceremonial groundbreaking for its new St. John Paul II Chapel Mausoleum at 1 p.m. on Tuesday,
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May 18, 2015
Oakland diocese establishes wine club to support Catholic schools
When Blessed Junipero Serra is canonized in September, one of his new designations could well be “patron saint of California wines.” It was the Franciscan friars
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April 2, 2015
Nonprofit’s cemetery and funeral services are a ministry
In the last two years, Spokane has seen a change in its cemetery and funeral services with the growth
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October 31, 2014
Catholic cemeteries affirm dignity of human person in Metro Detroit
Metro Detroit — For Catholics, cemeteries are much more than a place for the bodies of deceased friends and family.
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