The Catholic cemetery is the final resting place for the members of our Faith Community on our Journey to God.
Holyrood Cemetery was solemnly blessed and dedicated on the Feast of All Saints, November 1, 1953, by the Most Rev. Thomas Connolly, Archbishop of Seattle. Holyrood Cemetery officially opened on January 2, 1954 and has served the growing Catholic community in the Puget Sound area for more than 60 years.
Some of the earliest burials at Holyrood are in the center two sections, called “God’s Acre.” Cherry trees line the God’s Acre Walkway and gardens at each end beautify the landscape.
More recently developed burials sections at Holyrood include Our Mother of Compassion and Lamb of God which face north, overlooking Lake Ballinger. Strolling the Resurrection Walkway at the center of the cemetery visitors connect both physically and spiritually with both the pieta (Christ’s passion) and the risen Christ (Christ’s glory). This journey prefigures our own living, dying and rising to new life.
