Holy Family
Parish2001 South
Broadway Street
Emmetsburg, Iowa 50536
712-852-3187
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Saturday - 5:00pm
Sunday -8:00am & 10:00am
Daily
- 7:30am (check bulletin)
Holy Day - See Bulletin
Reconcilliation
Saturday
4:15pm
or by appointment
Eucharistic Adoration
First Friday - 8:00am-12:00pm (Noon) in Church
Eucharistic Adoration Chapel
Open Daily from 7:00am - 9:00pm
Baptism:
By Appointment with the Pastor. Class required for first
time parents.
Marriage:
Arrangements at least 6 months prior to marriage. Interview with
the pastor required before date for marriage can be given.
Our Catholic Cemetery
"Eternal rest grant unto them O Lord, and may perepetual light shine upon them. May the souls of the faithful departed, through the mercy of God, rest in peace."
GENERAL
RULES FOR
ST. JOHN’S CEMETERY
1. No trees,
shrubs or flowers may be planted in the cemetery by private individuals.
2.
All permanent vases or flower pots and headstones must be placed in the
headstone row not in front or behind the gravestone bases or they must
be mounted in the approved gravestone base.
3. No headstones are to be set without a permit and must have the authorization
of the cemetery staff.
4. Floral decorations are allowed one week before and one week after Memorial
Day. No glass vases are allowed.
5. Decorations put up at burial must be removed ten days after the burial.
6. Anyone wanting to sell back an unused gravesite may sell it back at
the purchase price. The perpetual care money will stay with the cemetery.
7. No headstones or permanent decorations shall be higher than 48 inches.
The width of a single grave headstone shall not be more than 30 inches.
The width of a double gravestone shall not be more than 84 inches.
8. The cemetery staff must do all concrete work.
9. The cemetery personnel are not responsible for the loss or damage to
any unapproved decorations.
10. No foot markers may be added to a gravesite.