Your parish family is here to help you in your time of grief. We know that planning a funeral can seem overwhelming. Our parish will partner with your chosen funeral home to ease this burden.

To begin planning a funeral at Saint Eleanor, contact a funeral home. After the funeral home reaches out to us, one of our parish priests will contact you to set up a meeting in the Parish Office to plan the funeral liturgy.

Several resources are available to help you plan, including:

• Saint Eleanor Funeral Liturgy Planning booklet . Please look at the reading and song choices to prepare for the meeting with a priest.
• Saint Eleanor Funeral Liturgy Planning sheet .  Complete this after reviewing the booklet (above) and bring it to your meeting with a priest.
• Archdiocese of Philadelphia norms for cremation .
• Philadelphia Catholic Cemeteries Burial Information & Advance Planning Kit.

If the body or cremains are present in the Church it is a Funeral Mass, not a Memorial.  In addition, you can arrange Memorial Masses after a funeral Mass has been celebrated at another church. For more information about setting up a Memorial Mass, call the parish office at 610-489-1647.