About Rosary Garden Chapel Mausoleum

Currently in Holy Cross Cemetery there are burial plots as well as mausoleums. Ground Breaking for the Rosary Garden Mausoleum was held on Thursday, September 28, 2006. There will be 504 crypts or spaces or caskets. Also, because of the increased request for cremation, there will be 96 niches or spaces for cremains.

At Holy Cross Cemetery and Rosary Garden Mausoleum there are certain regulations stipulated by the Church. Non-Catholics may be buried or entombed with their Catholic spouse or Catholic family members. Another regulation is that cremains must be on sacred ground or inurned in a mausoleum. Holy Cross Cemetery and Rosary Garden Mausoleum serves the Harrison County and surroundin area with one o the only Catholic cemeteries and provides or assurance of permanence, reverence, and respect for the remains of deceased in accordance with Church Law.

When discussing crypts and niches, a picture of a dark and depressing underground area may come to min. This is not the case with modern day mausoleums. rosary Garden Mausoleum will be well lit, especially by means of natural lighting and it will provide an inspirational area for special services and personal prayer and meditation

Not only a place of peaceful rest for those who have entered eternal life, but also a place where the bereaved can receive comfort and consolation. Following the Rite of Christian Burial at your Church, the mausoleum chapel provides a quiet and private place for a prayer service.