If you happen to have a grave plot in our cemetery, please call the office at 860.747.6825 and provide us with the information as to whom you will be leaving the burial rights to after your passing. This needs to be followed up by a letter from the living owner so that we have the proper documentation; which will be kept on file in the office. Also, each single grave plot is allowed to have 3 cremains buried on top of a casket. That is why it is so important for the office to have the name of a successor who will be able to decide if cremains can be buried in a certain plot once the office agrees to the burial. Call the office for more information.
If you wish to purchase a grave plot, please call the Parish/Cemetery Office at 860.747.6825 to ask any questions or make an appointment. Please note that anyone purchasing a plot must be a contributing registered parishioner of OLM. We are also charging 10% of the price of the grave plot, in addition, for perpetual care, and 10% for use of purchase with a credit card. We accept checks made out to St. Joseph Cemetery.
We have single, double, cremain, and infant plots available.
Please call the Parish/Cemetery Office to make arrangements, acquire pricing and date availability at 860.747.6825.
The Catholic Church commends its deceased members to the mercy of God by means of its funeral rites. It likewise asks that the Christian faithful continue to offer prayer for deceased family members and friends. The annual commemoration of all the faithful departed (All Souls Day) on November 2 attests to this salutary practice. Masses celebrated for the deceased on the anniversaries of death or other significant times continue the Church’s prayer and remembrance. For Catholic Christians, cemeteries – especially Catholic cemeteries – are “prepared in the sure hope of the resurrection, (and) never cease to remind us of the life we are to share in Christ, who will transform our bodies to be like his in glory.”
The remains of cremated bodies should be treated with the same respect given to the corporeal remains of a human body. This includes the manner in which they are carried, the care and attention to appropriate placement and transport, and the final disposition. The cremated remains of a body should be entombed in a mausoleum or columbarium; they may also be buried in a common grave in a cemetery. The practices of scattering cremated remains on the sea, from the air, or on the ground, or keeping cremated remains in the home of a relative or friend of the deceased are not the reverent disposition that the Church requires. Whenever possible appropriate means for memorializing the deceased should be utilized, such as a plaque or stone that records the name of the deceased. Taken from: Committee on Divine Worship United States Conference of Catholic Bishops