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Sponsored Partner Spotlight: PlotBox Secures Strategic Investment to Advance Deathcare Innovation

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We are pleased to share exciting news from our Supplier Partner, PlotBox, a leading provider of cloud-based cemetery, crematory, and funeral home management solutions. On April 22, 2025, PlotBox announced a strategic investment from Serent Capital, a growth-focused private equity firm specializing in high-growth technology companies. This partnership aims to accelerate PlotBox’s expansion, drive continued … Read more

Remembering Pope Francis: A Reflection on His Legacy and Ministry to the Faithful

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As Catholic funeral and cemetery professionals serving diocesan communities across the western United States and Canada, we join the global Church in mourning the passing of Pope Francis, who died on April 21, 2025, on Easter Monday. His legacy as a humble servant, spiritual leader, and advocate for mercy and justice has touched the lives … Read more

CCFW Members in the News: A Testament to Hope at Resurrection Mausoleum

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At the heart of our ministry lies a promise—one of hope, remembrance, and eternal life. That promise was beautifully reaffirmed with the recent renovation of the Resurrection Mausoleum at St. Francis Catholic Cemetery in Phoenix, as shared in The Catholic Sun. In a rededication ceremony filled with prayer and reverence, the Most Rev. John P. … Read more

Reflecting, Reconnecting, and Reimagining Our Work in San Diego — 2025 CCFW Annual Conference

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The 2025 Catholic Cemetery and Funeral Services of the West (CCFW) Annual Conference brought together funeral and cemetery professionals, clergy, and supplier partners from across the western United States and Canada for three unforgettable days in sunny San Diego, January 27–29. With the sparkling Mission Bay as our backdrop and a packed schedule of educational … Read more

2024 CCFW Annual Conference Recap

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The Catholic Cemetery and Funeral Services of the West Conference was held in Sacramento January 29-31, bringing together industry professionals, members of the clergy, and supplier partners to discuss the latest developments in the funeral and cemetery industry, as well as revitalizing our mission of why we do what we do. The conference covered a … Read more

Retirement Blessing to CCFW Member, Richard Peterson

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To our Dear Friend and Colleague, Richard Peterson, On behalf of CCFW and all its members, we extend our heartfelt congratulations on your well-deserved retirement after an outstanding 32 years with the Seattle Archdiocese Associated Catholic Cemeteries. Your dedication and commitment to the mission of  Associated Catholic Cemeteries as well as our own organization have … Read more

Bishops’ Statement Concerning Disposition of Human Remains

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REPOST FROM THE CATHOLIC CEMETERY CONFERENCE The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops on 20 March 2023 issued a statement “On the Proper Disposition of Bodily Remains” from their Committee on Doctrine. View On Proper Disposition 2023-03-20 In particular, “after the alkaline hydrolysis process, there are also remnants of the bones that can be pulverized … Read more

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Pearl’s Premium Revolutionizes Burial Practices With Their Single Grave Grass Package

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CCFW Supplier Partner Sponsored Post Huge time, money & water savings with award-winning safe, sustainable, low maintenance turf. Pearl’s Premium Ultra Low Maintenance Lawn Seed announces a new revolutionary and very useful cemetery product… a complete grass package for up to 50 square feet, to cover a single new grave after a burial. The package … Read more

2023 CCFW Annual Conference Recap

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The Catholic Cemetery and Funeral Services of the West Conference was held at the Hyatt Regency Orange County January 23-26, bringing together industry professionals, members of the clergy, and supplier partners to discuss the latest developments in the funeral and cemetery industry, as well as revitalizing our mission of why we do what we do. … Read more

Better Connected: Why Combo Operators need a Single Source of Truth

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CCFW Supplier Member Sponsored Article by PlotBox Depending on how far you got through your geometry textbook, you’ll know that the shortest distance between two points is often defined as a straight line. So why then in providing services do we often find ourselves taking a more circuitous route when getting from point A to point … Read more