Milestones:
- Coming of age or special transitions, becoming an adult – turning 16, 19, 21, 40, 50, 65, 75, 80, 90 100…
- Saging/croning,
- Celebration of the completion of a bucket list
- Graduation from any course of study
- Coming out LGBTQ – National Coming Out day is Oct 11
- Career milestones – retirement
- Addiction free or Clean and sober ceremonies
- Becoming a grandparent
- Celebration of living a life – for elders
- Celebration of paying off mortgage or becoming debt free
Rites of Passage:
- Renewal of vows
- Wedding/Union anniversary – 20 25, etc,
Beginnings:
- Coming out LGBTQ (national coming out day is Oct 11)
- Moving in with someone
- Becoming a grandparent
- At the start of an adventure such as travelling to a far distant place
Endings:
- End of a friendship or relationship
- End of career or retirement
- Divorce or Separation Ceremonies or dissolution of marriage “unmarriage” ritual
Acknowledging Deaths:
- After abortion
- After miscarriage
- Dyingway - A ceremony in hospice, hospital or at home when someone is dying.
- Dyingway - A ceremony for a dying Pet
- Death of a Pet – remembering a beloved Pet.
- Cremation ceremony for a person or Pet.
- Scattering of ashes for a person or pet.
- Ceremony at an assisted death of person or pet
Blessings:
- Children
- People of any age
- House
- A house or car following a break-in
- Bicycle
- Motorbike
- Car
- Boat
- Garden
- Planting of a tree for a child, elder or as a remembrance of a loved one
- Installation of a memorial bench
- Business blessing
- Dedication of peace pole or other community landmark
- Dedication of new subway (Toronto and Ottawa building)
- Breaking soil for new building
- Blessing at a fund raising dinner
Acknowledging Life and Family Services:
- Birthingway – a celebration of the new baby and the Mother to be (or the entire family) before the baby is born.
- Placenta party
- Baby naming
- Celebration of an Adoption or the welcoming of Foster kids
- Ceremony for conception
- Before IVF treatment blessing
- Re-naming or new name ceremony for transgender people
- Blending families
- Family dedication
Weddings & Unions
- Weddings and Unions, LGBTQ Ceremonies Welcome!
Health related:
- Ceremonies for people in hospital
- Before surgery
- Regaining of health – after surgery
- Before or after gender reassignment surgery
Life Events & Transitions
- Before or after hiking the Camino de Santiago.