FUNERALS

In the event of a loved one passing, Holy Family Parish recommends that the family of the deceased visit a mortuary before making any funeral arrangements with the church. The mortuary will then contact the parish and arrange for services.

Funeral Stipend: $550.00 for registered parishioners and $750 for non-registered parishioners. The stipend may be paid through the mortuary. Please note that these prices INCLUDE MUSIC (cantor/organist).

For Liturgical Music, please contact Adan Fernandez, Music Director/Organist, at 818-243-9239 x213, once the Funeral Mass has been confirmed.

The Bereavement Committee will be available to you as you prepare the Funeral Mass. The committee will contact you once final arrangements have been made.

Flowers may be delivered directly to the church at 220 East Elk Ave., Glendale, CA 91205, one hour before services are to begin. The parish office cannot sign or be responsible for flowers.

Funerals are often difficult situations in which some family members and friends, overburdened with grief, unchurched, are unable to enter into the liturgy. Music, an essential part of the Mass, is a wonderful tool giving voice to the families expression of love for their departed and is an unsurpassable tool of consolation and solace to all those attending the Funeral Mass.

Our parish has a musician / singer engaged specifically to fulfill this need. Some families will need help in selecting appropriate sacred music for the Funeral Mass, our musician, Adan Fernandez, has the expertise to guide each family as they strive to pick just the right music to express their love, grief, and faith in life after death.

It is very important to note that in accordance with liturgical guidelines no recorded music will be allowed during the Mass.

Each family is encouraged to pick three sacred songs and a psalmappropriate to the liturgy.  Especially recommended are songs found in our church music book. These songs then would be added to the liturgical music already prescribed.

Prelude – Organ / Chant / Solo

Greeting at the Door of the Church – Latin or English Chant

Procession – Hymn (Amazing Grace, Chant, Jesus Lead the Way)

Psalm – sung by Cantor ( Psalm 23, The Lord is my Shepherd)

Gospel Acclamation – Cantor and Congregation

Offertory – Hymn or Solo (Ave Maria, I heard the voice of Jesus)

Holy, Acclamation, Amen, Lamb of God – sung in Latin, English, or Spanish

Communion – Hymn or Solo (I know that my Redeemer Lives)

Commendation – Chant (Saints of God)

Recessional – Chant or Hymn (In Paradisum, May the Angels lead you into Paradise)

Please consult the suggestion list on the other side of this page to help you and your family decide on just the right music for the service.

Some Sacred Selections for funerals: 

ENGLISH / LATIN

 - All I ask of You, Amazing Grace, Ave Maria, Be Not Afraid, Blest are They, Center of My Life,  Day is Done,  Hail Mary Gentle Woman,  Here I am Lord,  Hosea, How great Thou Art,  I am the Bread of Life,  I heard the voice of Jesus,  I know that my Redeemer Lives, In Paradisum (chant), Jerusalem My happy Home, Jesus Dulce Memoria,  Goin’ Home, Lamb of God What wondrous Love, Let There Be Peace on Earth,  The Lord is My Hope,  The Old Rugged Cross,  May the Angels,  On Eagles Wings,  Panis Angelicus, Fourteen Angels Prayer,  Prayer of St. Francis,  Precious Lord Take My Hand,  Seek Ye First,  Servant Song, Shall We Gather at the River, Shelter Me O God,   Shepherd me O God,  Song of Farewell,  There is a Balm in Gilead,  Two Fishermen,  We have been Told,  We will Rise Again,  You are Mine, You are Near, or any selection from a church hymnal Catholic or Protestant.

TAGALOG

-   Hindi kita malilimutan, Silyan, Mahiwaga, May Bukas Pa

ESPAÑOL 

Somos la Creacìon de Dios, Bendito, Bendito, El Señor es me Pastor, Cuando Partimos el Pan del Señor, Visiòn Pastoral, Cien Ovejas, Eran cien ovejas,  Pescador de Hombres, Oh Buen Jesùs, Soy Feliz, Entre Tus Manos, El Buen Pastor, Instrumento De Paz, Jesús, Pastor Tan Dulce

(Salmo 23), Hazme Instrumento De Tu Paz, Quiero Ser Señor , Jesús, El Buen Pastor, Oración De San Francisco, Dale El Descanso Señor, Si Me Levantaré, Resucitó, Salmo 22, or any church song found in the Spanish section of the hymnal.