Green and Loving Family-Directed Home Funerals
"The Nature of Life includes the Eventual Miracle
of Death,
a rite of passage that deserves dignity and loving care."
Recent Articles:
- Common Ground Magazine April 2007 - San Francisco, "Death Midwifery and the Home Funeral Revolution"
- Sonoma Woman Magazine March/April 2007 - "Home Funerals: Celebrating final passages"
- January/February 2007 - Spirtuality and Health Magazine by Bill Strubbe
(page 29)
"Final Passages A Workshop for Home Funerals"
- February 2005 Los Angeles Times Cover Story
Crying
and Digging: Reclaiming the Realities and Rituals of Death
Imagine. . .
creating your own home or family-run funeral. Final
Passages is dedicated to a compassionate and dignified alternative
to current funeral practices.
We are entirely
supported by donations and sales of our educational materials and
workshops.
All contributions are tax deductible.
Watch or read a special report on CBS Evening News 2/28/06 about Final Passages called "Bay Area Families Turning to Home Funerals". Go to www.cbs5.com. Click on Water Cooler. Click the “See All” button midway down the page on the right. Then click on Search. When the new screen comes up, type in “Do It Yourself Funerals.” Then click on the icon that comes up that says “3/01/06.”
Recommended Film: A Family Undertaking Now available from Netflix
“A Family Undertaking” explores the growing home-funeral movement
by following several families in their most intimate moments as
they reclaim
the end of life, forgoing a typical mortuary funeral to care for
their loved ones at home.
On PBS Point of View (POV)
See www.pbs.org/pov/pov2004/afamilyundertaking for
schedules and information.
Final Passages
P.O. Box 1721
Sebastopol, CA 95473
(707) 824-0268
Email: info@finalpassages.org
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