Offices & Services

At all times, but in a special way at the time of death, the Church must proclaim the hope in the cross and resurrection of Jesus Christ. The time of death has a special claim on the pastoral solicitude of the Church. The faithful departed are remembered in every Mass that is celebrated. A deceased member of the Church deserves and has a right to the fullness of the Church's funeral rites contained in the Order of Christian Funerals. The bereaved must never be allowed to feel that they grieve alone.

The revised document, which contains Archdiocesan Policy and an Instruction, is promulgated to make the pastoral solicitude of the Church at the time of death more effective.

This section contains the following:

1. Policy on Ecclesiastical Funeral Rites 
2. Funeral Policy - Introduction 
3. The Authority of the Order of Christian Funerals 
4. Entitlement to the Ministry of the Church at the Time of Death 
5. Involvement of the Entire Parish Community 
6. Ministries in the Rites of the Order of Christian Funerals 
7. Presiding at the Vigil 
8. Scheduling the Funeral Liturgies 
9. Presiding at the Funeral Liturgies 
10. The Funeral Mass 
11. The Funeral Liturgy outside the Mass 
12. Music in the Funeral Mass 
13. The Rite of Committal 
14. Cremation 
15. The Bishop in the Order of Christian Funerals 
16. Customary Offering 
17. Ministry of Consolation 
18. Concelebration at the Funeral Mass