Resurrection Catholic Cemetery

11/14/2025

All in the diocese are welcome to this month's Third Friday Mass at Resurrection Cemetery next Friday, November 21 at 10:00 am! This Mass is a wonderful way to pray for those who are buried in our Catholic cemeteries, especially during this month dedicated to the holy souls in Purgatory. Please join us!

11/02/2025

November 2 is observed as the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed, or All Souls Day. Today, the Church asks us to pray for the holy souls in Purgatory.

All Souls Day and the first week of November come with special opportunities to receive indulgences for the holy souls in Purgatory, meaning the temporal punishment for their sins is remitted and they can enter swiftly into Heaven. On November 2, you can pray an Our Father and the Creed for the dead in a church or chapel. And between November 1 and November 8, you can pray for the dead in a cemetery. The usual conditions for indulgences (receiving the Eucharist, going to Confession within 20 days, praying for the intentions of the pope, and detachment from sin) also must be met; if any of them are lacking, the indulgence given is partial rather than plenary.

May the souls of all the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace.

11/01/2025

10/10/2025

All are welcome to our monthly Third Friday Mass at Resurrection Cemetery on October 17 at 10:00 am! This special Mass is offered for all who are buried in our Catholic cemeteries. Msgr. Uppena, a retired priest of our diocese, will celebrate the Mass this month.

10/03/2025

Submit your best photo from a Catholic cemetery to help us celebrate Catholic Cemeteries Week, October 31 - November 6.

When: Photos must be taken before October 30, 2025. Submission Deadline is October 30. Submissions will be accepted starting October 1, 2025.

Where: Any Catholic cemetery. There are two categories especially for cemeteries within the Diocese of Madison.

Who: Everyone is invited to submit their best shot.

Prizes: Winning entries will be featured in the Catholic Herald, and the winners will be invited to a private dinner with Bishop Hying.

Submit your best photo from a Catholic cemetery to help us celebrate Catholic Cemeteries Week, October 31 - November 6. When: Photos must be taken before October 30, 2025. Submission Deadline is October 30. Submissions will be accepted starting October 1, 2025.

10/01/2025

https://www.pillarcatholic.com/p/the-catholic-history-of-praying-for

The practice of praying for the souls of the departed has been a part of Christianity from the early centuries of the Church.

09/23/2025

Bring cremated remains to the cemetery. Register now:

At Mount Olivet Cemetery in Janesville, on November 2 at 3pm.Included servicesPerpetual record-keeping is included for all participants.Perpetual care of the cemetery is included for all participants.Registration requiredRegistration by October 24 is required for guaranteed participation. After Octo...

06/12/2025

https://youtu.be/MjEXdovDVSo?si=4oEB7ZjViGfCCTcN

Can Catholics be cremated? Is cremation a natural or fitting repsonse to a person's death? What does the Church say, and what did the Church used to say?Kati...

06/05/2025

You are invited to join us for Mass on June 20th at 10am in the cemetery chapel.

05/22/2025

Why do things cost so much at the cemetery?

The main reason burial is so expensive is that the cemetery is committing to maintaining your grave until Jesus returns. If that happens tomorrow, the expense won’t matter that much. If it happens in 10,000 years, you’ll have gotten the best deal ever on lawn mowing.

That said, some Catholic cemeteries offer different options at different price points. And some cemeteries are able to offer need-based assistance. Sometimes those who have purchased graves decide to be buried elsewhere, and return them to the cemetery for use by the indigent. This is a beautiful way of participating in the corporal work of mercy of burying the dead.

Bigger picture, if American cemeteries adopted the European model of term graves, where you don’t have a permanent resting place but get maybe 50 years before the cemetery re-sells your grave, costs could be significantly reduced. And some solution like that will be needed eventually. Otherwise, in 200,000 years, the earth will be totally covered with graves with no room for farmland.

Have a question for the Director of Cemeteries? Send it to Damian.lenshek@madisondiocese.org and your question may be featured in the next installment of Down to Earth.

02/03/2025

May I bury two people’s remains in one grave?

In short: Often the answer is “yes”, but each cemetery has its own rules on this.

Each burial requires an easement, a burial right. When you “purchase a grave” you are not buying real estate, you are buying permission to bury one person in a certain spot. To bury another person in that same spot requires a “second right of burial.” Some Catholic cemeteries offer second rights at a lower cost than the first right. In some Catholic cemeteries in our diocese, the policy is that a grave may have a full body burial first, and up to two cremation burials after. Other cemeteries allow two full-body burials in one grave as long as the arrangement is made ahead of time.
If you are making your cemetery arrangements and think you might want to purchase a second right of burial, you should discuss that with your Catholic cemetery representative.

Have a question for the Director of Cemeteries? Send it to Damian.lenshek@madisondiocese.org and your question may be featured in the next installment of Down to Earth.