Create one clear bilingual Catholic funeral program
Serve English- and Spanish-speaking guests without maintaining two disconnected documents. Keep one Catholic order, review family-authored content in both languages, and send unresolved liturgical choices to the parish.
Choose English, Spanish, or bilingual output while keeping the same saved family and service details.
- Live watermarked preview
- Private parish-review link
- Letter and A4 PDFs
- 30 days of corrections
One celebration, not two competing outlines
The bilingual format keeps a single sequence for the Vigil, Funeral Liturgy, and Committal. Shared facts such as names, dates, ministers, and places appear once where that improves readability, while headings and family-authored passages can appear in both languages.
- English and Spanish headings
- One canonical set of service facts
- Paired obituary, remembrance, and acknowledgment content
- Clear language labels during review
Translation help with factual guardrails
Optional assistance may help translate original family prose. Names, dates, addresses, and Scripture references remain locked for comparison, and every translation stays a draft until a person reviews it. Editing the source marks an older translation for another review.
Official text is never improvised
The writing assistant does not translate Scripture, ritual prayers, Mass texts, or hymn lyrics. Each language requires its own authorized source or exact parish-supplied text and permission. Without that, the booklet uses references and original summaries for parish review.
Invite the people who know each part
A family member can work on the obituary and portrait, a music director can suggest the applicable music placements, and a priest or parish reviewer can address readings. Suggestions remain separate until the organizer accepts them.
Preview bilingual page fit before payment
Spanish and parallel-language passages often run longer than a single-language version. The real booklet preview lets the organizer check type size, page breaks, and reading comfort before purchasing and printing.
What families ask
Does bilingual mean every line is repeated side by side?
Not necessarily. Shared names and dates may appear once, short headings can be paired, and longer family passages can use paired or alternating pages so the half-letter booklet stays readable.
Will changing the English obituary erase the Spanish version?
No. Each language is kept as a distinct version. A source edit can mark its translation as needing review without silently replacing it.
Are official Spanish readings included?
Only when a separately authorized Spanish corpus is active or the parish supplies exact service-specific text with the required permission. English authorization does not authorize Spanish wording.
Can a Spanish-speaking family member help with the program?
Yes. The organizer can collect and review Spanish family prose in the dedicated Spanish fields, while the existing role-limited contribution links continue to collect the family, music, and parish material assigned to each person.