Funerals

Readings


Download Suggested Readings for Funerals here.


When selecting readings for a funeral Mass: 

If the Funeral Mass is Outside the Easter Season, please choose:

          A first reading from C1-C7
          A second reading from C8 - C11 or E1 - E15, and
          A Gospel reading from G1 - G19

If the Funeral Mass is during the Easter Season (between Easter Sunday and Pentecost Sunday), please choose:

          A first reading from C8 - C11
          A second reading from E1 - E15, and
          A Gospel reading from G1 - G19

Other Scripture selections not indicated here may be used if appropriate for a funeral and are approved by the priest-celebrant of the funeral in advance.


Funeral Music

Suggested Music for Funerals is listed below. 

The links will play a sample of each hymn.

GENERAL HYMNS

  1. Abide With Me
  2. Alleluia! Alleluia! Let The Holy Anthem Rise
  3. Amazing Grace
  4. Ave Maria
  5. Be Not Afraid
  6. Blest Are They
  7. Come To Me
  8. Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled
  9. Eye Has Not Seen
  10. Go In Peace
  11. Hail Mary, Gentle Woman
  12. Here, At This Table
  13. Here I Am, Lord
  14. Hosea (Come Back to Me)
  15. How Great Thou Art
  16. I Have Loved You
  17. I Heard The Voice of Jesus
  18. I Know That My Redeemer Lives
  19. Like A Shepherd
  20. O God, Our Help in Ages Past
  21. On Eagles Wings
  22. Only In God
  23. Parable (To Everything There Is A Season)
  24. Prayer of St. Francis
  25. Precious Lord, Take My Hand
  26. Softly and Tenderly
  27. Soon and Very Soon
  28. The Lord Is My Light
  29. The Strife Is O'er

COMMUNION SONGS

  1. Behold the Lamb
  2. Bread, Blessed and Broken
  3. Eat This Bread
  4. Gift of Finest Wheat
  5. God's Holy Gifts
  6. I Am The Bread of Life
  7. I Received the Living God
  8. One Bread, One Body
  9. One Love Released
  10. The Supper of the Lord
  11. This Bread That We Share

RESPONSORIAL PSALMS

  1. Your Words Are Spirit and Life
  2. Shepherd Me, O God
  3. The Lord Is My Shepherd (by Scot Crandal)
  4. To You, O Lord
  5. The Goodness of the Lord
  6. The Lord Is My Light and My Salvation (by David Haas)
  7. As the Deer Longs
  8. My Soul Thirsts
  9. Like A Child Rests
  10. Praise The Lord Who Heals the Brokenhearted

Mary & Martha Ministry


At the time of the loss of a family member, this ministry provides the family with a chance to meet with their friends and relatives who attended the funeral without the work that is involved in the preparing and serving of food.  Committee members cover the tables, arrange the flowers, arrange food on the serving table, and afterwards clean up the room.


We contact the family to find out the number of guests that are expected.  We also find out what types of foods have been ordered.  The family is responsible for ordering the food and having it delivered.  We provide the beverages, and all the table settings.  About an hour before the funeral Mass we meet and set up the serving tables with plates and appropriate tableware.  After the guests have left, we clean up the tables and leave the room as we found it.


This is a valuable service to a family in mourning, as we reach out to our neighbors at a difficult time in their lives.  It is our way to foster a sense of community here in our parish.


Nancy Bojarski
nanceeb49@gmail.com

(860) 871-7351

FUNERAL PREPARATION

CALL PARISHIONER CARE OFFICE

If you have any questions about funerals in our parish please contact PARISHIONER CARE OFFICE


Phone: 860 643 2403 x120

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