Major Assignment: Instructional Guide for a family following the death of a loved one.


This assignment is based on the scenario you chose for your first assignment.

Scenario 1: An elderly Christian person, with a spouse, children and grandchildren dies peacefully at home.

Scenario 2: A middle aged Christian person dies in a Hospice from cancer. They may have a spouse, and ex-spouse, and children.

Scenario 3: A young Christian adult dies unexpectedly in an accident.

Task:

Prepare an instructional guide for a family who have just experienced the death of a loved one. You can present the information in whatever format you choose, but you should consider a format that would be user-friendly for a family who are grieving (so a short booklet might be best). It should sound friendly, but professional.

The presentation must be 800 words minimum.

The guide MUST include:

  • An explanation of why, since the person who died was Christian, it would be important to choose a Christian funeral. Describe the core beliefs that would be part of the Christian Funeral.

  • Information about Grief: what to expect and where/how to get help (or more information about grief) if they need it.

  • A guide to visiting the Funeral Home, including a explanation of some of the things they will need to be aware of:
    • what happens at a Funeral Home, and why a coroner might be involved (in case they have never been before)
    • explain the decisions that have to be made at the Funeral Home (eg. casket), so they can prepare.
    • Some of the costs they may need to consider

  • What to consider when preparing for a Vigil (and what they could include at the Vigil: readings, music, eulogy, symbols). You might need to explain how the Vigil is different from the Mass.

  • What to consider when preparing for a Funeral Mass (and what they could include at the Mass: readings, music, symbols). You might like to use the Catholic Funeral Planner to help with this part of your presentation.

  • What to expect at the Cemetery (it would be a good idea to cover this from both from a religious point of view and from an emotional point of view).

Major Assignment Rubric (to check that you have included everything that you should!):