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How to Dispose of Cremation Ashes

Man resting hand on cremated ashes at funeralWhen a loved one dies and wishes to be cremated, you have to determine how to deal with the ashes. Ideally, the person will have made his wishes known before his passing, but you might have the make the decision yourself. In this case, thinking about what the person would have liked should be the major factor in your decisionTraditional MethodsIt's customary to scatter ashes in a location the deceased family member enjoyed…

How Not to Dress for a Funeral

Many people don't have any idea what to wear to a funeral. Here are some tips to keep you from making mistakes with inappropriate attire.

Ashes to ashes: Cremation preferred to traditional casket burials

More families are choosing to cremate their loved ones’ remains rather than go with a traditional full burial — nearly doubling nationwide from 24.8 percent in 1999 to 46.7 percent in 2014, according to the Cremation Association of North America.And Oregon, whose cremation rate reached

Woman asked whether this dress was funeral-appropriate

You don't have to dress in black, but you do have to wear dark colours

What Funeral Homes Aren't Telling You

The Consumer Federation of America and Funeral Consumers Alliance surveyed 150 funeral homes and had big trouble getting price information.

To The Person 'Inconvenienced' By Our Funeral Procession

To the middle-aged woman who gestured angrily and yelled as we passed...To the 30-something man in the power suit who honked and forced his black SUV...

10 Tips for Planning a Funeral and Saving Money

Planning a funeral for a someone you love is one of the most difficult things that people have to do. Not only is it emotionally trying, it can also be financially challenging as well. Advanced Fun…

The Sanctity of a Cemetery: Remembering Souls Who Need Prayers

A few days ago, I felt the weight of the world on my shoulders. Everything in life felt too much, too hard, too overwhelming. Objectively, I knew things could have been much worse; yet my mind felt clouded and heavy. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t shake the darkness. It was the first …

An Ancient Burial Method Sees a Modern Comeback

'Green burial' restores, preserves the land

To accommodate our Boomer demographic bulge, we may need to create many new cemeteries, but I think there is a better way: create new natural burial grounds by working with land trusts. If we choose a typical flat-grass cemetery funeral, then we will be filled with embalming fluids, placed in a brass coffin and put into concrete vaults. [...] Mark Harris, in his book "Grave Matters," estimates that in each 10-acre cemetery, there is enough of it to fill a backyard swimming pool…

A Catholic Cemetery Convention? Why focusing on ‘deathcare’ matters

“How do we treat those things which are sacred? We treat them with care, dignity and respect. The church calls us to do that with our mortal remains as well.”

What Happens When Catholic Kids Help Catholic Kids

“To convert somebody go and take them by the hand and guide them.” – St. Thomas Aquinas (attrib.) What happens when Catholic kids help Catholic kids? Let me tell you. The other night I was invited by a colleague and friend to attend the annual NET Ministries Annual Catholic Youth Benefit Banquet. NET Ministries, which I was …

Why It's So Awesome to Be Catholic

Truly we are a privileged people, a holy nation, a people set apart to emanate the glory of God.

Why Skulls Are Depicted in Catholic Artwork

Why do some Catholic churches have skulls depicted in their statuary or artwork? Why is the symbol of a skull important to Catholics? Read more here.

Why You Probably Don't Want To Be A Catholic Speaker!

You probably don't really want to be a Catholic speaker. I am writing this to those who aspire to a career (part-time or full-time) of being a "Catholic speaker". I hope I don't come across as too negative or preachy. My intent is really to shed some life on why there is a desire there and the reality of the Catholic speaking circuit.

Teachers in Catholic Schools Beware: Do Not Teach Catholic Morals or Doctrine

Crisis: Chesterton once wrote that “War is not the best way of settling differences—but it is the only way of preventing them from being settled for you.” If the Catholic Church is to continue to teach the timeless truths about the dignity of all human persons from conception to natural deat…