Holy Mother Church who, by her preaching, generates to a new and immortal life the children who are born to her in Baptism, mk and nourishes them by the sacraments during their earthly pilgrimage, accompanies each of them at his journey’s end, in order to surrender him “into the Father’s hands.” She offers to the Father, in Christ, the child of his grace, and she commits to the earth, in hope, the seed of the body that will rise in glory.

For the Christian, the day of death inaugurates, at the end of the sacramental life, the fulfillment of the new birth begun at Baptism, the definitive “conformity” to “the image of the Son” conferred by the anointing of the Holy Spirit, and participation in the feast of the Kingdom which was anticipated in the Eucharist - even if final purifications are still necessary in order to be clothed with the nuptial garment of eternal joy and salvation.

The Christian funeral confers neither a sacrament nor a sacramental on the deceased, who has passed beyond the sacramental economy. It is nonetheless a liturgical celebration of the whole Church,4 who celebrates funeral rites to offer worship, praise, and thanksgiving to God for the gift of a life that has now been returned to God, the author of life and the hope of the just. The ministry of the Church in this instance aims at expressing efficacious communion with the deceased, at the participation in that communion of the community gathered for the funeral, and at the proclamation of eternal life to the community. (Archdiocese of Portland, Archdiocesan Liturgical Handbook 2018, 14.1.1)

Our mission is to provide a place to help our families “celebrate the life” of their loved one at a reception following a funeral.  Receptions provide a place of hospitality for families and friends to gather for fellowship, to share, reminisce and remember the life of their loved one and their happy times together. 

Call Sally at 503-380-9085 to schedule a funeral.