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November 2, 2014

Shepherds’ Trust gives freedom and dignity

The Shepherds’ Trust allows Msgr. Sam Bianco, in his first year of retirement from the priesthood, to comfortably continue his priestly devotion.

Msgr. Sam Bianco — born as the Great Depression ended and his father went off to war, raised in the postwar boom, ordained in that first decade after the Second Vatican Council — had a 45-year career in ministry. 

Published in Estate Planning
November 2, 2014

With cremation, we must maintain dignity

A selection of urns are seen on display in the mortuary at Queen of Heaven Cemetery in Lafayette, Calif. The Catholic Church allows cremation but it must be carried out in a dignified, reverential manner.

Years ago, cremation was forbidden for Catholics because those who popularized the practice did it as a way of denying the resurrection of Christ, life after death and the resurrection of the body at the end of time. Their thought was to destroy the body so that God could not resurrect it. 

Published in Estate Planning
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