Not even the COVID-19 social distancing could stop people from gathering to say farewell to Michael “Mikey” Bruney who passed away on June 24, 2020.
The Roseau Cathedral Chapel was packed with lawyers, friends, colleagues and well-wishers. People wept openly as the casket bearing the remains of “Mikey” was lowered in the tomb at the Roseau Catholic Cemetery. “We will miss you Mikey….farewell my brother, rest in peace Mikey” were just some of the words expressed.
Monsignor William Jno-Lewis in his homily at the funeral mass asked the faithful to reflect on what God had to say about Michael Bruney and them.
“What would God say about, you and me, that you are virtuous and lived for him that for me is the essence of the mass and final farewell to our brother,” he said.
“It is a moment for us to rise up and brace ourselves; we all feel the loss, the pain, the emptiness,” Monsignor Jno-Lewis stated.
Meantime, at a special sitting of the court, via zoom and attended by hundreds, the late Michael “Mikey” Bruney was described as “ a champion for justice, an honest friend and patriotic Dominican.”