G1: Both inhumation and cremation are permitted by the Catholic Church. Since cremation is becoming very popular, please remind the families that the Church requires that the cremains be buried in the ground or interred in a mausoleum after the funeral Mass, NOT retained at home, office or any other location, or divided into jewelry or private repositories for distribution among family and friends. The Rite of Christian Burial anticipates an opening procession down the main aisle of the church following an opening prayer at the church door, at the beginning of any funeral. Usually, as you know, caskets are wheeled down; cremation urns should also be either carried by a loved one or set on some type of moveable pedestal or plinth down the aisle, followed by the family to their seats;

G2: Music and Scriptural readings may be chosen by the family, with the final decisions reserved to the pastor and to the Cathedral organist: all music must be sacred Christian music; no show tunes or pop music, since a funeral is an act of worship of God;

G3: Neither receptions lines nor the signing of a guest book either before or after the funeral Mass will be permitted in the Cathedral Parish. Both receiving lines and guest books are more appropriate at the wake the night before, or at the reception following the funeral Mass;

Standard

$250

Organist 

$250

Premium

$300

Organist 

$275