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Local 9/11 Memorials and Events Honor Those We Lost
Honor the memory of the victims of September 11, 2001 at these region-wide dedications and gatherings.
How Do We Honor Those We've Lost?
Riley, Elizabethany and Rob talk about how they'll honor special people they've lost on their wedding day, plus what Bindi Irwin plans to do for her dad.
How to Honor Lost Loved Ones at Your Wedding
Your wedding day is the most important day of your life. Obviously, if you could have everyone you love there celebrating with you, you would. Unfortunately, if you’ve lost important loved ones before your big day, you may feel their… Continue Reading →
How Shall We Memorialize?
Perhaps there is a bridge between who we are in aspiration and who we are in reality?
Funeral Service or Memorial Service?
What is the difference, and which one is right for your family? There are several differences between a Funeral Service or a Memorial Service. Both celebrate and honor the life of a loved one. A …
Ideas for Memorial Services When Someone Is Cremated
The percentage of people choosing cremation over burial is increasing in the U.S., according to the National Funeral Directors Association. Reasons for the increase include a desire to be eco-friendly, to save money or to have more options for where and how to deal with the remains (including keeping them on a mantel ...
Solemnity, Feast, or Memorial? How to Tell the Difference
It's the new year, and that means cracking open a new calendar. If you're Catholic, you may have received a calendar from your Church. But upon opening it, you'll not only find the holidays that you'r
10 Ideas for Funerals and Memorials When You Can't Be Together
Adapting a funeral to online isn't easy, but it is certainly doable with a little thought and planning. These ideas for virtual funerals will help!
How to Honor Miscarriage Through Ritual
What a woman experiences through miscarriage deserves sacred honor. Learn how to honor miscarriage through ritual to bring about deep healing.
The World Does Not Honor the Housewife, So We Must
The word “vocation” gets sort of abused by both the world and in Churchy-talk. In the Church we use it to refer only in the sense of the objective states in life of marriage and the priesthood or religious life. In the world, it usually refers just to a specific skill or job, usually one …
How to honor the memory of people you never knew
My older sisters accuse me of making up stories. I repeatedly assure them that I don’t have a good imagination; I have a good memory. Then they’ll disagree about the
The Importance of a Funeral or Memorial Service When Choosing Cremation
If you or a loved one has chosen cremation for your or their Earthly remains, read this. Even if you have selected cremation because of its simplicity or affordability, there is no need or reason …
Exactly What Happens When You Get Cremated
This is how cremation actually works, and the story of what happens to a culture when its attitudes about memorializing the dead undergo a revolution.
How a Funeral Celebrant Differs From a Funeral Director
Learn about the services a certified funeral celebrant can provide and how he or she differs from a funeral director in conducting a memorial service.
What is Expected of a Pallbearer
Being a pallbearer is an honor that involves responsibilities. It is important to know how to select pallbearers and what to do if you are chosen.
From Lost Trust to Lost Business—How to Avoid This Business Killer
A key executive for one of my clients passed away recently, and although I tried desperately, I could not make my travel arrangements work out properly to get to the funeral service. To make matters even worse, the morning of the funeral I realized I had forgotten to send flowers.
Sedalia Unsolved: Is This The Lost Haunted Cemetery?
How praying with memorial cards helps us grow in holiness
Several years ago, my brother and I found ourselves in the throes of that middle-aged rite of passage—the clearing out of our parents’ house—not long after doing the same at the home of our two
Memorial Services are Part of Changing Family Traditions for Many.
Anyone can choose a Memorial Service and often times it makes the timing of the service more convenient for people who wish to celebrate the life of a loved one. The time constraints of today’s soc…
Honoring the Many Faces of Grief and Loss
Five Stages of MourningWhen people think of grief and loss what most typically comes to mind is loss related to death and dying. It is generally understood that it takes a certain amount of time an…
Don’t Forget the Dead! Reviving Lost Spiritual Practices
In an enormous cultural and spiritual shift, praying for the dead has shifted from a central Catholic practice to having a marginal role ...
