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St. John's property contains two historic graveyards as well
as a peaceful outdoor columbarium. Both options allow Christians
to be buried in the hallowed ground of their Church, thereby connecting
their baptismal faith with their birth into eternal life.
For information about obtaining a burial site, please contact the
office at 301-774-6999 or admin@stjohnsolney.org.
For assistance in planning or preparing for a funeral or a memorial
service, please click here for
a planning information sheet that can then be mailed or emailed to
the parish office.
Each of us will die. When we die it falls to members of our family,
or to friends, or to distant relatives, or to total strangers to
plan our services and burials.
Planning such things when you are grieving is both hard and time-consuming.
Often members of the surviving family live far apart and have never
discussed these matters; when the time for planning comes they
can have very different ideas about what the deceased person would
have preferred or about what would be appropriate.
The best way to avoid all this struggle and even disagreement about
what should be done is to make your own plans. It is a very thoughtful
gift both to your family and to yourself. You simply leave a form
saying, "This is what I prefer."
Before planning the service, with its many options, it will be helpful
to your family if you provide certain preliminary information.
The following "Getting Your Affairs in Order" form provides
a series of questions to help your family. You may print it out,
fill it out, and share it with trusted family members.
Getting Your Affairs in
Order Form
Planning the Service
Form
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