[Buford Montana]

I think it would be wonderful if they Schindlers and Schiavos could come together for a funeral and entombment. But I don't think it will happen. However, Terri is not being denied any Catholic essentials as some have claimed.

Anyone know if it will be in a Catholic cemetery as required by the Catholic Faith [to be in consecrated ground]?

A Catholic cemetery is not a "required by the Catholic Faith"

Terri will also be denied the Mass of the Resurrection...another slap at her parents and Catholics.

She will have a funeral mass, but her body won't be there.

He would not allow daily Communion.

She couldn't swallow, it might have killed her early.

I am having a hard time understanding why the Shindlers are not given the respect to bury their daughter with all the Rites of the Catholic Church.

People sometimes don't realize the funeral mass is not a sacrament, but a celebration. And she can have one, body or not.

I am sure they would rather have a Mass of Resurrection, but that is not possible without a body.

That is not correct. I have been to such a mass without the body.

Better yet, why not let the parents have a Catholic service, blessing of the body and then he can have his cremation?

Not a bad idea. But I think the animosity and distrust is too great.

It had to have been. Catholics are only allowed to be married in a Catholic church, even in mixed marriages.

This isn't true. To be married in the Catholic church, they must be a priest in attendance, along with certain ceremonies, that must be performed. But these can be integrated into another ceremony at another church.

[Northern Yankee]

Thanks for the thoughts.

[mystery-ak]

Well, Im really confused now...I heard a priest the other day on Fox, saying there could be no Mass of the Resurrection without the body....

[luvs tradition]

A Catholic cemetery is not "required by the Catholic Faith"
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I am on staff at a Roman Catholic Church, so I do have credible answers to your questions.
A Catholic does not have to be buried in a Catholic cemetery, but it is preferred. If a Catholic is buried in a non-Catholic cemetery a priest should conduct a graveside service in which the grave and remains or in Terri's case, cremains, are blessed and prayed over. If not, it is not a Catholic burial.
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He would not allow daily Communion.

She couldn't swallow, it might have killed her early.
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Terri's Holy Communion consisted of a drop of Precious Blood placed on her tongue. This would not have been enough to cause any "damage." Spiritually speaking with the voice of Faith, receiving the Blood of Christ would not under any condition, cause harm unless the person were in a state of serious mortal sin. Terri was given Precious Blood on Easter. Many Catholics believe that merely daily Communion would have sustained her for as long as God willed. There are documented cases of saints that lived years on only the daily Eucharist.
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People sometimes don't realize the funeral mass is not a sacrament, but a celebration. And she can have one, body or not.
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The funeral Mass, ie. The Mass of Christian Burial or The Mass of Resurrection is indeed a sacrament. Every Mass is a sacrament because the Eucharist is celebrated. The body MUST be present at the Mass of Christian Burial, if a body is not present then it is a Memorial Mass.

[dcnd9]

"To be married in the Catholic church, they must be a priest in attendance, along with certain ceremonies, that must be performed. [True]

"But these can be integrated into another ceremony *at another church."

*False: Not sactioned by the CC!
Some errant priest may do it but it is approved by the church.