About Mass Cards

A Mass card, also known as a Mass offering card or a remembrance card is a greeting card given to someone to let them know that they, or a deceased loved-one, will be remembered and prayed for in the intentions at a Mass.

The card-giver will obtain a Mass offering card, either from their local parish or by purchasing one from a store. Some religious orders also support their monasteries by offering Mass cards. 

If the card-giver goes directly to the parish office, they may obtain a card there, give his or her offering (a donation), and the Mass will be offered for his or her intention. He or she will then give the card to the recipient, which lets the recipient know that he or she or a deceased family member, or some other intention, will be prayed for at the Mass.  On the other hand, the card-giver may instead purchase a card from a store, contact a parish to give the offering and make arrangements for the Mass to be offered for his or her intentions, and then give the card to the recipient.

"The grace of mutual love among the living, strengthened and increased by the sacrament of the Eucharist, flows, especially by virtue of the Sacrifice [of the Mass], to all who belong to the communion of saints.

For the communion of saints is simply the mutual sharing of help, atonement, prayers and benefits among the faithful, those already in the heavenly fatherland, those consigned to the purifying fire, and those still making their pilgrim way here on earth. These all form one city, whose head is Christ, and whose vital principle is love.

Faith teaches that although the august Sacrifice can be offered to God alone, it can nevertheless be celebrated in honor of the saints now reigning in Heaven with God, who has crowned them, to obtain their intercession for us, and also, according to apostolic tradition, to wash away the stains of those brethren who died in the Lord but without yet being wholly purified."

    - From the 1902 encyclical Mirae caritatis of Pope Leo XIII

The most common occasion for offering a Mass is for the repose of a departed soul. This tradition began quite early in the Church, as there are epitaphs on tombs as early as the 2^nd century, which beg for prayers for the deceased person;and the Canons of Hippolytus, from the first half of the 3^rd century, mention the offering of prayers for the dead at Mass. The saints and early church fathers spoke of remembering the dead at the Mass, and encouraged the faithful tpray for those who had died. Mothers Day and Christmas are also popular occasions for offering Mass, and any time when you have a special intention to offer.

Click here to view our selection of Mass offering cards. If you would like to stock your church with Mass cards, but are looking for one you don't see on our site, please contact us and we can find out if the card you are searching for is available to be ordered for you.