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Commissioning a funerary urn

It’s almost four years since my father died in October 2017. At the time we weren’t able to have a funeral because dad left his body to medical science. We did hold a memorial service instead, just a couple of

Michael Hannah September 20, 2021September 20, 2021 Ceremony, Funeral planning 2 Comments Read more

The Sacred Screen

This weekend I attended an online teaching with the Zen Buddhist Upaya Institute. It was led by Joan Halifax and Frank Ostaseski. Joan is Abbot of the Upaya Monastery and Frank is co-founder of the Zen Hospice in San Francisco

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A St David’s Day Online Memorial for my friend Bryan Bale

Last year one of my closest friends, Bryan Bale, died after a long illness. On Monday I conducted a one year on memorial on Zoom. It was pure coincidence of course but Bryan, always a proud Welshman, died on St

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SICA Christmas Service

The very first SICA (Scottish Independent Celebrants’ Association) Christmas Service will be broadcast on their Facebook Page on Monday 21st December (Winter Solstice) at 7pm, and available on the page after that too.   A group of celebrants from right across Scotland have

Michael Hannah December 21, 2020December 21, 2020 Celebrants, Ceremony, Events No Comments Read more

Paisley funeral – a day of journeys

Usually when I am asked to conduct a funeral, the family has already selected a funeral director. Sometimes, if they already know of me, they will ask the funeral director to contact me. More often the funeral director will suggest

Michael Hannah November 19, 2020November 19, 2020 Ceremony, Funeral Directors, Natural/Green/Home No Comments Read more

Creating Rituals for Healing & Change

I completed some more CPD training in the form of a workshop last week. The session was led by William Ayot, poet, ritualist and teacher. There was a lot of discussion about different types of rituals – rituals of growth

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Jane Sheppard – funerary urns

Just recently a friend of mine mentioned that he worked with a ceramic artist who is also a celebrant and interfaith minister, Jane Sheppard. He thought I might like to see her work, especially her funerary urns. I had a

Michael Hannah September 28, 2020September 28, 2020 Celebrants, Ceremony 3 Comments Read more

Funeral care for transgender people – a video

My colleague and fellow celebrant, Emma Curtis, has contributed to a short video on funeral care for trans people – especially in the current lockdown. It’s aimed at transgender people but is actually a really useful watch for anyone who

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COVID White Paper and resources

There is a really useful collection of ideas and resources here – very useful for funeral celebrants and anyone involved in the world of funerals, bereavement, grief and loss. It’s a bit USA-centred but valuable none the less: COVID White

Michael Hannah May 20, 2020May 20, 2020 Bereavement, Celebrants, Ceremony, Funeral planning No Comments Read more

Funeral Celebrant Accord

The Accord defines the attributes and skills required of an excellent funeral celebrant and is intended to set the standards by which all celebrants offering funeral services should be measured. In summary, an excellent funeral celebrant: Is professional Cares for

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Zoom funerals in the news

The BBC Radio 4 Today Programme this morning (18 April) carried an interesting feature about how funeral celebrants are starting to use Zoom and other similar online ways to perform ceremonies during the current coronavirus lockdown. Celebrant Claire Bradford explained

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My first online funeral ceremony

Yesterday I conducted my first online funeral ceremony. The family of the deceased live on another continent and it wasn’t possible to hold the ceremony at a crematorium with live streaming facilities. So Co-op FuneralCare opted to hold the ceremony

Michael Hannah April 10, 2020April 11, 2020 Ceremony, Online funerals 2 Comments Read more
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