Columbarium
(Corp-ashes House)

Become one with funeral of the Romo or Mausoleum there is also deposit place of corpse ash or called as COLUMBARIUM in Latin language. For believer here possible habit entrust mortal remains ash still be a new thing.

But if going to Singapore over there have been many there is Colombarium where catholic believer corpse ash is buried in it. This thing comprehensibility because over there very expensive land price so that far easier and practical if entrusting corpse ash in Colombarium than if buried in ground or in grave that is ordinary.

Because there by if when one of the member of family wish to pray for ancestor they are poison visually see the mausoleum, other the things of when in " larung" or thrown into sea or river ex- him no more.

Possibly arise question among catholic believer, enable catholic believer mortal remains “dikremasi” or dusty or burned ? Formerly scorpion of course have ever there is prohibition in catholic religion to cremate corpse, because this thing formerly applied as one of way of oppose evocation of dead man.

But this thing now have not relevant again, because many people do kremasi because felt to be economic and easier than burying grave to be ordinary, because grave land price especially in metropolis as in Jakarta tend to rising the price, and every certain time must lengthen funeral permission or grave usage.


The existing finite there are]10 corpse ashs being buried in Columbarium Pieta in Puh Sarang, there even exist also which have ordered by family. They are for their old fellow or his wife/husband.

By entrusting corpse ash member of family here, hence when having pilgrimage to Puh Sarang poison at the same time having pilgrimage and pray for family being buried in this place.


In available Puh Sarang 200 mausoleums for corpse ash, and if later have been full have been thought of his expansion in Puh Sarang area.

Columbarium Pieta is opened its use on 8 Octobers 2000 by Uskup Surabaya, though actually on 28 Septembers 2000 in parallel with funeral of the Uskup and Romo in Mausoleum Pieta is also buried three corpse ashs that is first.

In Mausoleum Pieta there is place or room which able to be applied to dedicate liturgy to all visitor if needed, because place of peace and cleanness.

It is planned that every year his on 2 Novembers will be performed a requiem in this place.