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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