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Monthly Mind Mass
October 10, 2026 10am
A month’s mind (sometimes formerly termed a trental[1]) is a requiem Mass celebrated about one month after a person’s death, in memory of the deceased.
In medieval and later England, it was a service and feast held one month after the death of anyone, in their memory. Bede (died 735) writes of the day as commemorationis dies. Such “minding days” were of great antiquity, and represent survivals of the Norse minne, or ceremonial drinking to the dead.
“Minnying Days,” says Blount, “from the Saxon Gemynde, days which our ancestors called their monthes mind, their Year’s mind and the like, being the days whereon their souls (after their deaths) were had in special remembrance, and some office or obsequies said for them, as Obits, Dirges.” The phrase is still used in Lancashire.
The month’s mind is still an almost universal practice in Ireland (for Roman Catholics) for the family of the deceased and close friends to attend Mass and take a meal together.
Prayer for Monthly Mind Mass
Lord, may you support us all day long, till the shadows lengthen, and evening falls, and the busy world is hushed, and the fever of life is over, and our work is done.
Then, in Your mercy, Lord, grant us a safe lodging, a holy rest, and peace at last.
We ask this through Christ our Lord. Amen.
All Souls Mass with Most Reverend Manuel de Jesús Rodríguez, J.C.D.
November 2, 2026 10am
November is the Month of All Souls. We pray for the souls of all the faithful departed in purgatory. Let us reflect on the doctrine of purgatory and its roots — and of our need to pray for the departed.
Prayer for The Holy Souls
Heavenly Father, in union with the merits of Jesus and Mary,
I offer to You for the sake of the poor souls
all the satisfactory value of my works during life,
as well as all that will be done for me after death.
I give You my all through the hands of the Immaculate Virgin Mary,
that she may set free whatever souls she pleases,
according to her heavenly wisdom and mother’s love for them.
Receive this offering, O God, and grant me in return an increase of Your grace.
Amen.
The care with which we bury the dead expresses our faith in the victory over everlasting death, which Our Lord Jesus Christ has won in our human nature by His own Death and Resurrection.
– Christian Burial Guidelines –
Our Lady Queen of Peace offers many alternatives for cremation and full-body interment and memorialization in keeping with the sacred beliefs and traditions of the Roman Catholic Church. Options Include: Private Estates, Gravesites, Mausoleum Crypts and Cremation Niches, Monuments, Urns, Vaults, and many custom memorial options.
Memorialization in a Catholic cemetery
“As a well-spent day brings happy sleep, so a life well spent brings happy death.”
– Leonardo da Vinci –
It is our ministerial goal to guide you through what can be a confusing and difficult process. We work to provide you and your loved ones with peace of mind, by assisting you in careful and informed decision making and planning.
This goal is best achieved through pre-planning, rather than at the time of need when financial and practical decision-making may be overshadowed by the realities of grief and urgency.
Please contact our office at (561) 793-0711 and ask to speak with any of our Family Service Advisors.
Consecrated Grounds
The Sacred Grounds of our Lady Queen of Peace Cemetery were Consecrated in 1974 by Archbishop Coleman F. Carroll of Miami. In 1984, This Cemetery became part of the new Diocese of Palm Beach.
Our team strives daily to maintain a peaceful and prayerful atmosphere as a visible symbol of our faith in Jesus Christ and our hope of resurrection.
“There is an appointed time for everything, and a time for every affair under the heavens. A time to give birth, and a time to die; a time to plant, and a time to uproot the plant.”
– Ecclesiastes 3 1: 2
