Cemetery Rules and Regulations

 Hours of Operation 

• The cemeteries are open every day of the year from sunrise to sunset. 
• No one is permitted in the cemeteries outside of these times with the exception of authorized cemetery personnel. 
• Cemetery business is handled during normal operating hours of St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish office. 

General Rules 

• St. Teresa of Calcutta Parish, St. Mary Cemetery, and St. Joseph Cemetery are NOT liable for injuries incurred by visitors to the Parish Cemeteries. 
• All visitors must enter through the main entrances. 
• All visitor vehicles must remain on the driveways. No vehicles are permitted on the burial areas. 
• All-terrain vehicles are prohibited within the cemetery. Only automobiles are permitted. 
• The speed limit is Five (5) mph 
• Children under the age of fifteen (15) must be accompanied by an adult. 
• Place all debris, discarded flowers or decorations in trash containers or dumpsters. 
• No advertising permitted in the cemetery. 
• All pets must be on a leash. 
• Pet owners must clean up after them.. 
• Cemetery personnel reserve the right, at its discretion, to request an owner remove their pet from the premises. 
• No person shall in any way injure, deface, or destroy any monument, structure, grass, flower, tree, shrub, vine or fixture. 
• No person, other than cemetery personnel, shall remove any object, other than decorations they placed at a grave, from the cemetery. 
• No person shall disturb the quiet good order of the cemeteries by loud or boisterous noise or inappropriate conduct. 
• All trash, unsightly material, or debris accumulated from any work or any other cause must be removed at once by the person causing its accumulation. 
• Tools must be removed upon the completion of work, and the grounds left in as good condition as found.