In the Catholic Church, a Mass can be offered by a priest for some pious intention specified by a person who pays a stipend to the priest. A Mass card or Mass offering card is a holy card which records the intention. Often, this is the repose of the soul of a dead person; this is a kind of prayer for the dead. The mass may be offered shortly after the death, in which case the mass card, also called a remembrance card, can be sent to the chief mourners as a token of sympathy. Masses may also be said near the anniversary of a person's death in memorial. Some people leave a bequest in their will to be used as a stipend for future masses to be said for them.