Please click the following links to download the pdf files. 

1. Opening Prayer for Caring with Faith
2. Beatitudes for Friends of the Aged
3. HFC Welcome Letter to Caring with Faith
4. Prayers from Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities
5. What is Hospice?
6. Glossary of End of Life Terms
7. What is Anointing of the Sick
8. Anointing of the Sick – Handout from US Conference of Catholic Bishops
9. Six Teachings Every Catholic Should Know About End of Life Issues and Care for the Dying
10. End of Life Issues – Spiritual Values
11. Offering Spiritual Support for Family or Friends
12. The Unexpected Spiritual Journey of Illness
13. Cultural Humility and Compassionate Presence at the End of Life
14. Being with the Dying
15. The Cost of Dying – It’s hard to reject care even as costs soar
16. My Faith – What people talk about before they die
17. Acknowledge Suffering
18. Five Wishes
19. Donate Life
20. Sample Document of Durable Power of Attorney for Health Care
21. Sample Document of Advance Health Care Directive
22. Sample Document of Alternate Form of Statement of Desires
23. Sample Document of Religious Statement – Catholic Patients
24. Reflections on the Body, Cremation, and Catholic Funeral Rites
25. Catholic Update – End of Life Moral Issues
26. Catholic Update – Cremation: New Options for Catholics
27. The Church and Cremation
28. Archbishop’s Invitation Letter to Catholic Cemeteries
29. Catechism of the Catholic Church ( Second Edition )
30. HFC Funeral Planning
31. HFC Funeral Preparation Planning Sheet
32. HFC Funeral Mass Planning Form
33. Preparing a Catholic Funeral by Rev. Kenneth Koehler ( Third Edition, Updated & Expanded )
34. Presentation for Financial Planning by Scott K. Laudeman, CFA
35. Presentaion for Practical and Legal Issues by Vanessa Terzian, Elder Law Attoney