Saints Peter & Paul Parish and School

Cemetery

A burial ground or churchyard

Columbarium

The pavilion and walls with niches that store cremains

Consecrated

Blessed and sacred grounds

Cremains

The ashes of a cremated human body

Flat Marker

A memorial that is flush to the ground, made of bronze or granite, set in concrete with a granite base, engraved with deceased’s name and date of birth and death.

Interment

The burial of a corpse in a grave

Inurnment

The placement of cremains in an urn. Also refers to the placement

of an urn in the columbarium niche.

Mausoleum

A building for above ground entombment. Mausoleums are not

permitted at SSPPCC.

Memorial

A headstone, flat grave marker or family monument typically made of granite, engraved with deceased’s name and date of birth and death.

Niche

A single compartment within a columbarium wall or room that holds a person’s cremated remains.

Niche Faceplate

The opening cover to an individual niche, constructed of granite, that is removable for memorial engraving.

Monument

A larger version of a memorial, often times used to identify a family that could include names of father/mother and could have smaller flat markers nearby for individual family members.

Pavilion

A covered subsidiary building open on most sides that at

SSPPCC also has niches, is part of the columbarium and can be

used for committal services.

Pergola

An outdoor archway consisting of an open frame designed to provide shade to a walkway or seating area.

Urn

A container for holding cremains that may be various shapes and sizes

Vault

A container often made of concrete that encloses a coffin or urn that is buried.

It has pergola covered brick walkways, benches and a water

feature in the center.

Pavilion

The covered structure attached to the Memorial Garden that

contains niches and also serves as a place for final prayer

during a committal service.

Pieta Garden

That portion of the cemetery that is reserved for graves

with flat markers. It is located directly behind the columbarium.

It has a pieta sculpture located at the end of the brick path that

divides this garden.

 That portion of the cemetery that is reserved for headstones