Merry Christmas and News from Our Lady

Volume 13 Issue 15 | December 20, 2024

Office Hours for Christmas 2024 and New Year 2025

Christmas and New Year Office Hours for Our Lady

Our Lady of the Rosary Cemetery will have reduced office hours from December 23, 2024, to January 3, 2025. Hours of operation are listed below.

2024

December 23, 2024 – office will be closed, at need appointments and services only. All other inquiries call the office number.
December 24, 25 & 26, 2024 - office will be closed, no services or appointments.
December 27, 30, 2024 - at need appointments and services only. All other inquiries call the office number.
December 31, 2024 - office will be closed, no services or appointments.

2025

January 1 & 2, 2025 - office will be closed, no services or appointments.
January 3, 2025 - at need appointments and services only. All other inquiries call the office number

Regular office hours will resume Monday, January 6, 2024, 9:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.

If circumstances require IMMEDIATE assistance, please call the cemetery cell phone at 737-444-5234. Someone will get back with you as soon as possible.

PLEASE NOTE: Cemetery Hours

Our Lady will continue to keep the normal opening and closing hours for the cemetery. The cemetery will open at Dawn and close at Dusk during the holiday season.

The Jesse Tree and Christmas Decorations

Advent and the Placement of the Jesse Tree in the Garden of Precious Love

Our Lady of the Rosary marks the beginning of the Holy Advent Season with the presentation of the Jesse Tree in the Garden of Precious Love on the cemetery grounds. The Jesse Tree is placed on the west side of the baby garden and can be seen from the road.

The Jesse Tree represents the family tree, or genealogy of Jesus Christ. It tells the story of God's salvation plan, beginning with creation and continuing through the Old Testament, to the coming of the Messiah. The name comes from Isaiah 11:1, "A shoot will spring forth from the stump of Jesse, and a branch out of his roots."

Family members are encouraged to place an ornament on the tree in memory of their loved one interred at Our Lady. The Jesse Tree remains in the garden through the Epiphany which occurs 12 days after Christmas. In 2025, the Epiphany falls on Monday, January 6.

If anyone wishes to keep the ornament they place on the Jesse Tree, the ornament must be removed by the end of the day, Sunday, January 5, 2025. The Jesse Tree will be removed from the cemetery at the end of the day on Monday, January 6, 2025.

Removal of Christmas Decorations after the Holidays

Like the Jesse Tree, this is notice that families who have Christmas decorations on their spaces also need to remove all holiday decorations by the end of Monday, January 6, the Feast of the Epiphany. Following the Epiphany, Our Lady's clean-up committee will be visiting each garden in a timely manner to remove all decorations and items not in compliance with the rules and regulations of the cemetery. Please help pass this information to relatives and friends who do not receive this newsletter but are frequent visitors to the cemetery.

This year several families have placed small Christmas or fir trees in containers on their loved one's burial plot. Since trees are not allowed to be planted in the interior of the cemetery, families can donate these Christmas trees to Our Lady, which will be planted in a designated area between the Holy Family Garden and the St. Francis Natural Burial Garden. Over time, this area will resemble the entrance to the cemetery, as well as add beauty and color to Our Lady.

Our Lady of the Rosary Cemetery & Prayer Gardens

Our Lady of the Rosary Cemetery and Prayer Gardens is a special place of peace, beauty, reverence and unity. The Cemetery offers a number of burial rites including traditional burial, green burial and cremation burial. We work directly with families and funeral homes in Austin and the surrounding areas to ensure that the burial service for your loved one is handled in the most caring and compassionate way.

The cemetery welcomes individuals of all faiths from the Austin area and beyond. Whether you are in a time of need or planning for the future, the caring staff at Our Lady of the Rosary Cemetery is waiting to walk by your side.

Learn more about Our Lady at www.olotr.com

Cemetery: 330 Berry Lane, Georgetown, TX 78626

Office: 431 Berry Lane, Georgetown, TX 78626

512.863.8411 office | 737.444.5234 cell