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Order of Funeral Mass. Introductory Rites (Please stand) Greeting (family will gather in front of church & process in with priest) Sprinkling with Holy Water (casket or urn is brought to baptismal font & blessed) Placing of the pall* if casket present (*large white cloth reminding us of our baptism) Entrance Procession with casket or urn ...
In the Catholic Church, there are two forms – a Funeral Mass or a Funeral Service (Ceremony without Mass). As you work with your Funeral Director, you may find the following information helpful. Your Funeral Director will make arrangements with us regarding the place and time of the celebration.
Set-up for a Funeral Service of the Word is very similar to a Funeral Mass; except the liturgical vessels and linens normally required and used during the Liturgy of the Eucharist (within the Mass) are not needed.
The standard procedure for a funeral at St. John the Baptist Catholic Church is that a funeral director (funeral home or mortuary) work with St. John’s parish staff to set up the details of the visitation, funeral Mass or liturgy, luncheon and interment.
The Office for Divine Worship offers free online preparation courses for infant baptism, marriage, funerals, and parts of the Mass. The office also provides regular training courses for lectors, ushers and greeters, extraordinary ministers of holy communion, music ministry, as well as certification courses for parish coordinators of liturgy.
The Church encourages us to celebrate a funeral in three main stages: The Vigil of Prayer: a short service, usually the evening before the funeral, followed by time for prayer with the deceased. The Funeral Liturgy, which is usually a Requiem Mass for the deceased. The Committal at the cemetery or crematorium.
5 sie 2021 · Find out what you need to know about a Catholic mass funeral, and use this free download to guide you through the planning process.
