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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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