Remembrance lists (wypominki): how to fill them in and when to hand them in

The remembrance list forms (wypominki) are available at the church exit. Completed forms can be handed in at the parish office or in the sacristy until the end of October.

The annual remembrance lists are read throughout November before the evening Mass, at 17:30. The one-off lists are read on the Solemnity of All Saints, before the procession in the cemetery, and on All Souls' Day.

Please write legibly, especially the surnames — we read them aloud, and a spelling mistake is heard at once. It is best to write in block capitals. It is worth giving the first name and surname and the family relationship, if that matters to the family: “Mum, Helena Bruska” sounds different from a surname on its own.

The remembrance lists are one of the oldest forms of prayer for the dead. Our parish has remembrance books going back to the 1930s; in them one reads the names of families that are no longer in Wierzbnica today. That is a good reason not to let this custom die out.

The offerings made with the remembrance lists go towards the needs of the parish cemetery.