Daniel and his twin, Bradley
News was publish today, 7th December 2012 by ABC.net.au.
Final preparations are being made for Queensland teenager Daniel Morcombe's funeral on the Sunshine Coast tomorrow, nine years to the day since his abduction.
About 3,000 people are expected to attend the service at Siena Catholic College at Sippy Downs, which is the school Daniel and his brothers attended before the 13-year-old boy's murder.
Tomorrow there will be a requiem mass, a guard of honour, and a large television to broadcast the service outside the St Catherine of Siena church.
With approval from the family, ABC Radio will be attending the funeral and will be broadcasting the service online. The broadcast from the church will start at 8:30am with the funeral scheduled to begin at 11:00am (AEST).
Join the Morcombe family, the Sunshine Coast community and the ABC in farewelling Daniel Morcombe.
The Morcombe family has asked those attending the requiem mass to wear red, which was the colour of the shirt the teenager was last seen wearing.
College principal Graeme Hight says students and teachers from schools across the Sunshine Coast are doing everything they can to support the Morcombes.
"Our school students, past and present, will be doing the mass," he said.
"A number of our teachers will be involved in terms of the liturgy, handing out communion, a whole range of things there.
"There is a thing called the spirit of Siena and there is an enormous community spirit.
"We have had donations to assist one family actually gave a significant cash donation to help with this."
Mr Hight says the Morcombes have chose the right place to say goodbye to their son. "Daniel did year eight and nine here at Siena," he said.
"He had an older brother at the time, Dean, and Bradley was his twin.
"That says something to a lot of our staff who are very grateful that the Morcombes see Siena as an important part of their lives and have brought Daniel back here to say farewell to him."
Father Joe Duffy says the funeral will include a requiem mass and procession with a guard of honour.
"The first part we call the tributes and that's the part where there are some speeches made, and then there's a picture show," he said.
"The family asked for a requiem mass so that follows.
"There's what's called a commendation and after that the casket's carried in procession out of the church.
"There'll be a guard of honour that's at least 150 metres long and I think that's something that a lot of people will want to take part in."
Almost nine years after Daniel Morcombe disappeared while waiting for a bus on the Sunshine Coast, his accused murderer is set to face a committal hearing in the Brisbane Magistrates Court.
Look back on a timeline of the key developments in the search for Daniel, the police investigation, and the case against Brett Peter Cowan.
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