153762 Resource 117783 116314 116314 1166706888956 1166706888956 Controlled Hollywood Memorial Park Hosts Christmas Service

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<?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = "urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags" /><st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hollywood</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Memorial Park, in Union, New Jersey, welcomed more than 175 people for its</st1:PlaceType></st1:place> Annual Christmas Service, Saturday, December 16 in the cemetery’s chapel.   “Families came quite a distance to participate in our service," explained Emily Urban, a family service counselor at <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:PlaceName w:st="on">Hollywood</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Memorial Park</st1:PlaceType></st1:place>.  "Some people came from further than an hour away to join us." Reverend Monsignor Venantius M. Fernanda, from Christ the <st1:PlaceName w:st="on">King</st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st="on">Church</st1:PlaceType> in <st1:City w:st="on">Hillside</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:State> officiated and Reverend Howard Bryant, Sr., from Family and Child Services in <st1:place w:st="on"><st1:City w:st="on">Elizabeth</st1:City>, <st1:State w:st="on">New Jersey</st1:State></st1:place> provided the music and led those in attendance in singing Christmas songs during the non-denominational service.              “When you’ve lost a loved one, the holidays can be a sad time,” explained Ms. Urban.  “We wanted to help people in our community find comfort during this joyous season through dignified and loving remembrance of their loved ones.  In fact, many of those in attenance asked us to consider hosting a similar service during the Easter season.”             10 application/xml false CMS Mid-Atlantic death dying Easter funeral Hollywood Hollywood Memorial Park New Jersey cemetery Mozilla/4.0 (compatible; MSIE 7.0; Windows NT 5.1; .NET CLR 1.1.4322) 127.0.0.1 127.0.0.1 WebMaster false true false false true 117783 blog blogsite/CMSMidAtlantic/web