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Padre J Roulston

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Can you have a funeral without having a priest/clergy member there?

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An Undisclosed Location | 9 months ago (1 minute after post)

Yes. When we buried my grandmother’s ashes it was just family and friends.

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An Unknown Location | 9 months ago (4 minutes after post)

The priest is there more for the living, than for the dead.

And, at times like those, we need all the help we can get!

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An Unknown Location | 9 months ago (11 minutes after post)

Yes, you can. Is everything okay JRoulston?

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An Unknown Location | 9 months ago (15 minutes after post)

Yes no worries on that front :)
I was curious… in the process of becoming a minister, we went over what to do at a funeral… and I always see a cleric at funerals. I was just curious if it was a mandatory thing.

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An Unknown Location | 9 months ago (17 minutes after post)

on the topic of my dad it is sad. it is almost as though he now has the intelligence of a 3 year old…. we’re hoping that his memory starts to come back soon.

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An Unknown Location | 9 months ago (19 minutes after post)

Wooh, you scared me, I’m glad :)
It isn’t mandatory. As a Universalist do you get trained to do funeral services for a bunch of different religions?

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An Unknown Location | 9 months ago (19 minutes after post)

Oh, I wrote that before I saw your latest reply, I’m sorry. I hope it returns as soon as possible.

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An Unknown Location | 9 months ago (24 minutes after post)

:) no worries.

not really. we just get a generic funeral outline, and that is it. I am looking into various religions different ceremonies so that in the even i’m ever called upon to preform one I am at least acquainted with it.
Though I hope that, that is one ceremony is one that I never have to preform.

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An Unknown Location | 9 months ago (25 minutes after post)

That makes sense to me.

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An Unknown Location | 9 months ago (29 minutes after post)

I just wish that the registration process in Ontario would be quicker. My Brother is planning on getting married in the relatively near future, and I’m hoping that they will let me do the ceremony, but I have to be registered first… it has already been a month since I started the process.

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An Unknown Location | 9 months ago (32 minutes after post)

Congrats to your brother :)
Hmm that’s a pretty long wait to get registered, are there a bunch of requirements you still have to fulfill?

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An Unknown Location | 9 months ago (38 minutes after post)

I don’t even know. I called them yesterday, and they said that it could be as much as 6 weeks before I hear back, and then who knows….

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An Unknown Location | 9 months ago (8 hours, 42 minutes after post)

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An Unknown Location | 9 months ago (13 hours, 47 minutes after post)

lol SO true

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An Unknown Location | 9 months ago (14 hours, 27 minutes after post)

yes my pappaw was burried with just friends and family his sister did what a priest or clergy would do

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An Unknown Location | 9 months ago (1 day, 6 hours after post)

The only “offical” death i’ve been to was for my step-dad. and we dident have any priest of clergy. the serman was done by an old army friend of his. And on a side note, when i got married, my husban’s dad officiated. In colorado you dont need to be married by a registraed person. anyone can do it.

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