Funeral celebrant characterised by a strong non-religious stance. Others in the UK have set themselves up as Civil Funeral Celebrants based on the Australian/Victorian model. They are gaining wide acceptance. The USA Celebrant Foundation, established by graduates of the Australian-based International College of Celebrancy in 2003, has emerged as the leading organisation in training and educating civil celebrants in the USA. Originally a force for secular wedding and naming ceremonies, since 2009 some civil celebrants in the USA have become more involved in high standard funeral ceremonies. Funeral celebrant Funeral celebrant is a formal term denoting members of a group of non-clergy
Celebrant (Australia) together, with the experiences of the past as a guide into the future. A wedding ceremony is a story which tells the past, proclaims the present, and blesses the future. Or in the words of Author and Celebrant Wendy Haynes: When it comes down to it, the jewel in the crown is the wedding ceremony... The purpose of the book is to inspire you, to give you ideas so you can shape the ceremony to fit your life and your commitment to each other. Lionel Murphy himself founded the first celebrant organisation on 3 May 1974. He called all the