Question 1

Are celebrants religious?

Accepted Answer

There are Civil Celebrants who are non-religious and there are eligious Celebrants who are aligned with a particular faith.

Question 2

Can celebrants do christenings?

Accepted Answer

No.  A Civil Celebrant can offer to conduct a baby naming ceremony which can still include a blessing or spiritual words of the family’s choosing but they cannot recreate a formal christening or baptism aligned with a particular faith unless they are a religious celebrant of that faith.

Question 3

What does the name celebrant mean?

Accepted Answer

Put simply, a Celebrant is someone who celebrates something.  A Civil Celebrant is someone who conducts a non-religious ritual.  This doesn’t mean that a Celebrant can’t incorporate blessings, poems or prayers into a ceremony but they cannot claim to have had religious training when they haven’t.  You might use a Celebrant to conduct a Wedding, a Funeral, a Naming Day, a Come of Age Ritual or any kind of celebration that needs a facilitator.