A unique and essential book for families and ministers of religion of any Christian denomination.

A comprehensive and detailed guide for anyone who wishes to create a service of prayer and memorial for families following miscarriage, stillbirth, neonatal death or the death of a baby. Also of value to infertile and childless couples.

A valuable insight for anyone wishing to understand more about mourning rituals of various kinds. This book outlines many different ways of enabling bereaved parents to express their feelings of grief and loss fully and in the context of their Christian faith. The details of memorials and ritual use of symbols are appropriate to all religions and none.

See inside this book.....

• Baby funerals and disposal of foetal material at home or in hospital
• Individual prayer after miscarriage
• Suitable material for a Roman Catholic Mass
• Baby memorial services for groups of varying size:- from a dozen in a room to several hundred in a cathedral.

Also includes extra prayers, readings, poetry, music and songs.