Save our Holy Crosses on graves at Carpender's Park Cemetery
- Susan Johnston
- Target:
- London Borough of Brent Council
- Region:
- GLOBAL
Brent Council have recently decided to return Carpender's Park Cemetery to grass, particularly Section HA (Catholic) and Section HB (Christian), where bereaved relatives and friends have maintained their loved ones graves for up to 6 years. Brent have employed outside contractors to strip our graves of the Holy Cross, Holy memorials such as Rosary Beads and religious statues, also digging up bedding plants.
They throw everything into bin bags, piled high in an outside yard, for collection by grieving owners. Brent then dehumanise each grave with a concrete paving slab, showing the grave number painted on in yellow paint. After this, they sow grass seed over each grave, meaning you cannot see where one grave ends and another begins, nor identify the person whose final resting place this is. Their despicable actions are deeply disrespectful of our Catholic/Christian Faith and show little regard for the feelings of the bereaved families and friends.
The Holy Cross is a symbol of our Catholic/Christian Faith, recognised as such worldwide. We request Brent Council extend equal consideration to our Faith as they already do to the Muslim community, who also support our campaign and whom we thank.
We, the undersigned, petition Brent Council to allow the Holy Crosses to remain on our Catholic (Section HA) and Christian (Section HB) graves, in Carpender's Park Cemetery, in accordance with our religious beliefs.
Please extend equal consideration to our Catholic/Christian Faith, as already provided to the Muslim community, who support our campaign and whom we thank.
The Holy Cross is a symbol of our Faith, recognised worldwide as such. We petition to be allowed to mark our graves with the Holy Cross and honour our dead with religious memorials, precious personal tributes and flowers, permitted in Catholic/Christian cemeteries across the globe.
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The Save our Holy Crosses on graves at Carpender's Park Cemetery petition to London Borough of Brent Council was written by Susan Johnston and is in the category Religion at GoPetition.