On Sunday, July 24th 2012, we celebrated our annual Mass at our Parish’s cemetery. The event has not been held in recent years, but has been warmly welcomed back this year. Mass was offered for all those who are buried in the cemetery.
“Lord, in you we place our trust and hope. In you, our dead find everlasting peace”.
We hold this Mass to remember and honour our brothers and sisters who have passed away. After the Mass concluded, the graves were blessed with holy water. St. Mary’s Annual Mass for the Faithful Departed offers families who have lost loved ones a great source of spiritual strength. Celebrating the Mass on the grounds where their loved ones are interred is very special and very emotional for a lot of people. The Mass plays a unique role in the resolution of grief.
By celebrating the Annual Mass, Parish aims to fulfill its mission as a vehicle of compassion to the bereaved. Our objective is that each participant be able to pray for their loved ones and feel the solidarity of the community behind them.
It’s always a great feeling that the community is coming together to pray for our loved ones who passed away.
The Mass provides an opportunity to intercede for those who have passed away and are waiting for that blessed moment to be with God. The feeling of the Mass is the feeling of family. Even in mourning, in remembrance, we are present to one another as well as in prayer for one another.
Many thanks and much appreciation to the volunteers who showed up on Saturday, June 23, for our annual spring cemetery clean-up day. The weather was perfect and everyone hit the ground running! I like to say thank you to all involved: Robert Szkolnicki, Ted Maciurzynski, Wayne Novak, Gail Grywinski, Brent Grywinski, Apolonia Parisian, Elaine Van den Busche, Gordon Daum, Michael Czelen, and the Barazza Family.
