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Benefits to Setting Aside Funds for a Funeral Expense Trust

Abbey Caskets has expanded its Funeral Expense Trust used for prefunding your caskets to also help you to set aside and protect funds necessary to help your family pay for: Funeral goods and services Cemetery property and fees Other memorial-related expenses Optional charitable donations There are many reasons to

30Nov

Service of the Longest Night

Abbey Caskets, a work of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, will host a Service of the Longest Night on Saturday, December 17, 2022, at 6 p.m. Central Time in the Saint Meinrad Archabbey Guest House Chapel in St. Meinrad, IN. Many people find the holidays a challenging time. Instead of celebrating, they are struggling with

20Sep

Abbey Caskets Open House – October 2nd

Join us for an open house Sunday, October 2, 2022 from 10:00am-3:00pm CST. Abbey Caskets is located along Highway 545 in St. Meinrad, Indiana just south of the Archabbey Gift Shop. Come see our beautifully hand crafted caskets and cremation urns, tour the woodworking workshop, ask questions and enjoy refreshments!

09Sep

Our Benedictine Values

A Reflection by Fr. Adrian Burke, OSB “Care of the sick must rank above and before all else, so that they may truly be served as Christ … the abbot must take the greatest care that those who serve the sick do not neglect them.” —Rule of Saint Benedict 36:1, 10 Two months before my dad passed away, I spent several

24Jan

Does Healing Equal Forgetting?

There are times when I feel my heart beginning to heal. I feel lighter and able to breathe a full breath. I can be smiling and even enjoying myself and then…. I check myself. Fear, shame, and guilt creep in. How can I be acting “normal?” How can I be having these good feelings when my heart is still breaking? How

20Dec

Handling the Holidays

Holidays are often difficult for people who have experienced the death of a loved one. The sounds, sights and smells of the holiday season may trigger feelings of sadness, loss, emptiness and anxiety. Traditionally being a time of family togetherness, sharing and thanksgiving, this season may bring feelings of

05Nov

Service of the Longest Night set for December 18

Abbey Caskets, a work of Saint Meinrad Archabbey, will host a Service of the Longest Night on Saturday, December 18, 2021, at 6 p.m. Central Time in the Saint Meinrad Archabbey Guest House Chapel in St. Meinrad, IN. Many people find the holidays a challenging time. Instead of celebrating, they are struggling with

20May

Finding Light in the Darkness of Grief

By Linus Mundy What do you do when it feels like grief is your only possession? It has entered into your every waking moment and into your dreams. It has taken the light out of your life, leaving a darkness that you feel is surrounding you, blinding you from seeing new hope and new life. What can you do? Whether

30Apr

Why We Need to Tell the Story of the One We Lost

By M. Donna MacLeod “I don’t want to forget my John,” Regina said, staring at the photograph of her husband that she brought to our group. “But it’s difficult to remember the warmth of his smile, the way he laughed. It’s as if he’s fading from my memory, piece by piece.” Dr. Elizabeth Kubler-Ross, a pioneer in the

24Mar

Making Funeral Arrangements in Advance

By Tom McGrath After an uncle’s funeral, I strode along a ridge among the graves of my ancestors. Many of my great aunts and uncles, my grandparents, and close friends of the family are buried in the same section of a cemetery outside Chicago. I came to appreciate the rituals and traditions that surround the

Abbey Caskets’ Blog

Benefits to Setting Aside Funds for a Funeral Expense Trust

Service of the Longest Night

Abbey Caskets Open House – October 2nd

Our Benedictine Values

Does Healing Equal Forgetting?

Handling the Holidays

Service of the Longest Night set for December 18

Finding Light in the Darkness of Grief

Why We Need to Tell the Story of the One We Lost

Making Funeral Arrangements in Advance

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