The overwhelming majority of Funeral services provided to parishioners at Saint Paul's are in coordination with Kreamer Funeral Home and Thompson Funeral Home. It is a pleasure to work with both teams.

Graveside committal services will be celebrated as soon as possible following the death of a loved one, provided that the celebration conforms with governmental guidelines at the time and falls within the regulations of the particular cemetery that the family has chosen.

A Mass for the Dead (Mass of Remembrance) may be scheduled for a later date. Father Coyle will offer Mass privately for the intentions of the deceased.

Those in attendance at graveside services should be mindful of social distancing as well as limiting the number of people attending based on government guidelines.
 

Bereavement Ministry

St. Paul’s Bereavement Ministry seeks to console members of the parish community who have suffered the loss of a loved one.  Bereavement Ministers provide love and care to the grieving, meeting their needs during this most difficult time of their faith journey.

The ministry also provides community support in the funeral rites, regular check-ins with the family, a listening ear, and help in whatever way the bereaved requests.

No member of our parish family should grieve alone.

For more information, please contact Carol Long at 717-533-4069.

All Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) National Cemeteries are open and will continue to provide interments for Veterans and eligible individuals. However, the National Cemetery Administration is continuing to adjust its services in light of the best practices urged by the CDC in response to the COVID-19 epidemic.

Starting March 23, 2020, as a matter of public health and safety, committal services and the rendering of military funeral honors, whether by military personnel or volunteer organizations, will be discontinued until further notice at VA national cemeteries. Immediate family members (limited to 10 individuals) of the deceased may choose to witness the interment if desired. Cemeteries will work to schedule a committal or memorial services at a later date for those families that choose to continue with the direct interment. - https://www.cem.va.gov/alerts.asp

For Family and All Christian Clergy 

Though committal services are not available at this time, Rev. Kevin J. Coyle will offer the prayers for the deceased at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery in private and alone in order to remain within government guidelines and practice safe social distancing. The prayers will be offered once the deceased has been interred. 

Clergy members of all Christian denominations are welcome to provide the name of a deceased member of your congregation that is interred at the cemetery during this time so that prayers may be offered at the cemetery until a Funeral service or a Mass for the Dead (Mass of Remembrance) may be offered.
 

Family and clergy are invited to use the submission form below.