CORE
CORE CEO
CORE CEO OF CATHOLIC AND FUNERAL SERVICES. LET'S GET TO THE TEXT QUESTIONS
RUPEE BECAUSE OBVIOUSLY THIS IS
A DIFFICULT TIME FOR A LOT OF
FAMILIES.
WHY DID CHURCHES STOP 11
FUNERALS, OBVIOUSLY YOU HAVE TO
FOLLOW THE LAW, RIGHT?
>> CREEK.
BISHOP SOTO WAS FOLLOWING THE
GUIDANCE FROM GOVERNOR NEWSOM.
IT IS VERY DIFFICULT
PARTICULARLY ON A FUNERAL SITE.
I THINK YOU KNOW WHEN YOU LOSE
SOMEBODY, TO SAY YOU WILL BE AT
A SERVICE AND KEEPING DISTANCE
IS A CHALLENGE.
I WILL TELL YOU PERSONALLY THAT
IF MY MOM LOST MY FATHER THAT
TO SAY I WOULD KEEP SIX FEET
AWAY FROM HER AT A FUNERAL
SERVICE WOULD BE DIFFICULT.
SO WHAT WE ARE TRYING TO DO IS
PROTECT OUR CLERGY AND PROTECT
OUR STAFF AND OUR FAMILY SO WE
ARE STAYING IN COMPLIANCE.
I THINK YOU KNOW THE
RESTRICTIONS IS ROUGHLY 10
PEOPLE.
IF YOU LOOK AT THE SERVICE AND
YOU HAVE A CLERGY MEMBER AND
YOU HAVE A FUNERAL DIRECTOR OR
IF YOU HAVE GROUNDSMAN, IT
REALLY LIMITS THE NUMBER OF
PEOPLE.
IT'S A CHALLENGE.
>> THE NEXT TEXT AS TO WHAT YOU
WERE JUST SAYING.
WHAT ADVICE WOULD YOU HAVE TO
HELP A FAMILY COMMIT WHAT
SUGGESTIONS THAT THEY GRIEVE
PROPERLY.
THIS PERSON TAXING AND THAT
THEY JUST LOST GRANDMA AND FEEL
LIKE WE ARE NOT DOING THINGS
THE RIGHT WAY PAID THERE HAS
GOT TO BE A LOT OF PEOPLE THAT
FEEL THAT WAY.
>> IT'S HARD TO SAY WHAT THE
RIGHT WAY IS TODAY.
WHAT WE ARE RECOMMENDING FOR
PEOPLE IS THAT IF THEY CAN, TO
DELAY THE SERVICES.
A BODY CAN BE PREPARED AND
STORED IF YOU CHOOSE THAT.
YOU STILL HAVE THE ABILITY TO
HAVE A VIGIL OR A WAKE.
HAVE A SERVICE OR A FUNERAL
MASS IF YOU WILL AND THEN TO
HAVE THE GRAVESIDE SERVICE WITH
EVERYBODY PRESENT.
SOME PEOPLE ARE CHOOSING TO DO
THAT AND OTHERS ARE CHOOSING TO
DO IMMEDIATE BARRELS OR
IMMEDIATE COMMISSIONS AND THOSE
ARE THE ONES THAT ARE MORE
CHALLENGING.
FOR SOME FUNERAL HOMES, THEY
DON'T HAVE THE CAPACITY, THE
STORAGE CAPACITY.
SO A LITTLE BIT MORE DIFFICULT
FOR THEM TO STORE.
WE ARE FORTUNATE ENOUGH THAT WE
HAVE A LARGE CAPACITY AND THE
ABILITY TO DO THAT.
>> SO PEOPLE CAN ACTUALLY DELAY
THIS UNTIL A TIME WHERE THIS
RESTRICTION IS OVER WITH AND
THEN THEY COULD DO IT THE
TRADITIONAL WAY, CORRECT?
>> THAT IS CORRECT.
THE ONLY CAVEAT IS THAT THE
BODY WOULD HAVE TO BE INVOLVED
BUT THAT ALLOWS THE BODY TO
STAY IN A MUCH BETTER CONDITION
DEPENDING ON HOW LONG THIS
GOES, YOU MAY OR MAY NOT BE
ABLE TO HAVE AN OPEN CASKET FOR
A VIEWING BUT THAT IS ONE OF
THE THINGS THAT WE TRY TO
ENCOURAGE PEOPLE TO DO PIT
>> THE NEXT ONE COMING IN.
CREMATION.
CAN YOU HAVE A TRADITIONAL
GRAVESIDE SERVICE, THIS TEXT
COMING IN.
DOES IT MATTER IF THEY DID NOT
DIE FROM CORONAVIRUS COMIC
>> YES.
IT'S INTERESTING, WE GOT A
REPORT JUST YESTERDAY THAT
SHOWED THAT CREMATION RATES IN
THE MONTH OF MARCH HAVE
ACTUALLY INCREASED BY TWO
PERCENTAGE POINTS IN THE STATE
OF CALIFORNIA.
IN CALIFORNIA, WE ROUGHLY RUN
AT ABOUT 63 PERCENT OF ALL
DEATHS ARE CREMATED.
IN MARCH THAT NUMBER WENT OVER
65 PERCENT.
SO WE ARE CERTAINLY SEEING A
RISE IN CREMATION SPIRIT I WILL
TELL YOU THAT IF SOMEONE DOES
HAVE CORONAVIRUS, THEY DO NOT
HAVE TO BE CREMATED.
THAT WAS ONE OF THE THINGS THAT
WAS OUT EARLY ON.
SO YOU CAN BE LAID TO REST AS A
FULL BODY OR CREMATION.
WE HAVE ONLY HAD TWO COVID-19
CASES COME INTO OUR FUNERAL
HOME IN MORTUARY AND BOTH OF
THOSE I WILL TELL YOU,
IMMEDIATE CREMATIONS.
>> THE NEXT ONE AND THIS IS
TALKING ABOUT PUBLIC SPACING.
AND YOU COVER ALL OF THESE
ASPECTS.
ONCE THE FUNERAL IS OVER AND
THE SERVICE, WHAT ABOUT GOING
TO THE CEMETERY?
ARE THERE ANY RESTRICTIONS THAT
YOU KNOW OF WITH THE CEMETERIES
THAT YOU ARE INVOLVED WITH
WHERE THERE IS RESTRICTIONS ON
THAT?
>> IS REALLY ON A CASE-BY-CASE
BASIS.
I KNOW OF CERTAIN CEMETERIES
THAT HAVE CLOSE THEIR DOORS TO
THE PUBLIC AND ONLY HANDLING
GRAVESIDE SERVICES.
WE ARE OPEN.
SO ARE CEMETERIES ARE OPEN 6 AM
SOME P.M.
MONDAY THROUGH SUNDAY.
THE ONLY THING THAT WE DO IS
THAT WHEN WE ARE DOING A
GRAVESIDE SERVICE, WE ARE NOT
ALONE FAMILY MEMBERS TO BE
GRAVESIDE. BUT ONCE THE SERVICE
IS COMPLETE, THEY HAVE THE