Service Corporation International and the Archdiocese of New Orleans Announce New Funeral Home and Cemetery
28 March 2018 - 8:25AM
Service Corporation International, North America’s largest provider
of funeral, cemetery and cremation services, and the Archdiocese of
New Orleans, today announced the construction of a new funeral home
and cemetery to serve the Northshore and surrounding
communities.
Grace Funeral Home and St. Lazarus of Bethany
Memorial Garden are expected to open in late 2018 and will be
adjacent to Most Holy Trinity Catholic Church and the recently
completed senior living community, St. Anthony’s Gardens. The new
facility has long been part of the master plan for that site’s
development. The funeral home and cemetery will be built and
operated entirely by Service Corporation International on land
owned by the Archdiocese of New Orleans through a long-term lease
agreement.
Located in Covington, the new development will
span more than 50 acres and feature an 8,500 square foot funeral
home, and the initial development of 800 cemetery plots, 300
mausoleum crypts and 200 cremation niches. Additionally, the new
property will be carefully designed and constructed to preserve
more than 16 acres of protected wetlands located nearby.
“We have heard for many years that there is a
need for a Catholic cemetery on the Northshore,” said New Orleans
Archbishop Gregory Aymond. “I am pleased that this project can now
move forward to serve Northshore area families and to provide a
beautiful, prayerful, and sacred space to memorialize loved
ones.”
“SCI is pleased to collaborate with the
Archdiocese of New Orleans on the development of this new property
to serve residents of the Northshore community,” said John Faulk,
senior vice president, revenue and business development at SCI. “We
are committed to the families we serve and to providing them with a
peaceful and beautiful environment for honoring and visiting their
loved ones.”
The groundbreaking ceremony for the new
development will be held Wed., April 4 at 11 a.m.
About Service Corporation International Service
Corporation International (NYSE:SCI), headquartered in Houston,
Texas, is North America’s leading provider of death care products
and services. At December 31, 2017, SCI owned and operated
1,488 funeral homes and 473 cemeteries (of which 281 are
combination locations) in 45 states, eight Canadian provinces,
the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico. Through
its businesses, SCI markets the Dignity Memorial® brand which
offers assurance of quality, value, caring service and exceptional
customer satisfaction. In January 2016, SCI was presented with the
J.D. Power President’s Award in recognition of an ongoing
dedication to service excellence including quality improvement,
customer satisfaction and the development of enduring client
relationships. For more information about Service Corporation
International, please visit www.sci-corp.com. For more information
about Dignity Memorial, please visit www.dignitymemorial.com. As
used herein, “SCI” or the “Company” refers to Service Corporation
International and all of its affiliated companies.
About the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New
Orleans
The Roman Catholic Archdiocese of New Orleans is home to
approximately 500,000 Catholics in the eight civil parishes of
Orleans, Jefferson, Plaquemines, St. Bernard, St. Charles, St. John
the Baptist, St. Tammany, and Washington. Established as a
Catholic diocese in 1793, it is one of the oldest Catholic dioceses
in the country and has been one of the shaping influences of New
Orleans’ culture. Today, the archdiocese continues Jesus
Christ’s work of evangelization and care for the poor through its
109 church parishes, 80 Catholic schools and numerous social
apostolate ministries that provide food, clothing, housing,
counseling and much more to the most vulnerable of our
society. Led by Most Reverend Gregory M. Aymond, 14th
Archbishop of New Orleans, the Catholic Church in New Orleans has
been a vital part of New Orleans’ rebirth from reopening schools to
rebuilding homes to responding to crisis in the New Orleans
community. For more information go to http://nolacatholic.org.
SCI Media Contact: Jay Andrew,
713-525-5235Director, Corporate
Communications
Archdiocese of New Orleans Media Contact: Sarah
McDonald, 504-596-3023Office of
Communications
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