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Celebrating Veterans: Gate of Heaven and Calvary Cemetery in Dayton, hosts annual Memorial Day Field Mass
Every Memorial Day, hundreds gather at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Cincinnati to remember the military men and women who served our country. The field Mass at Gate of Heaven is Monday May 27, 2023 at 10:30 a.m., Memorial Day Procession, 11:00 a.m. Memorial Day Mass and 12:30 p.m. Patriot …
Catholic cemeteries on the front line against secular fear of death
By The B.C. Catholic Vancouver, Canada, Apr 1, 2024 / 07:00 am Cemeteries are the front line of defense against society’s increasing secularism and fear of death and suffering, said Peter Nobes, director of Catholic Cemeteries in the Archdiocese of Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. “In every age, Christ shows us the …
Students Pray for Souls
St. Gertrude Catholic School seventh grader Grace Schare looked forward to cleaning graves for a second year at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Cincinnati. In fact, all 90 sixth, seventh and eighth graders were excited about their trip there last month for Make a Difference Day, the largest national day …
Commemorating The 50th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War
W H A T | End of Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemoration W H E N | Saturday, October 28, 2023, 2:00 P.M. W H E R E | Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Veterans Garden 11000 Montgomery Rd. Cincinnati OH W H O| Guest Speakers: Congressman Brad Wenstrup, Colonel (R) …
Commemorating The 50th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War
W H A T | End of Vietnam War 50th Anniversary Commemoration W H E N | Saturday, October 28, 2023, 2:00 P.M. W H E R E | Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Veterans Garden 11000 Montgomery Rd. Cincinnati OH W H O| Guest Speakers: Congressman Brad Wenstrup, Colonel (R) …
Joy in the World to Come
Families of those who recently lost a loved one, including through miscarriage or stillborn children, can find reassurance at Gate of Heaven Cemetery. “The ministry of all Catholic cemeteries consists of both the corporal work of mercy of burying the dead and the spiritual work of mercy of consoling those …
Natural Burial
CALVARY CEMETERY’S ST. KATERI NATURE PRESERVE Every family’s reason for desiring natural burial is different. “I’ve talked to about 400 families pre-planning burials in the St. Kateri Nature Preserve,” said Scott Wright, Community Outreach Director for Calvary Cemetery in Dayton. “Some are concerned about the environment, some don’t like the …
Gate of Heaven Cemetery Events
Gate of Heaven Events: Thursday, September 16, 2021 Gate of Heaven Cemetery Remembrance – “Month’s Mind” Mass 7PM at Gate of Heaven St. Joseph’s Chapel Gate of Heaven Admin. Bldg. 11000 Montgomery Rd. 45249 Saturday, September 18, 2021 National Day of Remembrance for Aborted Children – Prayer Service at 9:30AM …
Heaven’s Gain
After losing their fifth, ninth and tenth babies at different gestations, Jim and Donna Murpy felt called to serve families suffering the loss of a baby. Together, they founded Heaven’s Gain Ministries in Cincinnati. Heaven’s Gain Ministries nationally (HGM) helps families before, during, and after the birth of their baby. …
A Cornerstone of Rest
What began 73 years ago as a collection of seven farms purchased in the 1940s has evolved into a 160-acre cornerstone of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati: Gate of Heaven Cemetery. Under the administration of Archbishop John T. McNicholas, development of the land as the archdiocesan cemetery began in the mid …