I like this idea of Aldona AMFT I remember at the time when I needed for my Mom, I place order with a local maker and a painter 3 weeks in advance. Got it delivered on time but painter took long time despite several reminders and in the end it was done in a shabby way – reason being he was a known alcoholic (was young 30 and a good artist though).
A year later, it was missing from the AMFT, made another. (People were stealing them only to sell it back to the makers/painters). My local church had once approached me for a donation for extension of AMFT. And I will definitely suggest this idea to the leaders. It can be a great help to a poorer family too. Every coffin has a metal plate on its cover to indicate the dead man’s name, DOB/DOD Just before the burial, we make sure that the plate (along with the cross/crucifix) is removed or detached from the coffin. Don’t know what we do with it then after. Well, with this idea, the same plate can be attached to the already existed fixed ones http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches/3566354138/sizes/l/ http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoaukchurches/3565538405/sizes/l/ The same Aldona AMFT from outside http://www.flickr.com/photos/joegoauk19/3560375763/sizes/l/ I also saw similar idea at Navelim but here I think they were of marble instead of metal. Pe. Vigar’s ‘Fondda’ or Grave charges could be more [email protected] for Goa & NRI related info... http://in.groups.yahoo.com/group/GOAN-NRI/ For Goan Video Clips http://youtube.com/joeukgoa In Goa, Dial 1 0 8 For Hospital, Police, Fire etc
