Welcome

St. John’s Norway is pleased to offer opportunities for any members of the public seeking to arrive at deeper understandings about death, grief, and the pain of loss. Together participants will gain insight on living with grief, while taking steps toward healing. The programs offered are varied. Those attending will find a safe and confidential place where they are free to talk about death and dying, coping with loss and the whole process of grief. Please join us and invite your family and friends to attend as well. All our events are offered at no charge and no obligation. All are welcome.

Movie Night

Watch a movie together related to grief and triumphing over loss: The Way (2010) with Martin Sheen and Emilio Estevez.A father heads to Europe to recover the body of his estranged son who died while traveling El Camino de Santiago (The Way of St. James), and decides to take the pilgrimage himself to honour his son’s desire to finish the journey. A powerful and inspirational story about family, friends and the challenges we face while navigating this ever-changing and complicated world.February 26, 2014 • 7 pm at the Cemetery’s main office

Book Club

Read a book related to life beyond death/dying/grief, and share your thoughts and impressions: The Year of Magical Thinking by Joan Didion (2005).Didion didn’t start writing her 13th book until 10 months after her husband’s death. He had died of a heart attack as the couple sat down to dinner in their apartment and while Quintana, their only child, was in intensive care with pneumonia and septic shock. She died 18 months later.

Bereavement Care

events to gain helpful perspectiveson living with grief

2014

As the book demonstrates, after a period of derangement, Didion turned to face her grief and asked, as she has been asking with force all her life, can I write this down? Didion takes on the American way of grief, which she sees as evasiveness posing as courage.March 26, 2014 • 7 pm at the Cemetery’s main office

Grief Group

Attend a group where you will receive helpful information about the grieving process and where you may talk freely and confidentially with others who understand. There will be times of tears and laughter, insight and sharing to help lift the heaviness of it all. Come to discover that you are not alone, and meet others who are walking the journey also.

Each session will be facilitated by Dr. Deborah Hart, United Church minister and experienced bereavement counsellor for over 20 years.

5-week session: April 30, May 7, 14, 21, 28Follow up: June 25, 2014 All sessions held at• 7 pm at the Cemetery’s main office

We would like to thank our 2013 sponsors of the grief groups. Their financial support made the Grief Group program possible: • Ogden Funeral Homes

www.ogdenfuneralhome.com • Sherrin Funeral Home

www.sherrinfuneral.ca

ST. JOHN’S NORWAYCEMETERY AND CREMATORIUM

About St. John’s Norway Cemetery

St. John’s Cemetery Norway is an historic cemetery in Toronto, Ontario. It is located at the intersection of Kingston Road and Woodbine Avenue in the east end of the city just northwest of The Beach neighbourhood.

In 1853, Charles Coxwell Small, a prominent land-owner in the area then known as the village of Norway, just east of Toronto, deeded three acres of his land to the then Bishop of Toronto, The Rt. Rev. John Strachan, to build an Anglican church with an adjoining “churchyard”. By 1921 the churchyard and cemetery had expanded to some 35 acres. There are now approximately 51,000 graves and 80,000 interments.

Although operated by The Church of St. John the Baptist, Norway (Anglican), the cemetery has always been open to all people, from the early United Empire Loyalists to the cosmopolitan population of Toronto today.

In 1998, a Crematorium was added to ensure that the cemetery provided a full range of contemporary services for the twenty-first century.

For additional information, please visit the website at www.stjohnsnorwaycemetery.ca , email info@stjohnsnorwaycemetery.ca or call the office at 416-691-2965.

How may we serve you?

St. John’s Norway provides a complete range of services that can respond to the cultural and financial requirements of each individual or family, as they wish. We therefore encourage commemoration of the deceased in ways that are appropriate to the unique preferences and culture of the lives they lived.ChapelOur nondenominational Chapel was built to accommodate all services associated with cremation and seats approximately fifty people.CrematoriumWith the Crematorium and Chapel, full cremation services are provided for the community and greater Toronto area.NichesThe aboveground niches on the exterior wall of the Chapel and the free-standing niche monuments can accommodate two to four urns. They are faced with granite and a bronze wreath is available to memorialize individuals.Cremation IntermentInground interment may also take place in your existing family lot, a new lot, or in the Berkeley Cremation Garden. Cremated remains may also be scattered at the Eastwood Scattering Garden.Casket IntermentSt. John’s continues to offer a wide variety of choice of inground lots which are available throughout the Cemetery.MemorializationMarkers and monuments are a lasting memorial to your loved one. A variety of flat markers, in granite or bronze, and a wide selection of upright monuments may be purchased through the Cemetery office.Memorial Trees and ShrubsDedicate a tree or shrub to the memory of a loved one. A small bronze plaque on a granite pillow is placed at the base of the tree. A variety of suitable trees are available for your selection. Memorial trees provide

a natural greenery while offering an added source of beauty and enjoyment for everyone. The deceased person does not have to be buried at St. John’s Norway for a tree to be planted in his/her memory.Annual GardensSt. John’s offers garden services to enhance the appearance of individual lots. Gardens are planted in the early part of June, weather permitting, with a wide range of colourful flowers. This service includes planting, fertilizing, weeding and regular watering through to September.

Price List is available on our website.

St. John’s Norway Cemetery & Crematorium256 Kingston Road , Toronto, Ontario M4L 1S7

416-691-2965 • stjohnsnorwaycemetery.ca info@stjohnsnorwaycemetery.ca