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“God of the living and the dead accept our prayers for those who have died in Christ and are buried with him in the hope of rising again. In your mercy grant them eternal rest.”
Mount Calvary Cemetery, owned and operated by St. Adalbert / Sts. Peter & Paul Parish in Elizabeth, gives witness to a faithful community of Christ’s disciples — the deceased, the living, even those yet-to-be-born — of all walks and stations in life.
We are committed to your family, those deceased and those living. We invite you to come for a visit…to pray, to cry, to remember, to smile and to love.
Mount Calvary Cemetery is holy places for prayer, for memory, for service, for renewed purpose. These are sacred environments where…
LIFE is remembered,
LOVE is deepened,
HOPE is rekindled
and FAITH is awakened, renewed and strengthened.
Why Choose a Catholic Cemetery?
Respect, Dignity & Honor
Mount Calvary Cemetery is part of the ministry of the Roman Catholic Church. Through the Church, the Body of Christ, we are touched with mercy, love, grace and goodness from the womb to the tomb.
Our bodies are temples of the Holy Spirit, baptized with water, anointed with oil, nourished with the Body and Blood of the Lord, touched with healing and love. Christ himself shared not only our nature, but also our very mortal bodies; therefore, we should always treat human beings and their mortal remains with respect, dignity and honor.
Mount Calvary Chapel Mausoleum
In our Mount Calvary Cemetery, we carry out sacred religious functions [Canon Law 1205], create a place of care and prayer, and express the beauty of our relationship to God through graced environments that feature beautiful landscapes and mausoleums, spiritual artwork and sacred shrines. Here we can fulfill the Corporal Work of Mercy to Bury the dead along with the Spiritual Works of Mercy to Console the sorrowing and Pray for the living and the dead.- Mount Calvary Cemetery attests to the unity of the living and the dead — a sign of the “Communion of Saints” in our midst.
- Mount Calvary Cemetery expresses in words, deeds and objects our belief in the sacredness of human persons, living and dead — whether male or female, rich or poor, powerful or ordinary.
- Mount Calvary Cemetery provides a focus for the Christian community for prayerful remembrance of the dead.
- Mount Calvary Cemetery speaks of life beyond life, life after death.
This is Holy Ground…God’s Acres
Catholic cemeteries are by definition sacred space; the church offers them to help people face the hard reality of death within the context of the promise of eternal life. The church owns and operates cemeteries for the common good.
Mount Calvary Cemetery is a place of prayer for the dead. By encouraging frequent visits of families and friends of the deceased, the church seeks to foster an environment where love is remembered, hope rekindled, and faith awakened and strengthened.
The following Rules & Regulations the cemetery have adopted to:
- ensure that the cemeteries are respected as sacred space, well-maintained, healing and inviting to bereaved families and friends;
- protect the rights and the privileges of the deceased, all families using the cemeteries, and those having loved ones buried within them;
- provide an environment that is safe and secure for those who visit the cemeteries as well as those who work within them.
Mount Calvary Cemetery One of the obligations of the pastor is to care for both the living and the dead. In 1911, Father Masnicki purchased 15 acres of land on Edgar Road in Linden near the Standard Oil Company Refinery from the Linden Cemetery Association to serve as a polish cemetery. The cemetery was blessed on July 4, 1911.
