Calvary Catholic Cemetery

The office will be closed on Monday, October 14, 2024 in observance of Columbus Day. 

The end of summer clean-up will commence September 23, 2024.  Kindly remove any items you wish to keep.  We ask that you remove same and not replace them at the grave site.  

Flags are permitted from Memorial Day until Independence Day (July 4th).  

If your deceased family member was a veteran and a registered member of a local VFW, American Legion, or other veteran organization, they may place a flag at their gravesite.  In the absence of being a member to a local veteran organization, the family is welcome to do so.  Flags may be purchased at local flag stores also.   Kindly place the flag within the one foot planting area in front of the headstone. 

The United States Department of Veterans Affairs provides guidelines for display of the flag, and specifically state the American flag should never touch anything beneath it (i.e., ground, floor, water, merchandise, etc. ).  If you happen to see a flag touching the ground, please pick it up and place the post properly into the ground to ensure it is secure and upright. 

Calvary Cemetery works closely with local veteran organizations that will return to the cemetery to remove the flags within the two weeks after Independence Day.  Depending on their physical condition and appearance, the flags will be put into storage and used again next year.  

Please note, while the flags are removed from gravesites after the permitted time period as noted in the cemetery's rules and regulations, the American flag is displayed year-round in Section 29 near the priests plot.  

Thank you to all who have placed flags at the gravesite of our veterans!  God bless you, and God bless the United States of America. 

INTRODUCING OUR LATEST INSTALLATION OF CREMATION NICHES!
This beautiful wall of marble-front niches is location in the lobby area of Unit 3, immediately behind the statue of Saint Michael.

• Only one person (cremation) per niche.
• Niche dimensions are 10 3/4"  x  2 3/4".
• Cremated remains must be in the plastic bag as provided by the crematory.
• Some recommended urns include Book Urns, Envelope Urns, Pillow Urns.  They must be smaller than the niche dimensions noted above. 
• Drawstring pouches made of velvet, or other fabric, are recommended.
• For more information and availability, please call the office at (973)279-2900.
• Please note:  The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (Ad resurgendum cum Christo), prohibits the commingling, scattering, or dividing of cremated remains.  Cremation must be treated with the same reverence, dignity and respect an interment would receive.