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Funeral program · Slideshow · Prayer or memorial cards

A funeral program, slideshow and prayer cards, made together.

Answer a few questions and add photos. See every page finished before you pay. For Catholic, Christian, Latter-day Saint, Homegoing, celebration of life and simple services. Your photos stay on your device.

Try the free preview

Downloads open in early December. The price will be $39, once.

If the service is before then, we can’t give you files yet. Our free guides show how to make a program in Word and print it today.

A sample funeral program cover, its inside pages and a matching prayer card, made with Candlefold
A sample made with Candlefold. Every name and detail is fictional.

Made for the hardest week

Private, plain, and a real person if you need one.

  • Your photos stay with you. Everything is put together in your browser. We never upload, see or keep your family’s pictures.
  • If it prints wrong, we’ll help. Print one copy first. Any home printer, copy shop or funeral home can print the files. If something still isn’t right, write to us: we’ll help fix it or refund you.
  • Someone reads every message. We reply within one business day, usually sooner. If the service is tomorrow, put URGENT in the subject.
  • Keep a copy. After you pay, save the files to your phone, Google Drive or iCloud. You can download again on the same device for 12 months.

What the $39 includes

$39 · paid once, for everything, when payments open

  • A funeral program (a folded letter sheet), as a letter-size file for the copy shop or your home printer
  • A memorial slideshow video, 1080p and 720p
  • A sheet of 6 matching prayer or memorial cards
  • A large-print program for older guests, free
  • See it all finished before you pay
  • No account. No subscription. Nothing to cancel.
  • Full refund if you ask within 30 days

Try the free preview

Candlefold turns one guided form into a print-ready funeral program, a memorial slideshow and matching prayer or memorial cards. You see every page finished, with a watermark, before you pay anything, and your photos stay on your device the whole time.

Available in the United States and Canada (except Quebec for now).

How does it work?

  1. Choose the service and a design. Each tradition starts from an example order of service. Change any line to match your own.
  2. Add the details. Name, dates, a photo, the order of service and any readings.
  3. Add photos for the slideshow. Not sure how many? The photo-count calculator works it out.
  4. See everything finished, free. Every page and every slide, with a watermark, before you decide.

Downloads open in early December. Until then you can build and preview everything, and leave your email to hear once when you can download. The price will be $39, paid once.

Take as long as you need. Your work saves on this device as you go.

Which services does it support?

ServiceWhat you start from
CatholicThe funeral Mass order. See the Catholic funeral program template, checked by Candlefold against the Order of Christian Funerals (not reviewed by clergy)
Christian (Protestant)An example order you change to match your church. Wording ideas are in the program wording examples
HomegoingIn the editor as an example order you change to match your church. Our guide page is coming once a pastor has reviewed it
Latter-day SaintIn the editor. The Church’s General Handbook (29.5.4) says video presentations should not be part of a funeral service held in a chapel, so the editor suggests showing the slideshow at the viewing, the reception or a family gathering
Celebration of lifeSee the celebration of life program template
SimpleWelcome, tributes and a moment of quiet, with no religious wording unless you add it. Change every line
Military honorsAn optional section you can add to any of the above. At a Catholic Mass, many parishes remove the flag and cover the casket with the white pall during the Mass, and the honors usually take place at the graveside

Your own priest, pastor or minister always has the final word on your service. How we check our pages.

Questions families ask

How much does it cost?

The price will be $39, once, for the program, slideshow and prayer cards together, with no subscription and no add-ons. Building and previewing is free now; downloads open in early December.

Can I see it before I pay?

Yes. You build everything and see a full, watermarked preview of the program, the slideshow and the prayer cards before you pay anything.

What if I'm not happy with it?

You get a full refund if you ask within 30 days, no questions asked. Email help@candlefold.com; we send the refund within 2 business days, and your bank may take 5–10 more to show it.

What happens to my photos?

They stay on your device the whole time. Everything is put together in your browser; we never upload, see or keep your photos.

How do I keep my files?

Your work is saved in this browser on this device as you go. After you pay, save the PDFs and the video to your phone, Google Drive or iCloud so you always have them. You can fix a typo and download again, free, for 12 months on the same device.

Which services does it work for?

Catholic, Christian (Protestant), Homegoing, Latter-day Saint, celebration of life and simple, non-religious services, with an optional military-honors section. Each starts from an example order of service that you change to match your own.

Will it print correctly?

It's built to: safe margins, embedded fonts, and one letter-size file for the copy shop or your home printer. Print one copy first. If it still doesn't come out right, write to us and we'll help fix it, or refund you.

What if the service is before payments open?

We can't deliver files until payments open in early December. If the service is before then, our free guides show how to make a program in Word and print it today.

Tell me when payments open

We’ll email you once, when downloads open. Nothing else.

Guides for the program, the slideshow and the cards

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