The BEC Coordinator or members may assist in preparing the Liturgy of the funeral Mass. Please note that no funeral Masses will be celebrated on Sundays. If the burial is to be carried out on a Sunday, a Prayer Service by the Priest may be performed in the place where the body of the departed is lying in waiting for burial.
A Communion Minister and / or a BEC Coordinator or member may be called upon to conduct the service at the cemetery / crematorium, in the event a priest is not able to preside. The BEC Coordinator or members may also be called upon to prepare prayers to be said at the cemetery / crematorium.
A Catholic priest from another parish may be invited to celebrate the funeral Mass in the Church of St. Ignatius, with the approval and permission of the Parish Priest.