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"Because my church rejected my baby there was no way I could have a full funeral mass prior to the burial. I didn’t even know if the church would agree to a mass and I didn’t even ask. I simply was to hurt to want anything to do with Catholic tradition. In my mind, Joshua wasn’t good enough for them simply because his umbilical cord kinked and he died. Because he died in an accident beyond his control he was rejected. I really felt as if I was protecting Joshua by refusing to allow the Catholic church another opportunity to shun him. However, my family owned burial plots in a Catholic cemetery and there was a requirement that a priest or deacon preside over some sort of funeral rite. I agreed to a 15 minute prayer service at the cemetery and I requested that the wonderful, intelligent, fun Irish priest who presided at our wedding and had planned to perform Joshua’s baptism conduct the prayer service..." |
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