Start a Prayer Vigil for
Your Dying Loved One

There are different ways to explore and define vigil. Vigil meaning funeral vigil is perhaps the most commonly represented form. Or a candle vigil or prayer vigil to mark the anniversary of a death or tragic event such as a child gone missing. In the Roman Catholic tradition, a Sunday vigil means going to mass on a Saturday evening to fulfill the Sunday obligation.

Whatever your own personal meaning of vigil is, our vigil program (both the train-the-trainer formal courses and our individual-access web courses that are in the works) can guide you in both traditional and non-traditional vigil prayers and give you ideas on how to use vigil candles and vigil prayer for your purposes.

“The Sacred Dying Foundation is committed to transforming the dying experience by reintegrating spiritual and religious practices, and to begin changing the way our society experiences death and dying.”