Irma and Joe Garcia - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Thu, 02 Jun 2022 08:07:06 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Irma and Joe Garcia - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Eleven funerals to take place at Uvalde's Catholic church in coming weeks https://cathnews.co.nz/2022/06/02/eleven-funerals-to-take-place-at-uvaldes-catholic-church-in-coming-weeks/ Thu, 02 Jun 2022 07:53:54 +0000 https://cathnews.co.nz/?p=147682 Eleven of the Uvalde shooting victims were parishioners at the city's Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and their funerals will be held there over the next two and a half weeks. Although there will be 11 funerals, 12 lives will be commemorated and prayed for - Joe Garcia, the 50-year-old husband of Irma Garcia, one of Read more

Eleven funerals to take place at Uvalde's Catholic church in coming weeks... Read more]]> Eleven of the Uvalde shooting victims were parishioners at the city's Sacred Heart Catholic Church, and their funerals will be held there over the next two and a half weeks.

Although there will be 11 funerals, 12 lives will be commemorated and prayed for - Joe Garcia, the 50-year-old husband of Irma Garcia, one of the teachers who was killed, will share the same funeral Mass as his wife, Jordan McMorrough, a spokesperson for the Archdiocese of San Antonio, told CNA on May 31.

Joe Garcia died of a heart attack two days after his wife's death, McMorrough said.

Archbishop Gustavo García-Siller of San Antonio will be the celebrant for the Garcias' funeral Mass which will take place at 10am on June 1 at the church.

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