The New Student track for a Certification in Funeral Celebrancy is a 2-course package and includes Fundamentals of Celebrancy Training (a seven-module course), followed by Funeral Celebrancy Training (an eight-module course). As a new student, you will be required to select your first certification in order to enroll. Don’t worry – should you decide to change your certification path while in Fundamentals, it can be changed.
Fundamentals
What you will learn
Students will emerge from Fundamentals of Celebrancy having internalized the essential building blocks of ceremony to create ceremonies of all types and will be well prepared to take on their first Certification, being more conscious and mindful of the possibilities for ceremony all around.
In this course, students will study
- The foundations of creating effective ceremony
- Rites of Passage theory
- Ceremony Structure (Ordering elements in a ceremony to promote transformation)
- Symbolism – using personal, family, cultural and universal objects to enrich ceremony meaning
- Storytelling, the hallmark of the personalized Celebrant ceremony
- Introduction to Client Relations
In addition, students will analyze a complete Celebrant ceremony case study and begin to exercise their ceremony creation muscles in short assignments, applying each module’s key concepts.
Funeral Celebrancy Training
What you will learn
Students will emerge from the Funeral Celebrancy course with the skills to create and perform personalized funerals and memorials for clients of all beliefs and backgrounds, and pet funerals.
In this course, students will study
- Funeral ceremony structure
- Eulogy writing
- Personalized funerals
- Funerals for difficult/traumatic deaths
- Ceremonies for disposition of the body
- Client relations and family interviewing
- Ceremony prep & performance, marketing
Important Course Information
- Classes meet live-online, weekly for 90 minutes
- Classes are held at 5:00 pm Pacific; 6:00 pm Mountain; 7:00 pm Central; and 8:00 pm Eastern
- Fall Semester Start Date: Fundamentals of Celebrancy on Thursday August 20, 2026, and meets for 8 weeks, followed by their choice of Certification Course(s) that meet for another 8 weeks (Wedding Celebrancy on Tuesday nights, Funeral Celebrancy on Wednesday nights and Celebrancy Across the Life Cycle on Thursday nights).
- The students complete the whole 2-course certification program the week of December 6, 2026.
Cost on Sliding Scale & Payment Plans
The New Student track for a Certification in Funeral Celebrancy is a 2-course program that includes Fundamentals of Celebrancy (an eight-module course), followed by Funeral Celebrancy (an eight-module course). As a new student, you will be required to select your first certification in order to enroll.
Don’t worry – should you decide to change your certification path or add a second certification while in Fundamentals, it can be changed.
Aligning with NTI’s core values of accessibility, inclusivity and community nurturance we offer our Celebrant training program on a sliding scale:
$1800 US Regular Fee (the actual cost to provide the training)
$2000 Pay it Forward (the cost of the training plus extra funds to help us offer supported access to the training)
Supported Fee for Canadians (Canadians are invited to request a Canadian Coupon that provides a 10% discount to offset some of the US-CAN exchange rate)
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