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Q: I am wandering about what to do when my mother passes, with respect to her remains. My mother is a devout Catholic, or rather has been all her life until she developed dementia. Her wish when she passes is to be cremated and have her ashes placed over her mother\u2019s grave in Ireland and her dearest sister\u2019s grave in Canada. My father recently passed, and I was advised that I had to have his remains interned or he could not receive the last blessing and furthermore that Catholics don\u2019t believe in the scattering of ashes. I really want to honor my mother\u2019s wishes while respecting her faith as a Catholic, but as you can see, the two are in conflict. I know that it wasn\u2019t long ago that cremation was not condoned by the Church, so I am a little reluctant to deny my mother\u2019s wishes based on a condition that may very well change. As you can appreciate, my mother cannot engage in a conversation about this. Your thoughts on this will be very much appreciated. \u2013 C.T.<\/p>\n

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Answered by Fr. Edward McIlmail, LC<\/em><\/p>\n

A:\u00a0I\u2019m sorry to hear about your mom\u2019s dementia. It must be heartbreaking to see her in decline.<\/p>\n

You mention that your mom has been a devout Catholic. My guess is that as a devout Catholic she would want to be faithful to what the Church teaches. In her present state of mind, she simply might not understand all the implications of what she is asking.<\/p>\n

The Church allows cremation, but not if it reflects a disbelief in the resurrection of the body. That might not be the problem in this case.<\/p>\n

The Church stipulates that ashes must be buried in a grave or entombed in a mausoleum or columbarium. They cannot, as you mentioned, be scattered. We need to show respect for the remains, just as we would for the body of a deceased loved one.<\/p>\n

Moreover, when someone\u2019s ashes are scattered, the loved ones who survive have no specific place to visit (no specific gravesite) to pay their respects, remember their deceased loved ones, and honor them.<\/p>\n

To honor your mother\u2019s desire, you could promise to go and lay a wreath on the graves of her mother and sister, or offer to have Masses said for them, or any number of other creative alternatives that could achieve the desire of your mother without contradicting the Church\u2019s wise teaching about our earthly remains.<\/p>\n

For further reading you could look at postings, one<\/a> by the Holy See, one<\/a> by the U.S. bishops\u2019 conference.<\/p>\n

Coming back to the point of your mom\u2019s devoutness: It might be good to reassure her (as best she could understand) that she can show her devoutness by obeying the Church’s norms on cremation.<\/p>\n

In any case, a Catholic couldn’t\u00a0licitly cooperate in the scattering of ashes, no matter what a loved one’s wishes are.<\/p>\n

It might be good to intensify your prayer for your mom. This is where you show the true love of a daughter. Count on my prayers.<\/p>\n

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He was an assistant publisher of the National Catholic Register and Faith & Family magazine and an editor of the Zenit news agency\u2019s English edition. He has written for\u00a0SpiritualDirection.com\u00a0and\u00a0ePriest. Fr. McIlmail also worked in spiritual retreats in the Northeast, New England, the Midwest, and the South\u00a0and assisted with mission work in Mexico. Born in Philadelphia, he worked in journalism and was active in the pro-life movement before entering the novitiate of the Legion of Christ in 1992. His contributions to RCSpirituality include responding to\u00a0Ask A Priest\u00a0questions and sharing his insights in our\u00a0Weekly Newsletter.","url":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/author\/emcilmail\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153390","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/362"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=153390"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/153390\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/145952"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=153390"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=153390"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=153390"},{"taxonomy":"post_folder","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.regnumchristi.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/post_folder?post=153390"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}