The religious significance of the white shroud is that it represents the Baptismal garment. When a person (Adults) are baptized in the Catholic Church they are given a white garment (Most parents have their babies dressed in a white dress). It represents their clothing themselves in Christ and are told to bring it unstained to the judgment seat of Jesus Christ. At the start of any Catholic Funeral a white Shroud is placed over the Casket before it enters the Church thus representing the unstained garment.
Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Epping, NH From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of MaryAnn Santos Sent: Sunday, September 28, 2014 12:32 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Trying to decipher Obitos How weird. I've never come across that before - just a sentence that they were buried in the public cemetary. She must have died suddenly because she didn't receive the sacraments. Thank you for your help! On Sun, Sep 28, 2014 at 10:38 AM, mnk <kamis...@comcast.net> wrote: Yep, that's what it says. Basically her body was wrapped in a white shroud and the priest accompanied the body from home to the church to be buried. MNK -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com <mailto:azores%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com> . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- MaryAnn Santos Senior Advisement and Student Affairs Administrator Department of Art and Art Professions NYU/Steinhardt 212.998.5702 m...@nyu.edu Follow us at Twitter / <https://twitter.com/NYUart> @NYUart Instagram / <http://instagram.com/nyuart> @nyuart Facebook / <https://www.facebook.com/pages/NYU-Art-Department/53833145389> NYU Art Department -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
