NDCL's Saint Joseph of Arimathea Society provides pallbearers for the funerals of persons who have no immediate family or who have no relatives or friends capable of serving in the role...
Arimathea Society Assists in Final Journeys
NDCL’s Saint Joseph of Arimathea Society provides pallbearers for the funerals of persons who have no immediate family or who have no relatives or friends capable of serving in the role. Local funeral directors reach out to NDCL on behalf of families in need.
“We help people whom we don’t know and will probably never see again, but we make them happy by bringing some comfort. They’re always so grateful,” commented senior Dominick Roberts, who joined five of his classmates as pallbearers for a funeral on Wednesday.
Dominick explained that students usually do more than carry the casket at the cemetery. Often, they participate in the funeral Mass and join in the graveside prayer service.
The society is named after Saint Joseph of Arimathea, who cared for the body of Jesus after the crucifixion and buried our Lord in his own tomb.
