Convent Cemetery

The Incarnate Word Cemetery was dedicated in 1928. The mortal remains of many of the early Sisters, including Rev. Mother Madeleine Chollet and Rev. Mother Pierre Cinquin, were transferred here in 1930. This is holy ground and a place of prayer, where we honor and remember those who have gone before us, our "great cloud of witnesses."

On the Feast of All Saints, we woship together as an Incarnate Word community, and conclude our Mass with a procession to the cemetery, and a ritual of remembrance for our beloved dead. The cemetery is often a place of remembrance for other members of our community: the University of the Incarnate Word includes a ritual in the cemetery on Founder's Day; the Village at Incarnate Word gathers friends and families of their community for prayer to remember those who suffer because of Alzheimer's, and light "candles of hope" in the cemetery.