Our mission
is to serve the people of Edmonton, by providing information
about the various options available for burial and memorialization. Our
cemeteries are operated on a not-for-profit, cost-recovery basis and
our staff are trained not only to answer questions but also to ASK the
right questions, so that your particular situation and preferences may
be accommodated. Taking time to consider your choices and makinge some
of these arrangements now rather than waiting until the time of need is
a kindness to family members.
Management
of the Catholic Cemeteries is centralized in the Administrative Office
located in:
Holy Cross Mausoleum at Holy Cross Cemetery
14611 Mark Messier Trail NW Edmonton, Alberta T6V 1H4
Phone: 780 469-6487 fax: 780 447-7275
Administration office hours are Monday through Friday, 8:30 AM. - 4:30
PM
Questions
about burial records, property boundaries, maintenance or the
rules and regulations for the Catholic Cemeteries may be addressed to
this office. For more information, visit our web site at
www.edmontoncatholiccemeteries.org,
click here to
email
or call 780 469-6487.
ECC has begun an email contact list
for the purpose of letting you know what is going on in the cemeteries,
what seasonal activities will effect the cemeteries, notice to put out
crosses, or remove them, and information about the many dates and
activities that concern you. If you wish to sign
up please call 780 447-2921 or to email your request
click here
SELECTED RULES,
REGULATIONS AND
GUIDELINES
These selected regulations are
the ones
we get asked about the most often. They are
included for your general
informtion.
For more
detailed regulations or explanation of guidelines please call our
office.
Flowers
and Decorations
No planting of any
kind may
be done on graves. Decorating with fresh
cut and artificial flowers is appropriate and welcomed.
Decorations must be placed within vases
approved by the cemetery management and installed by cemetery personnel.
For ground burials
the vase
is a retractable permanent metal vase that is part of the marker or
installed
separately in front of the memorial or in the case of an upright
monument the
vase is attached to the monument vase.
Artificial
flowers
can be
left on spaces all year round and we encourage fresh flowers if
possible in the
summer months. Artificial wreaths,
crosses and decorations are permitted from November 1 to March 31 only
and will
be removed without notice after March 31.
At the time of
burial floral
tributes will be left on the grave until they are wilted or in the case
of
artificial flowers for about a week. Flowers
or arrangements will be removed
without notice by the cemetery
staff to prepare or sod the grave. After
sodding all flowers must be in the approved vases not set out on the
grass.
One
week after
major holidays
all seasonal decorations will be removed. Each
week during the mowing season
cemetery personnel will remove
unsightly (wilted flower) decorations and all decorations not in the
approved
vases to properly attend to the cleaning and maintence required through
the cemetery
and mausoleum.
Flowers,
arrangements or
decorations removed from the graves will be placed in a common area of
the
cemetery for families to claim.
No memorials maybe
set, or
borders added except by the Cemetery personal in accordance with the
cemetery
regulations. Improperly or unapproved
memorials will be removed without further notice.
The
cemeteries are
open when
cemetery employees are not present and the have been occasions when
flowers and
decoration have been stolen; the cemetery cannot assume any liability
for
decoration or memorabilia placed at burial sites.
The
rules and regulations of
the Archdiocese of Edmonton Catholic Cemeteries are uniformly enforced. All consideration will be given to family
requests and needs but employees working in the cemeteries who happen
upon
decorations or flowers in violation of the rules, for the safety all
and the
beauty of the facilities will remove the offending items.
Markers
and Monuments
Markers
must be of
bronze or granite. The size, type and kind must be appropriate to the
cemetery/section/marker
restrictions. Marker
size, print,
design and type must be approved by the ECC office prior to manufacture
and
installation.
No
marker may be
removed, installed, added to or changed without notification and
permission
from ECC.
Charges
for
foundations/installations/settings are established by ECC and must be
paid prior
to installation. If any burial charges are outstanding they too must be
paid
prior to approval of application for installation.
Borders
around
markers of any material or kind, other than granite or concrete are not
allowed
and will be removed by Cemetery Staff. Granite and concrete borders are
subject
to size restrictions and intended future use of the space(s).
Markers
may be
removed if not paid for, or if the marker is incorrect or
broken/damaged.
Owner
of the space
has the sole right to order a marker - if someone other than the legal
owner is
buying the marker the owner must have given permission in writing to
ECC for the
purchase of the marker.
If a second burial is
permitted in an existing grave, a second marker may be installed.
The second marker must be flat and may not be larger than the first
marker.
Memorial
applications
will be accepted for preneed markers to allow manufacture of the
stone. Delivery and
installation of the marker will not be accepted until time of need.
No
fixture of any
type, such as pictures, ornaments made of any other material may be
attached or affixed
in any manner whatsoever to any part of an upright memorial, without
checking with ECC office.
