Our Lady of the Pillar Catholic Cemetery

05/22/2024

Fr. Jose Corral will celebrate Mass on Memorial Day, Monday May 27, at 9:30am. Mass is offered for all those who have given their lives in service to our country and for all interred in our Catholic Cemeteries. A light reception will follow Mass. Please bring a chair to be comfortable.

12/11/2023

We are happy to announce that Margo Aurora Guerrero-Gomez has accepted the role of Superintendent of Holy Cross Menlo Park, Our Lady of the Pillar, and St. Anthony cemeteries.

Margo has worked at Holy Cross in Colma in Family Services since 2021. Please join us in welcoming Margo to her new role!

12/08/2023

Please join us in wishing Kathy Wade both a big "thank you" and "congratulations" for her nearly 20 years of service to our Catholic Cemeteries!

She has been nothing short of a super hero when it has come to our cemetery operations for our southern cemeteries. Whether serving families at multiple cemeteries or leading the staff in our healthy walking challenges, Kathy has consistently shown us all what it means to lead by example.

You will be missed at Holy Cross Menlo Park, Our Lady of the Pillar, and St. Anthony. Your continued dedication to St. John Catholic Cemetery is more than appreciated.

We will miss you and wish you all the best that retirement has to offer!

10/13/2023

Our Lady of the Pillar (officially in Spanish, Nuestra Señora del Pilar de Zaragoza) is recognized as the first Marian apparition in history and is the only one that happened while the Virgin Mary was still alive.

07/08/2023

🚧🚧Street repair will be going on during the week of July 10th in front of the cemetery. We apologize for any inconvenience. Please use caution in accessing the cemetery. 🚧🚧

01/24/2023

Our hearts are heavy with grief this morning as we pray for all those we lost in the tragedy yesterday, along with their loved ones. 🙏

10/13/2022

Praying for our community on this feast day!

Today the Church honors Our Lady of the Pillar. Tradition holds that the Apostle St. James the Greater traveled to Spain to spread the Gospel, but had trouble converting the Spaniards. Becoming disheartened, he was preparing to leave when Our Lady appeared to him, encouraged him in his mission and told him not to give up.

St. James built the first shrine to Our Lady in Spain under the title of Our Lady of the Pillar.

Today we pray especially for Our Lady of the Pillar Catholic Parish in Half Moon Bay.

Photo: Francisco Valdez, Archdiocese of San Francisco

05/22/2020

Although we won't be able to have Memorial Day Masses in our cemeteries this year, we encourage you all to take a moment to remember those who have given their lives in service to our country and to pray for them and all those at rest in our Catholic Cemeteries. If you will be visiting the cemeteries over the weekend, please make sure to wear appropriate face coverings and observe social distancing. Be safe and God bless you!

03/21/2020

As always, we are doing our best to provide our families a safe and caring environment, which is especially important as we navigate the current COVID-19 situation. Please take note of the following updates:

1) Funeral services at the cemetery services are limited to immediate family, and we will be asking those who attend services to practice social distancing.
2) Our staff is available to help you by phone/fax/email. Our email address is moreinfo@holycrosscemeteries.com and you can reach us by phone at (650) 756-2060. Please call us for an appointment if you need to select a new grave or crypt for your family.
3) Our First Saturday Mass on April 4 has been canceled.
4) If you wish to delay a service for placement of cremated remains, our staff will help you with the planning. We are also able to receive and hold urns if you desire.
5) Please take care of yourselves and know that we continue to pray for you and your loved ones in our care.

05/27/2019

So happy to see you at our Memorial Day Mass! We continue to pray for those who gave their lives.

05/27/2019

Memorial Day Mass begins at 9:30am. Please join us in prayer!

08/04/2018

"It's still okay to cry . . . God dwells with the broken-hearted" Many thanks to Caleb Wilde for sharing these words.

If you know she’s in heaven, and you hold onto that for solace, it’s still okay to cry. If you know where he’s going, and it gives you joy, it’s still okay to cry. If you’re glad she’s reunited with her loved ones, and you’re using that as a comfort, it’s still okay to cry. Even if you’re absolutely positively sure you’ll see them again in heaven, it’s still okay to cry. Because heaven isn’t just about joy, it’s not all happy songs and angels clothed in white. Heaven is wherever Love dwells, and that Love dwells in grief, it dwells in pain, it dwells in tears. Because sometimes heaven doesn’t wipe away all your tears, sometimes it gives you permission to feel your loss, to lean into you grief, to embrace your tears. Because God isn’t just at the religious gatherings, the spiritual celebrations, in the bird’s song and the sunshine, God dwells with the broken-hearted. Because “the tears of God are the meaning of history.”