Celebrants Service

For the meaningful tailor-made ceremony you deserve

Celebrants Service

With a great track record in the area of activism – in favour of minority rights, equality, secular society, etc – Humanists Malta has started providing meaningful ceremonies to mark important life events since 2015. Such ceremonies bring us closer to the 2000 member strong community of Maltese Humanists and allow us to be present in their lives. 

If You’re Planning To Get Married…

First Of All

Congratulations on your decision to get married or renew your vows, and thank you for expressing interest in the services of our celebrants. Should you be interested in a humanist wedding or vow renewal ceremony, your first step would be to choose a celebrant from the list below.

Once A Celebrant Has Been Selected

Contact them directly to enquire about their availability. Once a celebrant confirms that they are available on your chosen date, a 50% deposit on the total fee is required in order for the celebrant to book you in.

Prior to the wedding, the couple will meet with their chosen celebrant, in a casual way, for the celebrant to get a feel for the couple and ask some questions about them in order to be able to write the ceremony. The celebrant will ask the couple questions about what they would like included in the ceremony for the ceremony itself to be tailored to them. Once the ceremony is written, the couple will then have the option to edit as many times as they see fit until the ceremony is perfectly written to their liking. Once confirmed, the celebrant will deliver the ceremony.

Pricing

All our celebrants charge the same pricing. For bookings made in 2023, the cost is EUR350 for ceremonies held in Malta, and EUR400 for ceremonies held in Gozo or Comino. This price is all inclusive and encompasses the first meeting between couple and celebrant, the writing of the ceremony, with as many edits as are needed, the delivery of the ceremony on the day, and celebrant transport costs to and from the wedding.

We Also Offer

Funeral Services

Whether you are planning your own funeral in advance or an unexpected funeral for someone you love, our celebrants will be there from start to finish to make sure that the memorial is one that the honoured truly deserves. Having a personalised send of for someone ensures that the person is honoured in the very way they lived their life.

For funerals booked in 2023, our celebrants charge Eur300 in Malta, or Eur350 in Gozo or Comino.

Baby Welcoming Services

Celebrating the arrival of a new child in a humanist welcoming ceremony is a great way for friends and family to meet your child… use the ceremony to announce the child’s guideparents, or to pass on family heirlooms to the child.

Baby Welcoming Ceremonies booked in 2023 are offered at Eur350 for ones done in Malta, or Eur400 for ones held in Gozo or Comino.

Bespoke Ceremonies

Ultimately, Humanist ceremonies are all about celebrating life events which are meaningful to the persons involved. So if you wish to celebrate a milestone in your life or a loved one’s, get in touch with us and we’ll be sure to deliver a memorable bespoke ceremony.

Contact one of our celebrants for a quote on a bespoke ceremony.

What if you can't afford a Humanist ceremony?

If you wish to have a Humanist ceremony but money is a problem, please get do get in touch with us and we’ll do our best to help out.

Humanists Malta members get €25 off quoted prices

Clients who are/become members of Humanists Malta, get a €25 discount!

Clients who become members get 50% off membership fee

If you become a member of Humanists Malta when you book your ceremony, we give you a 50% discount on your membership fee + €25 discount on ceremony price.

Celebrants

Marcette Busuttil 

Celebrant

Marcette wears different hats in her every day life. Sister to four siblings, mother of two – family is important to me and I am always there for them. Passionate about helping people which she does through hypnotherapy – which she has promoted for over twenty years; and helping clients to find their ideal job or candidate through her employment agency. Known as Mar or Marcy to her friends and even Mimi to her special ones, she realized that she was a humanist a few years ago and went on to become a celebrant, as like herself, she feels that more and more people today are turning to the humanist way of life and want to have meaningful and personalized ceremonies to celebrate the important events in their life.

She is passionate about books, music, travel, art, theatre, film, food & wine, trekking, to mention a few things (must mention her cat!). Always up for new experiences – she has sky and scuba dived and being a lover of fancy dress parties and fantasy creatures, has even been a mermaid! Her favourite quotes: “Always be true to yourself”. “Twenty years form now you will be more disappointed by the things you didn’t do than by those you did. Explore. Dream. Discover.”and “We don’t stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing.”

Marcette conducts weddings, funerals, baby naming ceremonies, inaugurations and other humanist ceremonies in both Maltese and English.

Marie Clare Church

Celebrant

Marie-Clare is a Marketing Manager who works in a multinational company. Lover of books, she enjoys nothing more than ending the week with a nice glass of wine, a great novel or a thrilling movie.

She is also a great lover of food – choosing noodles and pizza as her go-to favourites anytime of day!

Being an ex-boxer, she is also a boxing coach and avid obstacle course athlete. She is also a fan of music and tattoos – having quite the canvas herself.

What attracted her to humanism is that ceremonies are personal and people oriented – moreover she believes that our way of life should be based on values, rationality and knowledge.

Gail Debono

Senior Celebrant and Humanist Celebrants Malta Coordinator

Gail is a forensic psychologist, a lover of books, languages, and cultures and hopes to pass this on to her daughter who is the focus of her life.

In her spare time, when not at a Foo Fighters concert, Gail may be spotted by the sea or under it, on a scuba dive or two, at the shooting range, or watching a good game of rugby.

She has lived in over 5 countries apart from her beloved Malta where she plans to stay. Gail was inspired to become a Humanist Celebrant by the fact that she couldn’t have a Humanist Baby Naming Ceremony for her daughter because there were no trained celebrants in Malta at the time.

Through becoming a celebrant she hopes to give the opportunity to everybody who wants to commemorate an occasion without religion.

Gail conducts weddings, funerals, baby naming ceremonies, inaugurations and other humanist ceremonies in both Maltese and English, and is a proud member of the internationally-acclaimed Celebrant Directory.

Anna Ellul

Celebrant

Anna is British and living in Malta, enjoying everything the Mediterranean has to offer. She loves nothing more than living the Café Society life and people watching in her spare time.

An ex-dental nurse, with a love for socializing, Anna gives back to society by volunteering at an animal sanctuary. One of her hobbies is rambling through the European country side as nature plays an important part in her life.

Anna became a celebrant because she believes that people deserve the opportunity to celebrate life’s important milestones in their own way without the need for religion. She is proud to be part of the Malta Humanist Association and would like to invite you to reach out to discuss how we can make your occasion a special one.

Raelene Galea

Celebrant

Raelene is the Head of the Acquisitions department at the University of Malta Library. With an academic background in management, librarianship, and teaching, she’s fond of books and research, and loves nothing more than to relax with a good read and the crackling of bonfires during a weekend of camping.

A lover of tea and nature, her good friend the hammock is accustomed to embracing her in a peaceful calm while she sips her hot drink or glass of wine, reads her books and licks up the sun. Chocolate, travelling, crafts and plants are also favourites in her dictionary.

She has decided to become a Humanist celebrant as she feels that people should commemorate life’s important milestones through meaningful and personal ceremonies; irrespective of their religious beliefs, culture and/or sexual orientation. To her, the opportunity of being part of such ceremonies is one of the most rewarding aspects of being a humanist celebrant.

Reuben Zammit

Celebrant

Reuben has kept himself busy as a volunteer in civil society and human rights activism ever since finishing his studies in 20th C Literature and Critical Theory. He also lectures English and Critical Thinking at the Malta College of Arts, Science & Technology, hating the paperwork but enjoying all the time he gets to spend having meaningful conversations with young curious minds.

His favourite hobbies include reading historically banned literature and arguing for gender-neutral bathrooms. 

Reuben’s main motivation as a celebrant is to provide a meaningful experience for non-religious people as he believes everyone has the right to celebrate their milestones without compromising their personal values. He is also happy to advise and help you choose any number of readings from canonical literature dating as far back as Chaucer to help celebrate your special occasion.

Available for weddings, unions, funerals, memorial services, baby-namings, and other significant life events in English, Maltese, or Italian. All he asks for is a simple lectern and not to be baked under the hot sun.

Code of Conduct

To ensure professional and high quality service, our celebrants abide by a code of conduct.

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