A Mormon Buried in a Catholic Cemetery?

[Spiller]

Now then- Why is a person wandering the Catholic cemetery looking for Moroni? Are they going to say, “Oh no! An image of Moroni! I am offended!” I highly doubt it.

What a foul comment! I wasn’t “wandering” around looking for “Moroni!” The marker is in a very prominent/historic part of the cemetery!

They usually go to see their own dead, not the dead of others.

Wrong again. This is a very historic cemetery. Many spend a lot of time just walking around, viewing history – here and at other cemeteries.

The average Catholic wouldn’t know Moroni from Gabriel or St. Stan, wings or no wings. They’d probably think it had something to do with the Last Judgment.

Don’t assume your own limitations extend to other Catholics. They don’t.

It is nothing about which to be upset. The odds are small indeed that any will be led away from the faith by this woman’s tombstone. The odds are even less that they will be offended. **So far, the only one who noticed was Spiller. **

What makes you say such a stultified comment? Simply put you have no idea what you are talking about. Further, the marker has caused others consternation and the local superintendent some embarrassment. HE questioned his former boss and the reply was “If she has the money, she can do as she pleases.” That’s bad form.

I guess what I find offensive is this. Mormons strenuously and publically reject the Catholic Christian faith. That’s very clear. The decedent “liked” the cemetery so she decided to be buried here. The message is "I can reject Catholicism/Christianity and the sacredness of the blessed grounds and be buried where I like, because well, I like it – and I can also place a permanent advertisement of my rejection of the very faith that made this resting place possible.

I also don’t are of the $$$-first attitude of the former manager. The RIGHT thing to do would be to allow here to be buried there SANS the mormon headstone. Simple.

 

[OutinChgoburbs]

What a foul comment! I wasn’t “wandering” around looking for “Moroni!” The marker is in a very prominent/historic part of the cemetery! Did I say you were? Please reread. You want everybody on your side, yet you take offense so easily- as proven here.
Wrong again. This is a very historic cemetery. Many spend a lot of time just walking around, viewing history – here and at other cemeteries. And they all know the angel Moronias being distinctively Mormon?
Don’t assume your own limitations extend to other Catholics. They don’t. I know who Moroni is. I’ve bothered to read the Book of Mormon, along with Doctrines and Covenants.
What makes you say such a stultified comment? Simply put you have no idea what you are talking about. Really? I’m probably old enough to be your mother, and I am very well educated. Why didn’t you mention all this in the beginning? Further, the marker has causes others consternation and the local superintendent some embarrassment. HE questioned his former boss and the reply was “If she has the money, she can do as she pleases.” That’s bad form.Then take it to the bishop, as I suggested. But debating it here will not garner you sympathy.
I guess what I find offensive is this. Mormons strenuously and publically reject the Catholic Christian faith. That’s very clear. The decedent “liked” the cemetery so she decided to be buried here. The message is "I can reject Catholicism/Christianity and the sacredness of the blessed grounds and be buried where I like, because well, I like it – and I can place a permanent advertisement of my rejection of the very faith that made this resting place possible.Again- Take it up with your bishop, the Vatican, or contact the St. Joseph Foundation. I gave you a link.
I also don’t are of the $$$-first attitude of the former manager. The RIGHT thing to do would be to allow here to be buried there SANS the mormon headstone. Simple. Well, if you feel you are correct, then go tell your bishop. Take photos. Explain it to him in a letter. It’s his job to listen to you. If you don’t like what he says, go complain to the Vatican, or contact the St. Joseph Foundation and see what they say.

I have yet to see where canon law or some other similar force is in place to stop it, though.

 

[EasterJoy]

What a foul comment! I wasn’t “wandering” around looking for “Moroni!” The marker is in a very prominent/historic part of the cemetery!

Wrong again. This is a very historic cemetery. Many spend a lot of time just walking around, viewing history – here and at other cemeteries.

Don’t assume your own limitations extend to other Catholics. They don’t.

What makes you say such a stultified comment? Simply put you have no idea what you are talking about. Further, the marker has caused others consternation and the local superintendent some embarrassment. HE questioned his former boss and the reply was “If she has the money, she can do as she pleases.” That’s bad form.

I guess what I find offensive is this. Mormons strenuously and publically reject the Catholic Christian faith. That’s very clear. The decedent “liked” the cemetery so she decided to be buried here. The message is "I can reject Catholicism/Christianity and the sacredness of the blessed grounds and be buried where I like, because well, I like it – and I can also place a permanent advertisement of my rejection of the very faith that made this resting place possible.

I also don’t are of the $$$-first attitude of the former manager. The RIGHT thing to do would be to allow here to be buried there SANS the mormon headstone. Simple.

You know, when the trumpet finally blows, she’s going to get a surprise if she thinks the angel blowing it is going to fit the fabrications that Joseph Smith has spread around. As I said, Michelangelo depicted angels without wings blowing trumpets centuries before Joseph Smith was born.

We know that, she didn’t, maybe some copyright court doesn’t, maybe a few people visiting the cemetery don’t, but that the trumpet is going to blow, that we can agree on. The basic concept is not foreign to our faith.

I’m not saying it isn’t worth raising the point with the people who write the rules for markers at the cemetery (and surely there are some), but if you’re forced to drop it in the end, it is not the end of the world.

 

[OutinChgoburbs]

You know, when the trumpet finally blows, she’s going to get a surprise if she thinks the angel blowing it is going to fit the fabrications that Joseph Smith has spread around.

Mrs. Tombstone Holder: Maroni! Good to see you!

Gabriel: Uh (looking around) excuse me? Who?

*Mrs. Tombstone Holder: *Oh I don’t think so! I’d know you anywhere.

Gabriel: Maybe not…

 

[EasterJoy]

Mrs. Tombstone Holder: Maroni! Good to see you!

Gabriel: Uh (looking around) excuse me? Who?

*Mrs. Tombstone Holder: *Oh I don’t think so! I’d know you anywhere.

Gabriel: Maybe not…

Gabriel: Hey, Michael, another one from Utah over here!
You had me faked out lady. All the old cemeteries are usually pre-sorted.