The Cemetery

Here, our ancestors are rest in peace, in the hands of God.

Pastor Augustine Sum-ang Peawkleang's grave,
the altar in the Blessed Cemetery Mass 2003

Pastor Augustine Sum-ang Peawkleang's grave,
the altar in the Blessed Cemetery Mass 2013

In early day, we have no cemetery at Saint Roch Church, if someone die, we must bring them to tomb at Saint Paul Church's cemetery. The problems are length and large boat to hire <to carry coffin>.
 
At the time of Assistant Pastor Teofil, Mr. Kimcheng are the attorney of Pastor Carrie to gather land rent at Saint Roch Church. He begin the idea of create cemetery and catholics are all agree with. Mr. Kimcheng go to consult with Pastor Carrie but that time he have not enough money to do this project. Mr. Kimcheng arrage the project by asking for manwork without hire to dugout some area <Klong Tun now>, using cart bringing soil to fill in mark area, catholics family make food to support workers house a day. Soil are not enough, they dugout around the area for more, now call "a cemetery well".

Saint Roch Church's Cemetery 2003

The cemetery are in use since 1964. However, many of our ancestors still graved at Saint Paul Church's cemetery. This make catholics of two churches still in connect as the time of Pastor Perbet and Pastor Carrie alive.

Graves of reburials 2003

In the year 2001, cemetery restoration project is setting up. Previously, cemetery area are seperated to two parts. For childs on left side look in disorder and for adult on right side. 

In the time of Pastor Sompot Poonpokpon. He found it reasonable to rearrange the cemetery. That will make area right in order for further tomb and solve problem / make it easier to brings equipments for Blessed Cemetery and inventories to build grave.
 
Project start by untomb the first row on adult side to enlarge road access and untomb all graves on child side including corpse bury outside cemetery *. Then, rebury them all on left area of cemetery.
 
* in early day, the divine commandment are so strict. The suicide <hard sin> or the one who never come to a Mass at least once a year in Pascha period <catholics commandment> will not permit to bury in cemetery, the sacred land of God.

Saint Roch Cemetery in the year 2013

 

on panorama view

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