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New Catholic cemetery in the Diocese of Arlington
Arlington Catholic Herald
English - October 25, 2017 18:10 - 2 minutes - 2.07 MB - ★★★★★ - 17 ratingsNews Religion & Spirituality Christianity arlington catholic diocese dioceseofarlington faith inspiration news Homepage Download Apple Podcasts Google Podcasts Overcast Castro Pocket Casts RSS feed
We’ve got a story on a rural parish in the hills of Central Virginia that’s opening a cemetery. St. Isidore the Farmer Church in Orange has sold 84 plots in the first section of the new cemetery. With capacity for about 700 plots in four sections, each spot can hold a casket or cremation urns. Currently, two gray headstones can be seen in the tree-lined field next to the church. Soon, construction will begin on a road that will wind around the cemetery. Pastor, Fr. Terry Staples, said planning for the cemetery has been underway for a couple years. The parish cemetery committee wanted to add a statue garden at the far corner. When a Centreville couple came to buy plots, the husband asked if he could donate a marble Pieta. The statue garden will soon have its signature piece.