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The mid-October Mt. Calvary Cemetery Fall Cleanup is around the corner. If you have any floral tributes, decorations, or other items around your loved one’s gravesites, please remove them by Friday, Oct. 13th. The cemetery will be completely cleared of all decorations starting Saturday morning, Oct. 14th. In-ground vases will be turned down into their storage positions until spring usage. After Nov. 15th, holiday wreaths, mounds, and evergreen blankets may be placed and will remain until the spring clean-up in March 2024. If you have questions, please call Mt. Calvary Cemetery @ 319-362-4659. 
If you would like to volunteer your time for this Corporal Work of Mercy, we will be starting our clean-up at 8 AM on Saturday, Oct. 14th. The location is 375 32nd St. Drive, SE, Cedar Rapids.

             NATIONAL LIFE CHAIN      
       SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1^ST  2:00-3:30 PM
   Make a public, prayerful, peaceful stand for LIFE.
Meet at St. Matthew Church parking lot at 2310 First Avenue NE, Cedar Rapids to sign in and pick up signs. A send-off prayer will be led by Deacon Mark Sandersfeld before participants go to their assigned blocks. Chairs and strollers are welcome.  All are asked to pre-register with Sue Martinek at 319-270-0054 or email Jeff Westlund (j.westlund@mchsi.com).