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and Memorials at St Mary's |
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For
pastoral assistance, please contact the Vicar through the Parish
Office (Tel. 01642 316570)
Place
contact the Parish Office with enquiries about funerals, burials
and interment of ashes at St Mary's.
Parish
Office Tel. No. 01642 316570
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funeral at St Mary's is an occasion to give thanks for the life
of the person who has died, to share memories and to bid them farewell.
Together we celebrate love given and received and surround the family
with care and concern. We pray for strength for days ahead as we
commend our loved ones to the peace of God. |
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The
Church can accommodate up to 200 mourners.
Two vergers will be in attendance to assist in the smooth running
of the service and with seating arrangements.
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Remembering
Loved Ones
Prayers
are said at services in the Church and at the Hall for those who
have died.
Thereafter, on each anniversary of their funeral, their name is
included in the prayers.
To
help those bereaved an annual service Remembering Together
is held each autumn in the Church.
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St
Mary's Churchyard and Millennium Garden
Memorial
Headstones
Regulations
set by the Diocese of York restrict the type and size of gravestones
that may be used to mark burial plots, and also the wording used
on them. Please contact the Vicar before placing orders with Monumental
Masons. Written permission must be obtained from the Vicar before
the memorial is commissioned. Please read the Diocesan Churchyard
Memorial Rules. Click here
to download a copy from the Diocese of York web site.
Cremated
Remains
An area of the Millennium Garden is set aside for interment of
ashes. Please contact the Vicar for details.
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