Interments and permits
An interment is the actual burial or inurnment. Vianney schedules it, tracks what is required before it can be marked complete, and produces the printable order for the day.
Schedule an interment
You can start one three ways:
- From a space, in Spaces & Rights.
- From the Requests queue, once a request is approved.
- With one click from a funeral card, when the deceased already holds a plot — Vianney offers to schedule it straight from the funeral case.
The disposition permit
A body interment cannot be marked Complete until a disposition permit is on file — Minnesota law (§149A.93) requires it, and the funeral director usually delivers it to you. File the permit's number, type, and date on the interment, then complete it. Cremated remains only need a permit copy if your parish has turned that requirement on in cemetery settings.
Winter and the receiving vault
In winter, a body may go into the receiving vault rather than the ground right away — record the interment as held in vault, which is not the same as completed. It moves to completed once the actual burial happens.
The blessing prompt
If the ground isn't recorded as blessed, Vianney will remind you at scheduling time and offer a one-click "Record grave blessing" action — the rite is OCF #218-A, the blessing of the place of committal. This is always a reminder, never something that blocks scheduling.
The printable order
Once logistics are set, click Print order ↗ for the Interment Authorization & Order — a single page with the decedent, the space, the service time, the funeral home, who's responsible for the fee, and the permit line. (A parishioner's religion is deliberately left off this printed page — it's internal-only information.)
Tips
- See Funeral-home requests, both sides for how a request becomes a scheduled interment.
- Completing an interment on a plot with a recorded funeral case offers a one-click step into the death register — see Funeral stages and checklist for where that fits in the funeral's own timeline.