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Comparison Shopping My Way to Eternal Rest
Between huge bites of a lox-and-cream-cheese-slathered bagel — essential cuisine served to visitors paying shiva, a Jewish condolence call — my cousin was woeful when he blurted out: “How could we bury Aunt Bronka 100 miles from her brothers’ graves? We should dig up her body and move it to New Jersey.” Read More...
7 Urns for Scattering on Water
Scattering on the water is one of the most popular choices after cremation. Lakes and oceans are beautiful locations for a memorial ceremony, but factors like wind can ruin the experience of scattering cremains from a container. Thankfully, there are biodegradable urns available that are designed to make scattering on water a beautiful, memorable and healing experience.
Earth Day 2021: Restoring Our Forests One Tree At A Time with Biotree
It’s no secret that climate and environmental damage have taken a turn for the worst in the last 10 years. Experts are saying it’s now too late to rely on preventative measures, as our environment is being damaged faster than it can fix itself. Instead of relying on prevention, the time has come to focus our efforts on restoration. As we learn more about the ways in which we affect the Earth, and more importantly the ways in which we can include sustainable practices in our everyday lives, it’s important to offer products and solutions that keep the goal of restoration in mind.
Press Release: Passages International Introduces New 2021 Catalog
Albuquerque, NM – Passages International, Inc. has released their new 2021 product catalog. The catalog was created to be used as a tool for funeral homes to present eco-friendly urns and caskets to their non-traditional families, and it features several new urns and caskets.
Watch: Meeting Families’ Funeral and Cremation Expectations
Passages International President Darren Crouch and Ryan Thogmartin of Connecting Directors continue their conversation about the green movement. Today’s topic – the experience families expect versus the experience families actually getting when using a funeral home or crematory.
How Passages can help during the COVID-19 pandemic
As the COVID-19 pandemic continues and funeral homes change the way they conduct business, remote or digital arrangements are becoming more common. More arrangements are taking place via online or over the phone. This obviously poses some challenges, such as educating families on the urn and casket options that are available. We want to let you know that we have solutions for this.