Funerals

For an emergency requiring a priest for the Anointing of the Sick/Last Rites, please call the emergency line at (408) 296-3000, ext. 370. 

Para una emergencia que requiera un sacerdote para la Unción de los Enfermos/Santos Óleos, llame a la línea de emergencia al (408) 296-3000, ext. 370.

• Planning a Funeral

• Contact the Parish Office

• The Funeral Home

• Time and Place of Services

• Meeting with the Priest to Plan Services

• The Funeral Mass

• Cremation

Planning a Funeral

Death, in some ways, is nearly always unexpected. Even when a loved one has been sick for some time the actual moment of death takes us by surprise. The family has many decisions to make in a short space of time.  

It is not morbid to plan ahead for your own funeral or that of a parent or loved one. It can lessen the stress at the time of death to know that readings and music have been chosen. If your loved one was not Catholic, a Mass of Christian Burial can be celebrated or a service can be prepared to meet your needs.

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Contact the Parish Office

Please call the office at (408) 296-3000 as soon as possible after a death has occurred.  It is even helpful to contact the office when someone may be close to death so that those who help with the arrangements can be contacted.  

If you will call after office hours or on the weekend for funeral arrangements or assistance, please call the parish emergency number (408) 296-3000 ext. 370.

Si usted llama después del horario de oficina o durante el fin de semana para ayuda con un funeral, favor de llamar al número de emergencia de la parroquia (408) 296-3000 ext. 370.

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The Funeral Home

Please ask the Parish Office If you need help in selecting a funeral home. Your funeral home will call us to confirm or ask for times of services. At the time the vigil service is held we typically begin with the recitation of the Holy Rosary or Scripture Service to prevent interrupting the visitation.

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Time and Place of Services

In recent years it has become more common to have both the vigil and Mass in church—where we worship. The vigil may be held in the evening with a Mass following and burial the next day, or both Mass and burial the next morning, or we can also do a visitation in the morning before the Mass and burial. 
 

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Meeting with the Priest to Plan Services

Please call the Parish Office as soon as possible after the death to gather information about the deceased for our records and to help in the selection of readings and music for the services.  A meeting will be scheduled with the priest to plan the funeral services.

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The Funeral Mass

Funeral Masses should be blessed with music. We have a list of appropriate music from which to choose; as well as a booklet of readings, and suggestions for intercessions so that the Mass can be your personal celebration.

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Cremation

Many people opt for cremation. Cremation used to take place after the funeral Mass, but a Memorial Mass can be celebrated with the urn containing the cremains in the church. 

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