Prayer Card Size

In Christian tradition, a holy card, or prayer card, is a small, devotional image intended for the use of worshippers, typically depicting a religious scene or saint, with an image roughly the size of a playing card. They are small and inexpensive, and they can safely be stored in a plastic sleeve inside a binder so that they do not take up much room. Prayer cards, or holy cards, are often altered for funerals and other special commemorative events.

Special holy cards are printed for Catholics and distributed by the deceased’s family at the funeral, which contains the names of the deceased, as well as usually their birth and death dates. The prayer card at the funeral is about the size of a business card, and most are laminated, or families laminate them themselves. Funeral prayer cards are smaller cards that are 2.25 wide by 4.25 tall, typically distributed at the wake or visiting service. Memorial cards used in a funeral are usually rectangular in shape, measuring approximately 4.5 x 2.25.

These funeral prayer cards with photos can be printed onto heavy-duty card stock or printed onto paper, and then laminated. The front of your funeral prayer card could either be an image background, or you could use the photo cover. If you wish to laminate your prayer cards, you can print them on ordinary paper and card stock and laminate them. When you are ready to print out custom funeral prayer cards, you have the option of doing it yourself or hiring a local print shop.

Cards can be ordered through physical printing and design companies as well as through a variety of websites, or you can make prayer cards yourself for your services quickly and easily. By making and printing your own, you have no ordering time constraints, and can print however many cards you want, with no cost per card. Let us take a look at the steps required to make and print your own memorial cards. Renaissance Funeral Home & Crematory is happy to assist in making your memorial cards so that you are not stressed about those kinds of details.

Making a beautiful memorial card for your loved one who has died can help friends and family better remember his or her life through the years. Whether you are helping people pay tribute from afar or during the traditional funeral ceremony, memorial cards are a nice way to remember a loved one. See our funeral prayers post for suggestions for prayers to choose for your funeral cards. Catholic funeral prayer cards are cheap (or free) to create, and you can start with no complex software or skills.

Prayers can be written from the Book of Psalms, Catholic liturgies, or ones that arise from your own thoughts on the back of a card. Once you have got your printouts in order, print and cut out the cards. If you are just doing double-sided cards, you might want to print the prayers, poems, or order of service on the second side. Our graphics design team can help you pick out the right borders, fonts, and colors to help your prayer cards look the best.