1. To provide burial of casketed human remains and/or the burial of cremains in urns.   Cremains may be interred in a columbarium niche or direct burial.
2. To provide appropriate perpetual care and maintenance to ensure the continuation of a beautiful resting place for those interred and for family and the public to visit.

The paragraph below from the General Introduction of the Order of Christian Funerals expresses our confident belief in the resurrection of the body and the communion of saints.

“The Church through its funeral rites commends the dead to God’s merciful love and pleads for the forgiveness of their sins.  At the funeral rites, especially at the celebration of the Eucharistic sacrifice, the Christian community affirms and expresses the union of the Church in heaven in the one great communion of saints.   Though separated from the living, the dead are still at one with the community of believers on earth and benefit from their prayers and intercessions.  At the rite of final commendation and farewell, the community acknowledges the reality of separation and commends the deceased to God.”