Thank you for your interest in becoming a Certified Life-Cycle Celebrant!
The Celebrant Foundation & Institute is a nonprofit educational organization
dedicated to training Celebrants worldwide and promoting the use of ceremony
to mark the milestones and transitions in the lives of individuals, families,
communities, and organizations. Celebrants are professional officiants who
create personalized ceremonies to meet their clients needs.
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Become a LIFE-CYCLE CELEBRANT (sm) 2013 Academic Year CLASSES FORMING NOW OPEN HOUSE WEBINAR:
Join us for our vibrant CF&I Virtual Open House We invite you to RSVP to our Celebrant Institute Online Open House Webinars. There are two time slots available. Wednesday, May 22, 2013 12:00 PM - 12:45 PM Eastern Wednesday, May 22, 2013 9:15 PM – 10:00 PM Eastern Register now to reserve your spot! Limited spots available! Hosted (live) by our director of academics, Cindy Reed.
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What is a Celebrant? Celebrants are trained professionals who believe in the power and effectiveness of ceremony and ritual to serve basic needs of society and the individual. The Celebrant's mission is to help the client create a ceremony that reflects his or her beliefs, philosophy of life, and personality. The Celebrant comes to the table with no agenda; no preconceived notion of what the ceremony should or must look like. Instead, through careful interviewing, the Celebrant elicits what is meaningful for each client
Life-Cycle Celebrants come from all walks of life and a college degree is not a prerequisite. We're looking for highly motivated students who have an interest in ceremony and ritual, public speaking experience, excellent writing abilities, organizational skills, basic computer skills, and a love of the arts and working with people. Foreign languages are a plus. Above all, the Celebrant candidate must be committed to the Celebrant philosophy: Creating personalized ceremonies for people of all beliefs and value systems.
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Below you will find details on the upcoming 2013 academic year, including the program schedule, an overview of course content, a description of our innovative online learning program, computer requirements, tuition information, and application requirements. Please contact me by phone or email if you would like further information or are interested in applying to the Celebrant Foundation & Institute's programs in Celebrancy Studies. We look forward to taking this life-changing journey together. Sincerely,
Cynthia Reed, Director of Academics
NOTICE OF NONDISCRIMINATORY POLICY AS TO STUDENTS
The Celebrant Foundation & Institute is a non-profit 501(c)(3) charitable organization. The school admits students of any race, gender, sexual orientation, religion, color, national and ethnic origin to all the rights, privileges, programs, and activities generally accorded or made available to students at the school. It does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, religion, sexual orientation, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of its educational policies, admissions policies, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.
The Celebrant Foundation & Institute offers three certificate tracks:
Students are immersed in the study of ritual theory, ceremonial structure, symbolism, storytelling for ceremony, and in the history of rituals and traditions around the world, the choreography and management of ceremonies, client relations and marketing, and ceremonial public speaking.
Students will read from authors who provide the foundation for the study of ritual, mythology, weddings, funerals, and rituals for the life-cycle, including such texts as The Rites of Passage by Arnold van Gennep, Deeply into the Bone by Ronald Grimes, The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell, Rites of Passage: Celebrating Life's Changes by Kathleen Wall & Gary Ferguson, The Art of Ritual by Renee Beck & Sydney Barbara Metrick, The Conscious Bride by Sheryl Nissinen, Joining Hands and Hearts by Susanna Macomb, Sacred Dying by Megory Anderson, and Remembering Well by Sarah York. * Wedding Celebrants are required become legally authorized to solemnize marriages in their state or province of residence. This may require independent ordination and/or government approval. The Celebrant Foundation & Institute is not an ordaining body. Please contact us for more information about this important requirement if you have questions.
The Celebrant Foundation & Institute's Innovative Online Learning Program Classes are taught in an innovative online program in small groups via real-time Web Conferencing, supplemented by a multimedia online classroom and secure small section message board forums.
All students will have access to our multimedia online classrooms and, once classes begin, the online Celebrant library, which feature sample ceremonies of all types, sample contracts and client interview questions, and more. The classrooms contain your homework assignments and readings, and the curriculum is delivered by text, podcast, videocast, slideshows, and webinar presentations.
Courses are forming now. Please contact the Celebrant Foundation & Institute at: 973-746-1792 or email Celebrant Foundation
Programs in Celebrancy Studies Life-Cycle Celebrants come from all walks of life and a college degree is not a prerequisite. We are looking for highly motivated students who have an interest in ceremony and ritual, public speaking experience, excellent writing abilities, organizational skills, computer abilities, and a love of the arts and working with people. Foreign languages are a plus. Above all, the Celebrant candidate must be committed to the Celebrant philosophy: Creating personalized ceremonies for people of all beliefs and value systems.
Why Become a Life-Cycle Celebrant Certified by the Celebrant Institute? Listen to what students are saying about the course: "It exceeded my expectations and I am grateful for the experience. It has expanded my understanding of ritual and ceremony and the role they can play in our individual, family and community lives to enhance our relationships and connections to one another, as well as increase our self-awareness." ~ Class of 2009 graduate "I am amazed at how in such a short time our study group has developed the sense of safety and trust with each other to share the stories and moments of pain/change/growth of our lives. It sets this class apart as being more than just a handing out of information as in traditional classes. This class has become in itself a transformational process and a feeding of one's soul." ~ Class of 2007 graduate Our Innovative Online Learning Program. Classes are taught in an innovative online program via real-time participatory web conferencing classes, supplemented by a multimedia online classroom and message board forums. The curriculum is delivered by in-depth class briefs and readings, podcast, videocast, slideshows, and webinar presentations. Our varied modes of curriculum delivery appeal to all sorts of learners and allow students to form close bonds with their classmates and instructors. Our teachers are all experienced Life-Cycle Celebrants, eager to share their real-world experiences with their students, and passionate about Celebrancy. [Students will need to purchase a USB headset to participate in the webinars. For additional computer requirements, please see page 8 of this packet.]
Our Certificate Courses
Fundamentals of Celebrancy. All students are required to take our prerequisite course Fundamentals of Celebrancy, a three-month, eight-module class, covers all the elements you need to create effective ceremony no matter which specialty course you'll be taking. Week by week, you'll learn Celebrant philosophy and history, ceremony structure, rites of passage theory, symbolism, storytelling, ceremonial public speaking, and introductory client relations. Students will study and analyze the works of authors who provide the foundation of ritual theory, such as Rites of Passage by Arnold van Gennep, Deeply Into the Bone by Ronald Grimes, The Power of Myth by Joseph Campbell, Rites of Passage: Celebrating Life's Changes by Kathleen Wall & Gary Ferguson, and The Art of Ritual by Renee Beck & Sydney Metrick.
Fundamentals of Celebrancy
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Certificate Courses. You'll finish up by choosing the certificate program of your choice - Weddings, Funerals, or Ceremonies for Families & Children. Each course is eight modules long and is taught through a combination of real-time weekly web conferencing classes, message board discussion, practical exercises, and culminates in a course-long assignment of writing an original ceremony.
Wedding Celebrancy Topics Covered:
Funeral Celebrancy Selected texts for the Funerals concentration include Sacred Dying by Megory Anderson and Remembering Well by Sarah York. Topics Covered:
Ceremonies for Families and Children
Prerequisite: Fundamentals of Celebrancy
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Applying for Admission To apply for admission, you'll need to submit the following by email:
Celebrant Foundation & Institute
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