One of these is called ‘Guide for Preparing a Catholic Funeral’, which is a leaflet explaining the purpose of a Catholic funeral. Another resource is called ‘Preparing for My Funeral’.

in the standard Catholic funeral ritual. It had been set to soaring and majestic music by such composers as Mozart and Verdi. That hymn was removed from the “ordinary form” of the funeral ...

In a Catholic funeral several symbols are used. The paschal candle, sometimes known as the Easter candle, is lit as a sign of the light of Christ. The belief is that in the darkness the light of ...

All my life I’ve been taught that when a Catholic dies the body ... in the “chapel” of a funeral home, and the symbols inside of a church, the music of the liturgy and especially the ...