Death represents a problem for people who have lost all family relationships: the absence either of documents or of people taking care of the burial makes this event particularly painful. This worries many people we encounter on the street. For each dying person who has no family, the Community assures the funeral ceremony and the burial. 

Every year the Community of Sant'Egidio celebrates a liturgy in memory of Modesta - and of all those who die on the streets - in Rome and in other towns. In the prayers we remember everyone, pronouncing the names of people who the Community has encountered during the years.

Liturgy in memory of Modesta
Church of San Bartolomeo - Rome