Planning a wonderful and fitting funeral or memorial service for a loved one, is an art. It is often daunting for family and friends, especially when each person is dealing with their own grief.

But generally, there is one thing family and friends have in common - they want a personal, fitting and professional service for their loved one.

That’s where a professional Funeral Celebrant comes in. The celebrant provides guidance and support and endeavours to fulfil your needs in crafting and delivering a personalised funeral or memorial service.

Yes! You can contact your own Funeral Celebrant direct. They will outline their services, fees, meet and work with the family and the funeral director, to deliver a quality service for you, your family and friends. See our Find a Funeral Celebrant page.

Members of the Funeral Celebrants Association Australia work to a Code of Practice  and undertake ongoing professional development to maintain their membership status.

Alternatively, you may leave the selection of the funeral celebrant to the funeral director.

It’s important to note that there is no legal requirement for the funeral director to provide the celebrant services as part of their overall service. The choice of celebrant is up to you! 




NEWS ITEMS

Sally Cant will be the speaker at the next FCAA Members’ Forum on 24th August.  Sally is a member of the Funeral Industry Ministerial Advisory Council, an eminent celebrant, author and trainer.  Members may attend for no charge & visitors may attend for $25.

Visit to Walter Carter Funerals, Bondi  Members will be visiting the premises of Walter Carter in August of this year & we hope to be able to provide access to interstate and country members via web casting. This a a "Members Only" acitivity.

O.H. & S. issues in the funeral industry was the topic of a talk & discussion led by one of our members, Isla Tooth at the May Forum. Isla worked as a consultant for N.S.W. Health & compiled the report.It can be accessed online at at the N.S.W. Health website under "Guidelines for Funeral Directors on the Disposal of Bodies 2002". 

Trypheyna McShane, one of the authors of " The Intimacy of Death & Dying" was the guest presenter at the February Forum, Together with Zenith Virago & Claire Leimbach, Trypheyna wrote this book filled with personal stories around the theme of death & loss.  They provide a compassionate, inspiring guide that we can all relate to.

Lynette Simons was our guest presenter at the November Forum
Lynette Simons has a background in journalism and media training.  On Tuesday 24th November she gave a talk about the principles of Conflict Resolution and about the Conflict Resolution Network.  Members found her talk to be very interesting and informative.  We had copies of the CRN’s handbook "Everyone Can Win" for sale on the night.