Columbarium at the Altar

[ANewBeginning]

No, you took this as an opportunity to make some snide point about how Orthodoxy is Caesaro-papist and does whatever “Caesar” wants. I didn’t bring Divorce up, you did.

Perhaps you are indignant that an Orthodox is commenting on an inter-Catholic matter. Or you realize how far the Latin Church has strayed from the Tradition and thought that bringing up Divorce would bring us down a peg or two.

I am not going to argue with you or derail this thread. This will be my last post on this thread. The Apostolic Tradition is that Cremation is forbidden. Obviously compromises have been made all around, but I think actively promoting Cremation is problematic. Perhaps you disagree.

 

[Frankie_G]

Of course I’m merely expressing my opinions which explain the
rational of radical churchman and woman to burn human bodies
or the temple of our Lord. A bishop buried under an altar is very
different from a large structure next to the altar which faces the
parishioners and which contains the burnt remains of human beings
That is a major distraction.

 

[Duesenberg]

No, you took this as an opportunity to make some snide point about how Orthodoxy is Caesaro-papist and does whatever “Caesar” wants. I didn’t bring Divorce up, you did.

No, I used it as a point to show the vast differences between the churches.

Perhaps you are indignant that an Orthodox is commenting on an inter-Catholic matter. Or you realize how far the Latin Church has strayed from the Tradition and thought that bringing up Divorce would bring us down a peg or two.

Oh, not at all. You’re free to comment. I just wanted to underscore the differences between the different churches.

I am not going to argue with you or derail this thread. This will be my last post on this thread. The Apostolic Tradition is that Cremation is forbidden. Obviously compromises have been made all around, but I think actively promoting Cremation is problematic. Perhaps you disagree.

Cremation isn’t being “promoted” in this instance. I think if I was a 6th or 7th generation parishioner of St. Dom’s (as I am in my own home parish) and the only way I could be buried in my home town was to be buried in my home parish, I would be deeply grateful for the option.

There are very logical and legitimate reasons the Church lifted the ban on cremation. I glad it was done universally and not selectively. Even still we individual Catholics have a definite problem with believing we know better than the Church does on such matters. This thread is an example of that.

 

[Duesenberg]

Of course I’m merely expressing my opinions which explain the

rational of radical churchman and woman to burn human bodies

or the temple of our Lord.

You seem to have the words “crematory” and “columbarium” mixed up. They won’t be cremating bodies at St. Dominic’s. That’s simply not true.

 

[pianistclare]

Thanks for these last few posts, Father. Why do you suppose the whole “Mass of Resurrection” thing started? The last 2 parishes I have worked in insist on using that term. They’d take me to task for not placing it on the cover of the Funeral Programs. Was this one of those “innovations” that was wrongly introduced and “took root?”

 

[Tis_Bearself]

it becomes quite obvious doing so isn’t to benefit " parishioners " because only 320 people can be interred.

It is “benefiting parishioners” by raising money to keep the church in good repair and operating. This will even benefit parishioners who do not choose to buy or can’t afford to buy a space.

 

[Tis_Bearself]

Cremation isn’t being “promoted” in this instance. I think if I was a 6th or 7th generation parishioner of St. Dom’s (as I am in my own home parish) and the only way I could be buried in my home town was to be buried in my home parish, I would be deeply grateful for the option.

I seem to recall that San Francisco had some kind of a ban on new cemeteries within the city limits. That might have provided some motivation for people to want to have spots in or near their church. It allows them to be interred in a place they love, maybe more convenient for loved ones, and the money paid for it helps the church.