Before goodbye 驪歌站前

PREARRANGEMENT   –   Protecting the ones you love  There are so many conversations in our daily life. Some are easy, some are hard. Perhaps the hardest and most uncomfortable conversation for many people is regarding our death. When a death occurs and no plans have been made, family members have to answer difficult questions that they may not have considered or discussed with their loved one. All of those complex situations of the future suddenly become reality. There are two questions that will never be answered: “What would they have wanted?” and “Did I do the right thing?” There is a solution and an easier conversation! Talking to a professional advisor to pre-plan now can lead to a lifetime of peace of mind, simply remember that it is all about protecting the ones you love.  Pre-arrangement then becomes an easier topic. For many of us, protecting the ones we love has been an important part of our lives. We protect them by caring for their well-be...

甚麼是 CELEBRANT ？   主禮人？   CELEBRANT 一字原本指在宗教聖禮中的祭司 ; 今天主要是指慶典， 儀式的主持人，包括婚禮，喪禮等等。 Definition of Celebrant: (American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language) A person who participates in a religious ceremony or rite. A person who officiates at a religious or civil ceremony or rite, especially a wedding.  In some Christian churches, the cleric officiating at the celebration of the Eucharist. A participant in a celebration.   葬禮 / 安息禮主禮人 (Funeral Celebrant)   是一個正式身份，指主領葬禮 / 安息禮的非神職人員，不屬於任何宗教或信仰派系。 1975 年，澳洲正式開始了民事紀念葬禮 / 安息禮。   1973 年 7 月，澳洲總檢察長萊昂內爾·墨菲 （ Lionel Murphy ） 首先任命了 “ 民事婚姻主禮人 ” (Wedding Celebrant) ，目的是為非教會人士主領具有特別意義的典禮。隨著民事結婚儀式的開始，首先是自澳洲，以至新西蘭，再發展至其他西方國家，英國，美國，加拿大等。不可避免的是，類似的哲學範式發展至用於安息禮 / 葬禮。   安息禮主禮人是一個獨立的角色和身份, 受過相關的 專業 訓練，可以提供量身定制，旨在以個人化的方式慶祝生命中的重要 事情 的儀式，而沒有法律義務或政府限制。 以有尊嚴和文化上可接受的方式 ， 為那些出於某種原因不選擇宗教儀式的人舉行安息禮。 家人選擇安息禮主禮人，因為他們希望專業人士共同為離世先人，安排及籌備一個有尊嚴和紀念性的生命禮贊及追悼會，紀念他／她的一生。 安息禮主禮人在收到邀請後，會與家屬進行面談， 聆聽及 了解家人所期望的安息禮有關儀式及內容，然後精心準備和撰...