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Funerals
a) When a person dies the family notifies the parish as soon as possible,
either before after visiting the funeral parlor. Funerals are being held
in church on weekdays, in the morning. Very seldom a funeral is being held
on Saturday. No funerals on Sunday.
b) A funeral can be held in church with the body, without the body,
or with just the remains, or ashes, in case of cremation.
c) If the body is exposed in a funeral parlor, the priest will come
the evening before the funeral to say a prayer and to meet the family.
If the priest cannot come to the funeral parlor, he will send some of
his parishioners, members of the parish prayer group, to say a special
prayer for the deceased person.
d) A funeral can be celebrated in church with or without the celebration
of the Mass. If celebrated in a Chapel of a funeral home the Mass cannot
be celebrated; only special prayers can be said.
d) Priests do not accompany the deceased person to the cemetery. At
the cemetery there is always a deacon, or some Catholic lay ministers
authorized to say prayers for the deceased people and to bless the graves.
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