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Funerals

The death of a member of the church should be reported to the parish office and the family should immediately arrange to meet with the Rector. No final plans should be made before this consultation. Only after a consultation with the parish clergy should funeral notices be written, readers invited to participate in the service, or reception arrangements be made.

A priest at St. Clare’s normally presides at the service. Visiting clergy, after consultation with the parish clergy, may assist in the celebration. If a family invites a visiting cleric, they are responsible for travel and other cost to include honorarium.

There are three types of services for the departed:

  • A funeral is the liturgy for the Burial of the Dead with the body present either in a coffin or as ashes in an urn. It is usually held with days of a person’s death.
  • A graveside service is a brief liturgy that usually follows the funeral directly, but can take place sometime after if circumstances require it. The same liturgy is used for the casting of ashes or burial at sea.
  • A memorial service is a liturgy without either the body or ashes. It can be held anytime from a few days to a few weeks after death.

All services are either according to The Burial of the Dead set forth in The Book of Common Prayer, or they are designed to conform to the intent and pattern of it.
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