Catholic Cemeteries’ parish outreach focuses on pre-planning
2/28/2013 1:27:58 PM by Kevin Keenan

“Moving Toward Heaven” was the topic of a special Lenten program at St. Leo the Great Parish on Feb. 27, addressing pre-planning for Catholic funerals and burials in Catholic cemeteries. “Hopefully we are working that direction,” said Msgr. Robert E. Zapfel, pastor of the Amherst parish.

Carmen A. Colao (right), director of Catholic Cemeteries for the Diocese of Buffalo, and Msgr. Zapfel made presentations and answered questions from about 60 people who filled the parish chapel. read more...

Aging is for Everyone - Nancy Weil on Grief Support
12/27/2012 2:47:37 PM by Kevin Keenan

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Christmas Masses planned for Catholic cemeteries
12/12/2012 9:48:26 AM by Kevin Keenan

Special Christmas Masses will be celebrated at four diocesan Catholic cemeteries, continuing a tradition that dates back three decades. read more...

Cemeteries marketing director named to Network in Aging board
11/28/2012 10:02:42 AM by Kevin Keenan

Chip Mussen elected read more...

Catholic Cemetery director lays wreath at Tomb of the Unknowns
11/9/2012 1:23:45 PM by Kevin Keenan

Carmen A. Colao, director of Catholic Cemeteries of Buffalo, took part in a wreath laying ceremony at the Tom of the Unknowns at Arlington National Cemetery on Sept. 24, 2012. At the time, Colao was president of the Catholic Cemetery Conference.  read more...

Memorial service for parents who have lost a child
11/6/2012 10:10:20 AM by Kevin Keenan

For the first time, Catholic Cemeteries of Buffalo and Mount Calvary Cemetery will conduct a memorial service for parents who have lost a child of any age on Saturday, Nov. 10, at 2 p.m. The service will take place at Mount Olivet Cemetery’s Resurrection Chapel, 4000 Elmwood Ave., in Kenmore. read more...

Catholic Cemetery Conference elects new board of directors
10/29/2012 9:00:00 AM by Catholic Cemetery Conference

Dennis Fairbank, executive director of the Catholic Cemetery Conference, announced that during the CCC's 63rd annual convention in Washington, D.C., Carol K. Giambalvo, director of cemeteries for the Diocese of Rockford, was elected president, succeeded Carmen A.  Colao, director of Catholic Cemeteries of Buffalo.  Colao will be immediate past president until 2014.

During the convention, Colao laid a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.  read more...

Bishop Grosz rededicates Ascension bell
10/20/2012 1:00:00 PM by Kevin Keenan

Bishop Edward M. Grosz, auxiliary bishop of Buffalo, blesses the Ascension bell at Mount Olivet Cemetery in Kenmore, on Oct. 20. Msgr. Paul J. Belzer, retired priest of the diocese, looks on. 

“This is a beautiful addition to Mount Olivet, as we remember our loved ones who have been laid to rest here,” Bishop Grosz said.  The bell was originally dedicated exactly one century ago, on Oct. 20, 1912, by Bishop Charles H. Colton, fourth bishop of Buffalo, for Ascension Parish in North Tonawanda. read more...

Catholic Cemeteries supplement, Western New York Catholic (May 2012)
9/18/2012 1:13:37 PM by Western New York Catholic staff

The Western New York Catholic publishes a special supplement for the Catholic Cemeteries of Buffalo every year.

Click here for the 2012 supplement.

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