Catholic Cemetery Week Logo Contest

Submit your idea for a logo for Catholic Cemetery Week.

Catholic Cemetery Week is planned for May 28 – Jun 3, 2023. The purpose of Catholic Cemetery Week is to celebrate the Catholic practice of burying the dead and to promote prayers for the dead.  

Entries will be judged by the Diocesan Cemetery Advisory Board. 

The winner will receive a cash prize of $500 to be used for Catholic education expenses, and copy of Dr. Scott Hahn’s book, Hope to Die. Two runners-up will receive copies of Hope to Die. 

Eligibility: Grades 6-12                           Deadline: February 28, 2022 

Format: Entries may be hand-drawn or computer-assisted, color or black and white. The logo will be used on all Catholic Cemetery Week materials. 

Consider incorporating these themes in your logo design: Tradition, heritage, ancestors, resting place, sacred ground, final kindness, corporal work of mercy, spiritual work of mercy, resurrection of the body, cloud of witnesses, Four Last Things. 

To enter: submit a proposal as an email attachment (jpg, pdf, or other standard format) to Damian Lenshek, [email protected]. A high quality scan or photo of hand-drawn entries is acceptable. Do not include your name on the attachment, but include contact information in the email.

Conditions: All submissions become the property of the Diocese of Madison. Parents or guardians must review and agree to the contest rules prior to submission.

Did you know? 

• There are 125 parish cemeteries in our diocese, as well as 4 diocesan cemeteries. 

• Burying the Dead is a corporal work of mercy. See for example Tobit chapters 1 and 2. 

• Praying for the Dead is a spiritual work of mercy. See for example 2 Maccabees 12:40-45. 

• St. Anthony the Great is the patron saint of gravediggers. 

• When a Catholic cemetery is established, it is blessed during a special liturgy and is holy ground. 

• “Cemetery” comes from the Greek word for “dormitory.” It is a resting place, not a final destination. 

• We care reverently for the bodies of our beloved dead because their body was baptized, every good work they did was done by their body, and they will be reunited with their body at the Final Judgment. 

• The Catholic Church teaches that the bodies of the dead are to be buried in a cemetery. 

• The Catholic Church allows cremation, but not scattering, dividing, or retaining cremated remains at home. Cremated remains are to be buried in a cemetery.