Funerals . . .

Funeral Rites Ministry
Ministers assist grieving families through funeral liturgy preparation, worship and semi-annual memorial Masses. This is an on-call ministry, Monday through Saturday, 9:00am to noon. Team members rotate assignments. (We have approximately 75 funerals each year. Minister of Care training is an Archdiocesan prerequisite. Additional bereavement training is also provided at Deanery level and locally (on-the-job training) at Holy Family.)

Funeral Luncheon Ministry
This is another “on-call” ministry. Team members provide food, set-up and serve after funerals. They are in need of both men and women for this ministry. There is a need to increase the ranks of funeral luncheon ministers so we can “share the load.”

Funeral Luncheon Food Donation
Parishioners prepare salads or deserts, which they bring to church on the day of the funeral luncheon. The more people we have in this ministry, the better we are able to spread the work, so people can be called less often during the year.