About Embracing Our Dying -- Using This Site

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Using This Site

This site, which has a uniquely Catholic perspective, offers a better way for individuals, families and friends to approach end-of-life issues. On the site are:

An overview of Catholic moral theology regarding death and dying-including a number of Church documents

Information on current medical and hospital practices-including the use of pain medication

Facts about California law concerning living wills and advance directives-including actual forms and instructions

Suggestions for finding a hospice and connecting with a Catholic parish

FAQs about end-of-life issues

Some of the pages are available in Spanish as well as English. If the document is available, the title will appear in Spanish below the English title in that section.

A number of pages are available as PDF files. Those downloaded pages are suitable for duplication and distribution. To install or update the free PDF viewer, Adobe Reader, visit Adobe.

Some of the pages contain information that is available on formatted documents which can be purchased. Instructions for ordering can be found at the end of those documents.

For more information, please email: info@embracingourdying.com.