Holy Cross Cemetery
14611 Mark Messier
Trail NW
(formerly St. Albert Trail)
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
Telephone: 780
447-2921
Directions:
Located in the northwest area of Edmonton,
this cemetery may be reached by driving north on St. Albert Trail, about 2 long
blocks north of 137th Avenue (on Mark Messier Trail) or by taking the St. Albert
bus from downtown Edmonton.
Facilities and Available
Inventory:
Holy
Cross Cemetery permits both bronze and granite flush memorials and has
an individual area dedicated for upright monuments. Approximately
three acres of the cemetery remain to be developed.
In 1990 a Chapel Mausoleum, the first in the Archdiocesan
cemetery system, was built at Holy Cross. The building after its third phase
contains single, companion, and family crypts and numerous areas,
sizes and types of niches for the inurnment of cremated remains.
To see details
about the mausoleum, click here.
How To
Acquire At-Need and Pre-Need Property and Services:
In both pre-need and at-need situations, make
an appointment by contacting Edmonton Catholic Cemeteries Office, located on
the grounds of Holy Cross Cemetery in the Mausoleum building at
14611 Mark
Messier Trail NW, Edmonton, Alberta T6V 1H4,
telephone 780
447-2921 fax 780 447-7275
The Cemetery Office is open Monday through Friday
from 8:30 AM until 4:30 PM and Saturday by appointment only from 10:00 AM until
4:00 PM
History:
Established in 1954 by Archbishop John Hugh
MacDonald, this forty-five acre property serves the population throughout the
greater Edmonton area.
Clergy, including Archbishops John Hugh MacDonald
and Anthony Jordan, along with religious brothers and sisters who have served
the Archdiocese of Edmonton, are buried together in an area marked by a large
granite cross which also serves as a central feature for the cemetery.
 A
beautiful lake, home in the summertime to Canada geese, is the central
landscaping feature of Holy Cross Cemetery. Shrines are located in each major
section, dedicated to various saints and heroes of the faith.
Available
options:
Casket and cremation ground burial, flat or traditional upright
memorialization; Mausoleum entombment for caskets and cremation urns (click on
Mausoleum location for additional
information).
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