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We will help you when you simply cannot do it yourself.  

• pre-death conversation with the dying and their family Death Doula
• arrangements of everything required once your loved one has died from retrieval to grave or cremation
• to write a script to bring the essence of your loved one to life and introduce each speaker to give their eulogy or stories of his or her life.
• kindness, compassion & understanding

Jan -  Your Kindness and understanding as you helped us say goodbye to my mum made an awful time far easier. Thank you so much beautiful Cate. 

Ros - Cate, I think of none more suited. Your compassion shines through. People will be blessed to have your care at a difficult and sad time of their journey 

Kerri - Cate, when I think of you, your compassion and empathy are foremost in my mind. Together with your sheer love of life, this makes you the perfect person to do this in a way that I believe would be wonderful for those who've lost someone as well as fitting for those who've departed. I think that people would be blessed to have you involved in a time like this. 

Laraine - I can highly recommend Cate and Picaluna Funerals. I doubt I would have got through the arrangements that need to be made on the passing of my youngest son without Cate's help. Her organisation and MC of Stevens Celebration of Life was exactly as Steven would have wished 

As your Funeral Celebrant, I offer a caring compassionate creativity that allows us to

remember your loved one as the person they were in living.

There is one thing in life we can be sure of. We will die one day. So why not prepare now. 

Why not think about how you wish to see your last farewell. 

Different Funeral Styles, Unusual places or perhaps even a theme. 

Will it be black suits or bright dresses

Will it be your choice of music or a solemn processional

Will it be in a big church, a little chapel, a crematorium room OR

Will your deaths view be luscious Bushland, Ocean and Beach or a Beautiful Garden?

Will your family wear high heels or flip-flops.

Will they toast you with your favourite spirit as your spirit is set free?

Are you from a culture that respects another style of ceremony? 

Let us know how to incorporate your wishes in your ceremony.

My Fee for arranging the following:

Direct Cremation without a Service - $400

Direct Cremation with a Service - $1200

Ceremony followed by a Cremation - At a crematorium - $1300, At a venue of choice - $1500

Ceremony for ashes to be scattered, planted, Sent off in fireworks or whatever you would like: $1200

My Fee for being the celebrant for the ceremony or service:  $850

Please see fee schedules for the following costs from service providers :

Transfers

Mortuary

Venues

Crematoriums

Venues

Hearse 

Coffin or Casket

Flowers on the Coffin, Additional Flower Arrangements, Living Plant arrangements. 

Certificates

Webcasting

 No additional service fee.  

• Support you nearing the time of death and offer comfort to your family after death
• Arrange your funeral from the time you pass away to the time of your ceremony which includes assisting with all aspects of the funeral. 
• Write your Ceremony Script including and supporting your family 
• Prepare the paperwork for the Birth Deaths and Marriages of NSW
• Arrange your cremation and deliver your ashes to your family
• Ensure your family receive your death certificate
• Ensure all your wishes are met from the moment you die. 

Other useful information: 

How to turn your social media footprint into a memory using facebook and instagram

Plan your digital Legacy

Facebook: Would you like to set up a Legacy Contact or remove your facebook information after you die? 

Go to Facebook - Click account in the top right of Facebook. 

Select Settings & privacy, then click Settings. 

Click Memorialization Settings. 

Type in a friend's name in Choose a friend and click Add. 

To let your friend know they're now your legacy contact, click Send.

To Delete your profile: continue to the end of the page above and select "Select that your account be deleted after you pass away". Someone still has to let Facebook know, so don't forget to give someone your password.

https://www.facebook.com/help/1070665206293088/?helpref=uf_share

https://www.esafety.gov.au/key-issues/how-to/digital-legacy https://help.instagram.com/231764660354188/?helpref=uf_share

How to make it easier for your family to close your accounts:

Set up a list of accounts with passwords.

Most accounts can be closed by family if a birth and death certificate are available as proof of life and death.

Some can be more difficult to access.