West Coast Catholics get a final resting place on parish grounds
Catholics on the Sunshine Coast now have a Catholic final resting place with the new columbaria at Holy Family Parish in Sechelt.
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Catholics on the Sunshine Coast now have a Catholic final resting place with the new columbaria at Holy Family Parish in Sechelt.
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