There is a short answer to your question in Paragraph 2301 of the Catechism of the Catholic Church, which tells us that: "The Church permits cremation, provided that it does not demonstrate a denial of faith in the resurrection of the body."

We have completed the first month of the new fiscal year, 2024-2025. Thank you for your ongoing support of the mission and ministries of our parish. For the month of JULY our average weekly collection was $23,522. You also generously donated to various important causes in our JULY second/special collections at $6,720 ($1,680/week) This brings our JULY weekly average to $25,202.

Cursillo is a lay movement within the Catholic Church to make the Christian Community possible in neighborhoods, parishes, work environments, and all the other places where people live the greater part of their lives. Cursillo is an abbreviation of the full title: CURSILLO DE CRISTIANDAD, which means “A Short Course in Christian Community Living.”

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