st rita church connellsville pa bulletin april 1 2019

Those wishing to purchase a space or spaces may do so by contacting Mr. $1400.00Ĭremation Costs.$600.00Ĭremation Vaults of larger sizes. $1500.00ĭouble Upright Grave Opening & Closing - First Burial. Grave Opening & Closing – Non-Parishioner. CEMETERY PRICING INFORMATION (effective July 1, 2021): Letters giving written consent for other members to be buried on the lot must be submitted to the Parish Office. The lot holder or executor may give lots, by written consent only, to other members of the family. If the lot holder passes away, the lots are transferred to the executor of the estate. LOT HOLDERS DO NOT OWN THE GROUND THEY HAVE PURCHASED THE RIGHT TO BE INTERRED THERE. The cemetery or parish will not be held responsible for any items stolen or broken. Dave Panzella, Cemetery Caretaker, at 72. Any questions or concerns must be addressed to Mr.No monument company is permitted to install footers. Footers for tombstones will be set only by the Cemetery Caretaker, Mr.Adding grass seed and/or topsoil to graves is the responsibility of lot holders or family of lot holder. Endowed Care includes initial topsoil and seeding, along with mowing and trimming of gravesite.Benches are permitted in the cemeteries, but the location of such bench is to the discretion of the pastor.The containers provided are for CEMETERY REFUSE ONLY. These should not be thrown into the areas surrounding the cemetery or at the edge of the road. are to be placed in the trash container or preferably taken home and discarded. Artificial flowers, flower holders, wire stand holders from wreaths, plastics, papers, dirt, weeds, etc.

All edging MUST be level with the ground. No added wires, wooden stakes, or rocks may be used to secure your decorations. Marble chips, limestone, decorative stones, glass, and wood chips can be very dangerous to our maintenance crew and our cemetery equipment, and will not be permitted.Any decorations, real or artificial, that are unkempt will be removed from the gravesite (including tilled earth overrun by weeds).All religious statues must be within the 12 inch of tilled earth in front of the tombstone, or on the tombstone itself. There are to be no such items as Christmas trees, non-religious statues, stuffed animals, balloons, cards, birdfeeders, shepherd hooks, hanging baskets, banners, wind chimes, etc.NO PLANTING OR DECORATIONS ARE TO APPEAR BEHIND THE STONE OR BESIDE THE MONUMENT.Flowers planted in front of the tombstone must be surrounded by an area in which the soil has been tilled, and this area should not exceed 12 inches from the FRONT of the tombstone and NO WIDER than the length of the stone.(The Cemetery Caretaker will remove items currently in violation of this rule). NO vegetable plants, trees (artificial or live), bushes, or shrubbery are to be planted at any gravesites.It is important to remove any and all items that you want to keep! Any items left on the graves two weeks after said dates will be disposed of by the Church. All items need to be removed by November 1st for the Fall clean-up.

All items need to be removed by April 15th for the Spring clean-up. All artificial decorations showing obvious wear or age must be removed.

All gravesites are to be completely free of any POTTED artificial or live plants and other decorations(unless the decorations are on top of the stone or in pots attached to the stones), twice during the year so a thorough clean-up can take place.

Visiting hours of the cemeteries are from sunrise to sunset.

The following rules apply to all lot owners. They exist with the objective of maintaining an attractive, well-managed cemetery. The goal of cemetery rules can be summed up very briefly.

Partner Parishes of Connellsville Holy Trinity, St.

St rita church connellsville pa bulletin april 1 2019