markb74 Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 On July 15th, a gentleman I work with lost his daughter. she was 35. left behind 2 children and a husband. I find a few unfortunate similarities so this hits home to me very hard. -Widowed young -widowed with kids -widowed on my 1 year sadiversary to the day -same funeral home I reached out to the husband and kept it short and sweet that I have been there, I have a son, here is my number call/test/ask for anything you need and I will do whatever I can... today I found a news article about the Mass for her and I am fuming! http://www.whec.com/news/stories/S3857778.shtml?cat=565 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mizpah Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 wtf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Alexswife Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 That's terrible. My FIL got up and ruined Alex's funeral. I will never forget the way he made me feel when he did that and the disrespect he had for his son. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest sunshinedaydreamz Posted July 23, 2015 Share Posted July 23, 2015 There is no excuse for this. Give to the church, donate etc. And then get a slap in the face. Terrible. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Baylee627 Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 I can't believe the audacity of that priest. How despicable is that, for the bereaving family to receive such a callous admonition at a funeral! By their priest, in whom trust is supposed to be inherent. This made my tummy twist. Baylee Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Momtojandj Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 That is terrible! On a side note .. Mark , you do the same as I do I always send a note explaining my situation and my phone number if I can be any help to the widowed . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
serpico Posted July 24, 2015 Share Posted July 24, 2015 As always, I imagine there are two sides to this story. Just because someone belongs to a church doesn't mean they can run the service as they wish. While it sounds like the priest could have handled it better, it also seems pretty clear that at least some members of the family felt like they were the ones in charge. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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