Should I have my father's funeral at an SSPX church?

[Fritzy]

My father’s prognosis is very poor and he isn’t expected to live much longer. For many years he has been a member of a SSPX parish; something which is completely foreign to me. My father has requested a Requiem Mass there. I know there are issues with the SSPX. Should I have his funeral Mass at his SSPX parish? Or do I have it at my parish (Novus Ordo) against his wishes? His SSPX priest has already told me that having it there will be “problematic” if my relatives are Protestant, which they are. I want to honor my father’s wishes yet still do what is morally right.

 

[Michelle_Arnold]

While respecting the wishes of one’s father is ordinarily admirable, I cannot recommend doing so at the cost of arranging for a Mass to be offered by a priest who does not have faculties from proper ecclesial authority to do so (which is the case for the SSPX). I recommend calling your diocese and asking if there is any priest who has the appropriate faculties from the diocese to celebrate the sacraments and who has been trained to offer the Mass according to the extraordinary form of the Roman rite. If not, contact the Priestly Fraternity of St. Peter (FSSP) to see if there are any Fraternity priests in the area able to help. Once you find a priest with the proper faculties, you can have a Requiem Mass offered for the repose of the soul of your father. And, while your father is still alive, you might ask that priest to visit your father to try and reconcile him with the Church.