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Monday |
8:00am
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Tuesday |
8:00am
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Wednesday |
8:00am
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Thursday |
8:00am
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Friday |
8:00am
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Saturday |
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Parish Office Hours:
8am to 3pm Monday thru Friday |
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Mass Schedule
Saturday (English)
5:00pm
Sábado (Español)
7:00pm
Sunday (English)
8:00am & 10:30am
Domingo (Español) 12:30pm
Reconciliation
Saturday
4 - 4:30pm |
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434 Church Avenue Bowling Green,
Kentucky 42101 |
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Cemetery |
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Click to view information about the St.
Joseph Church Cemetery |
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Whether you
have loved ones buried in our Catholic cemetery or not,
we want to keep you informed. The Saint Joseph Cemetery
dates to 1869. In the early 1970’s, a Cemetery
Foundation was formed at the request of the late Father
Charles P. Bowling, pastor of St. Joseph’s Parish. The
Foundation is currently made up of members from St.
Joseph and Holy Spirit parishes and members act as
stewards for the Catholic community in the overall
operations of the cemetery and its funds. The current
members of the Cemetery Foundation representing Holy
Spirit Parish are Gary Broenneke, Gene Faller, Richard
Gensler, Ray Grudzielanek, Tony Meffert, Don Meyer, and
Father Jerry Riney. Representing St. Joseph Parish are
Patty Day, Steve Dieball, Betty McCormick, Joe Miller,
Pat Frederica, Thelma Weber, and Father Stan Puryear. On
behalf of the entire Catholic Community,
we express our gratitude for their diligent leadership
in this important service.
While starting without
any funds, the Foundation has been able to accumulate
over the years enough funds to start a PERPETUAL CARE
TRUST. The trust was started in the year 2000 and as of
June 10, 2004 has a balance of $90,540.73.
Currently, the Perpetual Care Trust Fund provides only
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needed to
support the upkeep of the resting places of our deceased
loved ones. The trust will continue to grow as 20% of
any lot sales as well as annual collections at the local
parishes for the cemetery are deposited to the Perpetual
Care Trust account.
Our Catholic Cemetery is unable to
expand acreage at its current location. Therefore, as
many Catholic communities have done, the Foundation has
planned the construction of MAUSOLEUMS and COLUMBARIA
with crypts and niches; more and more people are
choosing to be cremated. A 96 niche Columbarium for
cremations has been completed with the purchase of 32+
niches to date. The Foundation has raised $73,000.00
towards the cost of the first 144 Crypt Mausoleum which
will cost $115,000.00. An open air Chapel with a
Mausoleum on each side of the Chapel will be constructed
below the St. Joseph Shrine. The Cemetery Foundation
would graciously accept any donations regarding this
“looking to the future” project in our Catholic
cemetery. We need approximately $37,000 to begin
construction. If you have any questions, please feel
free to contact any of the above members.
As a note of
interest, the MEMORIAL OF NAMES monument (blessed on May
30, 2004) is designed to be an active instrument to
allow grieving in hope that leads to reconciliation and
healing. It is to be a statement of the Gospel of Life,
namely, of God’s power to redeem and of God’s boundless
love of all human life. The whole church and all people
of good will are invited to this place: those who have
aborted children, to find and name them in the hands of
the Risen Christ; those who have lost children by
miscarriage and seek the opportunity to name and
remember also in the Risen Christ; those who want to
renew their hope in the victory of the resurrection over
sin and death and of the Holy Spirit over the evil of
our times; those who wish to rest and pray in Christ
while remembering his invitation to the little children.
Names for the inscription on this memorial may be
offered by any person who grieves the loss of his or her
child. Opportunity for naming is offered for the sake of
healing and reconciliation. By naming, the child is
recognized and remembered. The children individually are
entrusted to God who is loving and merciful to both
parent and child. First names only are acceptable for
inscription at no charge, but donations are graciously
accepted.
Names and donations can be mailed to
Memorial
of Names
Saint Joseph Cemetery Foundation
P.O. Box 10334
Bowling Green, KY 42102
The cemetery wishes to thank Mr.
Norman Simon who donated his time and material to build
the base for the monument. The monument is on order and
will be installed by the end of the year. Any names
submitted before installation of the monument will be
placed on the stone before it is placed in the cemetery.
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