At my mother's wake I noticed there was no kneeler in front of her coffin. Two of my friends noticed it as well. I addressed my concern with the 3 funeral employees. I asked why there was no kneeler, and since I thought it may have been tied to a covid mandate, I mentioned that the CDC reversed its mandates last week. The gentleman who responded said yes, but each business owner can regulate his own business. None of the 3 employees offered to bring out a kneeler. I honestly don't understand why there was a concern about a kneeler considering the people at the wake were hugging, kissing, shaking hands, and were within inches of each other at times. There was no mask mandate at Slattery. There was no social distancing mandate at Slattery. No one checked vaccine status at Slattery. How could anyone at a kneeler receive or transmit any kind of infection kneeling versus if they were standing? I am a church going Catholic ... and have been my entire life. My mother was also a life-time church going Catholic ... until she was no longer physically able to. I felt it was anti-Catholic to withhold a kneeler. They knew her Mass was at a Catholic church. And they had a crucifix on the wall behind her casket. After none of the employees made a move to get a kneeler, or asked me to wait while they got a kneeler, I told them I was very disappointed. It was disrespectful in my opinion, and anti-Catholic as well. And why bring stress into an already stressful situation? - (D. Evans)