Christ the Teacher has liturgy guidelines to follow in order to celebrate the Funeral Mass in the Catholic Church and more specifically within the Rockford Diocese. Contact the Music Director at music@newmanniu.org if you have any questions. 

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Readings for Mass

​Please choose one of the following readings from each section. Click on the button to open the file.

First Reading
​Old Testament

Responsorial
​ Psalm

Second Reading 
​New Testament

Gospel Reading

Prayers of the Faithful

Family members or friends of the deceased are encouraged to proclaim the first two readings.  Generally, it is good to select a person who has some public speaking experience to proclaim the readings.  The priest or deacon always proclaims the Gospel.  If you wish to use a favorite Scripture reading not listed here, the reading must first be approved by our pastor, and the translation must be taken from the Catholic “New American Bible”. ​

Music for Mass

The table below contain songs permitted during the funeral Mass. This is just to give you an idea of what the song sounds like.  Click on the name of the song to listen. It will open in a new window. Close that window to get back to this page.  Please choose 5 songs.   

Newman Center has musicians available for hire, including singers, instrumentalists and piano accompanists. If you would like to have musicians take part in the funeral Mass who are not from Newman, those musicians must be approved by the Director of Music. In general, there must be a musician selected from Newman.  If you have special requests for other songs, please email or call to arrange a meeting with the music director  music@newmanniu.org or 815-787-7700)

Amazing Grace	Ave Maria	​Be Not Afraid	Be Thou My Vision	Behold The Lamb	Blest Are They
Do Not Let Your Hearts Be Troubled	Eat this Bread	Eye Has Not Seen	God of Day and God of Darkness	Hail Mary, Gentle Woman	Here I am Lord
Holy God, We Praise Thy Name	Hosea	How Great Thou Art	I am the Bread of Life	I Have Loved You	I Heard the Voice of Jesus Say
I Know that my Redeemer Lives	Irish Blessing	Jesus, Remember Me	Joyful, Joyful, We Adore Thee	Let There Be Peace on Earth	Lord of the Dance
Love Devine, All Loves Excelling	Make Me a Channel of Your Peace	May the Angels Lead you into Paradise	Morning Has Broken	Now We Remain	On Eagle's Wings
One Bread, One Body	​Shelter Me O God	Shepherd of Souls	Taste and See	​The Guardians Farewell	The King of Love, My Shepherd Is
​​We Remember	We Shall Rise Again	We Walk by Faith	You are Mine	You are Near	You Satisfy the Hungry Heart

We ask that you give all fees to the Sacristan or Priest before the Mass begins.  If you are working with a Funeral Home, they will take care of these details.  The fees are below:
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$100 for Christ the Teacher University Parish
$100 for the Priest Stipend
$150 for the Organist
$100 for the Cantor
$150 for the Instrumentalist, if applicable
$10 each for the two Altar Servers

Thank you for using our on-line guide to assist us in planning the
​funeral Mass for your loved one. God Bless