Price increase

Saint Philip’s columbarium garden is a beautiful resting place for parishioners’ cremated remains. Each niche can hold a single urn, and the cost includes the engraved plaque and the perpetual care to maintain it. The Columbarium Fund, which is dedicated to perpetual maintenance of the columbarium, is managed by the Saint Philip’s Ministry Endowment Funds Trust.

The current cost for a niche is $850.00—and has been that price since 2007. After surveying eight other Tucson-area columbaria, the Finance Committee recommended, and the Vestry approved, a modest price increase to $1,000.00 effective March 1, 2023. This increase recognizes that the columbarium is a ministry of Saint Philip’s and should be fairly priced so it is affordable to all parishioners.

For context, core inflation averaged 2.25% per year since 2007 for an inflation total of 39.66%. The increase from $850.00 to $1,000.00 is an increase of 17%.

If you are interested in learning more about purchasing a niche, please email Mtr Mary at mary.trainor@stphilipstucson.org