Julia Cattalini

When you choose Julia Cattalini from Conclusion of Life Ceremonies as the Celebrant for your loved one, you choose an empathetic soul to help you navigate your bereavement – with reassuring confidence and a lightness of touch.

Julia Cattalini’s polished, gentle, graceful and elegant feminine style has been honed over many years by her professional career in the fields of media, public relations, beauty and teaching. See Julia’s professional profile.

With Julia Cattalini as the Celebrant, you can be assured that the funeral of your loved one will be conducted with much love and dignity. With her attention to detail, Julia will assist you in creating a beautiful ceremony – planning the service and, if required, can assist with the writing of the eulogy and choice of readings.

Having officiated over a thousand funerals, Julia has had extensive experience in creating ceremonies for people of various nationalities who hold a wide range of cultures and beliefs.

Julia works closely with families to ensure all wishes are met and each ceremony is unique to meet the family’s specific needs. She has conducted funerals in all manner of locations – from chapels to gardens, and even on family farms. If you would like a beloved pet to attend the ceremony too, Julia is more than happy to accommodate this.

Memorials

Unlike a traditional burial or cremation, a memorial service to honour and celebrate the life of the deceased allows mourners much more flexibility in terms of timing, location and content. It can be held at any time after death, and delivered in whatever location that the family, friends or organisation requesting the memorial deems relevant. Julia has given memorials in gardens, at home, art galleries and parks, including the Place of Reflection in Kings Park, Perth. She has officiated at the placing of ashes at various cemeteries, both here and interstate, and has even flown with the ashes in her care.

Eulogies

Some like to plan their own funeral ahead of time and this is an area where Julia has expertise. She has often spent time with people prior to their deaths, crafting their stories and arranging all the elements of the service to suit their personal wishes.

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Funeral Planning Support

It’s an overwhelming time when a loved one passes away, so Julia can also offer guidance for people with their funeral arrangements. She listens to their story and can connect them with an appropriate funeral home and services – according to their needs. As an independent Celebrant, you can be assured of an honest, considered, and reliable opinion in Julia’s recommendations while you navigate the industry at this sensitive time.

Grief Counselling

Julia’s natural empathy and experience as a funeral celebrant allow her to offer individual and family grief counselling. She can support you through the difficult days that bereavement brings and help you adjust to life without your loved one. Julia’s ceremonies and counselling create a space for remembrance as well as healing and nurturing.

With her vast experience in the funerals sector, Julia is passionate about supporting others in the industry. In addition to becoming a Funeral Celebrant in 2011, Julia has been a funeral attendant, and an arranger/conductor whilst working for a major funeral home. She has officiated at well over a thousand funerals, spanning different cultures, beliefs and circumstances – including having the honour of being invited to officiate at a Requiem Mass with the priest! (Highly unusual.)

It is this wealth of knowledge Julia has gained over many years that has inspired her to offer a mentoring and training service to other celebrants – including guiding them through a ceremony, the order of service, and the expectations of the conductor in both personal presentation and content of ceremony.

Julia Cattalini received the accolade of being nominated for “Extraordinary Woman of the Year” award in 2007 in recognition for her programme and book, written for mature age women, which was designed to illustrate how to age gracefully with the use of appropriate age defying make up.

Julia was commissioned to author and conduct the customer service, personal grooming and presentation programs for staff of major international hotels.

As well as being principal of her own private Beauty School, Julia was a lecturer in Application and Design Make-up for both Tafe and the International school of Beauty Therapy.

Julia’s professional life has been in media and marketing, having been State Manager for YSL Cosmetics and Accessories for over 10 years where she was responsible for major national and international events and in this capacity was a part of a small team of state managers who launched the first “Look Good Feel Better” programme commissioned by the cosmetic industry in support of women undergoing cancer treatment. She was also one of the founding members of the original Information Radio news reading team.

Julia has been a Guest on Channel 7 Today Tonight, and also a guest speaker on various radio station programs, has been a Keynote speaker and mentor. She is also a qualified Grief Counsellor.

“I wish to express my, and whole family’s, absolute gratitude with the way you managed the whole service process yesterday. The way it went from our initial meeting at the start to the end with your record of service in the lovely folder was outstanding. All the people I spoke with after were highly impressed with way the service went and flowed. Could not think of a better way to send off Mum. You played a pivotal role and much appreciated. It was a difficult day, especially for me, but you handled it so professionally. A memorable day.”
~Kevin & family

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“My family’s heartfelt thanks to you for your professionalism, kindness and all round loveliness! in bringing the ceremony for our Nanna together. From our initial meeting you stood out as someone very special and that followed through the whole way. Your gentleness but with a twinkle in your eye, was a perfect fit for our family. I can’t tell you how many people commented on how beautiful and perfect you were.”
~Marissa

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“Dear Julia, I thank you very sincerely for all your care, attention to detail and the beautiful service you delivered for us on Friday, I am so grateful and apologise for not thanking you in person.”
~Lynn

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“My very grateful thanks for saying good-bye to Johan in such a lovely way. If only he could hear you, he would be so happy that he was thought of in such a compassionate and caring way – that made old me grieve less.”
~Irene