Notification of Death; Description of Life 47The Superior of the house shall immediately notify the Superior General, Provincial Superior, and every house in the Province of the death of a member so that the prescribed prayers may be initiated as soon as possible; he should, likewise, notify the close relatives of the deceased. The local Superior, according to custom, should see to it that a brief description of the life of the member is drawn up, which is to be sent to the Major Superiors for completion; this description should be conserved for the edification of the confreres. (C 85) CM 404 Prayers and Masses for a Deceased Confrere 48After the death of each member, whether professed or a novice, thirty Masses should be celebrated for his soul, either in the house to which he belonged or elsewhere, according to the disposition of the Superior; in the other houses of the Province to which he belonged, one Mass is to be said for him. In addition to this, all members of the same Province shall offer up for a month their daily rosaries for the deceased. (C 85) CM 416 Masses for the Superior General and Provincial Superior 49For a Superior General who has died in office and for a former Superior General, in addition to the regular prayers, all the priests of the Congregation shall say one Mass; all the priests of a Province will do the same for a deceased Provincial Superior. (C 85) CM 416 Masses and Prayers for a Postulant and Internal Co-worker 50Five Masses must be said for the soul of a deceased postulant or an internal co-worker in the house in which he died, and the confreres of that house shall offer a part of the Rosary. (C 85) CM 416 Consecrated Life 197
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