Catholic Cemeteries Louisville

04/16/2026

This page will be discontinued on April 30. For ongoing updates about Catholic Cemeteries of Louisville, we invite you to follow our Calvary Cemetery page (https://www.facebook.com/CalvaryCemeteryLouisville/
). It will soon become a unified page, Catholic Cemeteries, representing all four cemetery locations.

02/24/2026

A friendly reminder that our mowing season begins on March 1. Please collect all items prior to this date or they will be removed and discarded.

Please feel free to call our office if you have any questions or visit our website (https://catholiccemeterieslouisville.org/decoration-flower-planting-rules/) for more information.

02/13/2026

Want to stay up to date on happenings in our cemeteries? Consider subscribing to our newsletter, A Guiding Light. You can subscribe and read the newly released Issue #23 here!

The purpose of this publication is to keep our community up-to-date with news & important updates, as well as provide information about how we serve the Catholic community, the history of our cemeteries, introduce our staff, see featured nature & wildlife, and more.

02/11/2026

Our gates will be open at Calvary Cemetery, Saint Louis Cemetery, Saint Michael Cemetery, and Saint John Cemetery until the normal time of 5:00 PM. We want to thank you for your patience and understanding through the cold weather.

02/15/2024

📢 Announcement 📢

Catholic Cemeteries will again be hosting Stations of the Cross every Friday during the Lenten season. The Stations will be in a different cemetery each Friday, with students from various local Catholic schools serving as guides.

We welcome you to join us for the first Stations of the Cross, hosted by students from Bellarmine University:

📅 Friday, February 16th from 1-2 PM
📍 Calvary Cemetery, gathering at the St. Philip Neri Cross in Section 35

The total walking distance for each event will be between 300 and 400 yards. If accessibility is an issue, you are welcome to drive the stations on your own time (except during the guided event). Crosses will be up from 10 AM to 3 PM the day of the event.
Please visit our website for more information about each of the Stations of the Cross events this year. We hope to see you there!

05/29/2023

03/10/2023

Join us for Stations of the Cross today at St. Michael Cemetery - details are below.

Join us today for Stations of the Cross!

⏰1-2 PM
📍 St. Michael Cemetery, 1300 Ellison Avenue - gather at the Priest Section

The total walking distance will be between 300 and 400 yards. If accessibility is an issue, you are welcome to drive the stations on your own time (except during the guided event). Crosses will be up from 10 AM to 3 PM.

Please visit our website for more information about each of the Stations of the Cross events this year. We hope to see you there!

02/22/2023

12/29/2022

Uh oh, a social media mix-up strikes again!

We have been notified of a post circulating Facebook regarding a Calvary Cemetery that will be removing decorations on December 31st — this is NOT us ❗️

➡️ We allow decorations until the end of February. We do NOT do item cleanup until March 1st when our mowing season begins ⬅️

Please SHARE and tell your friends that may need to know.

Thank you!!

12/06/2022

Five hundred-plus people who gathered at Calvary Cemetery on the cold, wet evening of Dec. 2 heard that they remain joined to their loved...

11/17/2022

The “Lighting of the Tree of Remembrance” at Calvary Cemetery, 1600 Newburg Road, will be held Dec. 2 at 6:30 p.m. The event will...

07/26/2022

There's just something about old cemeteries in rainy, gloomy weather... 🌧 (Photo taken in Saint Michael Cemetery)