Cemetery Design and Planning: Committal Shelters & Outdoor Chapels

Committal Shelter at Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
Committal Shelter at Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego, CA
An Outdoor Chapel stands at the center of a garden crypt complex at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, IL
An Outdoor Chapel stands at the center of a garden crypt complex at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery, Alsip, IL
Outdoor Chapel at Maryhill Cemetery, Niles, IL
Outdoor Chapel at Maryhill Cemetery, Niles, IL
A traditionally styled Committal Shelter at Montelena Complejo Funerario, San Salvador, El Salvador
A contemporary Committal Shelter at Montelena Complejo Funerario, San Salvador, El Salvador
Committal Shelter at Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL
Committal Shelter at Rock Island National Cemetery, Rock Island, IL
Interior of one of three chapels at Good Shepherd Cemetery's Chapels and Administration building
View of a Chapel that is part of a Garden Crypt Complex at Resurrection Cemetery, Justice IL
Outdoor Chapel at Holy Redeemer Cemetery, Phoenix, AZ
Looking towards the entrance of the Chapel, part of a Chapel and Mausoleum Complex, at St. Peter's Cemetery, Normandy, MO
Interior of the Chapel, part of a Chapel and Mausoleum Complex, at St. Peter's Cemetery, Normandy, MO
A Committal Shelter and tiered semi-private family estates at Hillside Memorial Park & Mortuary in Culver City, CA
A Committal Shelter and tiered semi-private family estates at Hillside Memorial Park & Mortuary in Culver City, CA

Description

Committal shelters and outdoor chapels serve a valuable role in the services a cemetery offers and provides. Committal shelters and outdoor chapels not only provide a location for interment services away from the gravesite, they also provide a place of shelter for family and friends to remember, pay respects to, celebrate the life of, and say a final goodbye to the deceased.