A new crypt was blessed March 17 at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery’s Christ Our Light Mausoleum in Rochester. Families who cannot afford to bury their loves ones’ cremated remains may do so for free at the cemetery’s St. Joseph of Arimathea Crypt.
Holy Sepulchre Cemetery’s new St. Joseph of Arimathea Crypt was blessed March 17 following the cemetery’s monthly Mass of Remembrance.
The basement level of Christ Our Light mausoleum houses the new St. Joseph of Arimathea Crypt.
Holy Sepulchre’s monthly Mass of Remembrance takes place in the Christ Our Light Chapel.
Father Peter Bayer blesses the new crypt.
A small group gathers on the ground floor of the Christ Our Light Mausoleum for the blessing of the new crypt.
Cremated remains will be interred at the crypt free of charge for those who cannot afford the cost of interring the remains.
A small group gathers on the ground floor of the Christ Our Light Mausoleum for the blessing of the new crypt.
The new crypt was named for St. Joseph of Arimathea, who assumed responsibility for the burial of Jesus after Jesus’ crucifixion.
