Cremation

Why choose a Catholic Cemetery to bury cremated remains?

The cremated remains of a body should be treated with the same respect given to the human body from which they come”  (Order of Christian Funerals, paragraph 417)

Many Catholics are choosing cremation, and the Catholic Church instructs that cremated remains should be interred. By interring cremated remains, you and future generations have an everlasting memorial of your family and ensure that your loved ones remains are properly respected for the years to come. As the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith wrote in 2016, “The burial of ashes or their reservation in a sacred place ‘ensures that they are not excluded from the prayers and remembrance of their family or the Christian community’ — an essential practice of the Faith. Burying the cremated remains preserves the deceased’s memory and makes it easier to remember them in prayer, as well as avoids the possibility of ‘unfitting or superstitious practices’.”

The Guidance for Catholics brochure by Archbishop Gregory Aymond is available in our offices. The brochure explains guidelines for Cremation and Eulogies.

We offer affordable niches for cremated remains in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3,
St. Patrick Cemetery No. 3, and St. Roch Cemeteries in New Orleans, and St. Charles Cemetery in Luling. Niches are also available in our Queen of All Saints Cremation Garden in St. Patrick Cemetery No. 3, St. Michael the Archangel Cremation Garden in St. Louis Cemetery No. 3,  in the restored historic St. Roch Chapel in St. Roch Cemetery No. 1, and new Holy Savior garden niches in St. Charles Cemetery, Luling. For more information please contact our Family Services Counselors at 504-596-3050 or email [email protected].