Mount Olivet

Mount Olivet is conveniently located on the south bound service road to IH 45 at Hughes Road, Dickinson. See the map. Take a tour.

If coming from Houston or League City area take Exit 19 (Hughes Rd. /Dickinson). Continue south across FM517 and Dickinson Bayou. The big brick entrance gate is plainly visible just before the Hughes Rd. overpass (concept of Risen Christ entrance). Drive along the entrance road past the office (colonel bldg on the left side). The drive will open to the Cemetery proper.

The first view to the right is the Memorial to the Unborn, (contains burials from local Catholic hospitals) donated by the Knights of Columbus.

The Saint Bernadette Garden is on the left side of the road. The road curves to the Sacred Heart Shrine Circle. The second road to the right from the circle leads by the lake to the Chapel Mausoleum.

On the right is the Holy Rosary Garden (concept drawing). On the left is St. Anthony Garden with the St. John Theologian Greek Orthodox spaces bordering on the circle road.

Mount Olivet with Mediterranean olive trees is on the left. The Mount Olivet chapel mausoleum is at the right side of the road. To the left and at the foot of Mount Olivet, along side the west bank of the lake is the Knights of Columbus feature (concept). From the circle the third road is the continuation of the main drive of the Cemetery. The road leads through the Cemetery to the Altar Circle. Saint Bonaventure is the first Garden on the left side of the road.

The Saint Anthony Garden is on the right side. The Saint Anthony Cremation Garden is above the south end of the lake. As you drive by the mausoleum road the Saint Catherine Garden is on the right side and the Saint Dominic Garden is on the left.

The next interGarden is the future Way of the Cross Circle. The right side of the approach to the altar is the Saint Edith Stein Garden and the left side is the Saint Gregory the Great Garden. Centered on the Altar Circle is the grand marble altar capped with the beautiful bronze crucifixion scene. The cross marks the center of the Cemetery property from Dickinson Bayou to Holland Road. The left side when facing the altar is the current resting place reserved for Archdiocesan priests.

Future development (altar concept) will introduce landscaped gardens with spaces for lay faithful to be near their beloved priests in wait of that great day when body and soul join in communion with Christ.

Take a visual tour or check our price schedule for various burial options.