Humanist Professionals
Celebrating Life • Caring for Community • Creating Innovative Ceremonies
The Humanist Society endorses and prepares humanist professionals to lead life celebrations and support people during difficult times. Our celebrants, chaplains, lay leaders, and invocators provide millions of people with a meaningful alternative to traditional religious services and ceremonies across the nation.
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Hospital Chaplains Grapple With COVID-19’s ‘Tsunami’ Of Grief
Hospital Chaplains Grapple With COVID-19's 'Tsunami' Of GriefSix chaplains share stories from the spiritual front lines of the coronavirus pandemic. [Includes Jason Callahan, The Humanist Society board member and Humanist Chaplain] By Carol KuruvillaHuffington Post --...
Humanist Chaplains Reach Landmark Recognition by Prison System
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Contact: Sam Gerard, sgerard@americanhumanist.org (April 29, 2020, Washington, DC)—Humanists achieved a milestone victory for the rights and dignity of nontheistic incarcerated people. The Federal Bureau of Prisons (FBOP) recently notified The...
Teleconference: End of Life Ceremonies During COVID-19
Things to consider in performing funerals and memorials How is death different during a pandemic? What are mourners experiencing? How are ceremonies different? Outreach to funeral homes and crematoriums Interacting with grieving families Ideas for distanced ceremonies...