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.

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.

Silvana Maimone

Celebrant

Silvana is an actor, singer, writer and theatre maker, with many strings to her bow. Born in Siracusa, Sicily, her family moved to Australia when she was 6 years old, sailing from Messina to Port Melbourne, in a journey that took just over a month.

Silvana began performing semi-professionally at St Martins Youth Arts Centre, where she started her formal training. She went on to become the Youth Company Co-ordinator there, essentially the right hand of the Artistic Director. She held and developed this position for over 6 years along side continuing her performance career and being lead singer for a number of Melbourne bands.

Moving to London to further her training, Silvana remained and worked there for more than 25 years, and has had the great privilege of working with some of the best contemporary theatre professionals, as well as performance and film makers.

Silvana truly believes in the power of the Arts to communicate, unite and create significant and lasting moments in people’s lives. She has used skills developed and honed through out her performance career to also run workshops with young people, business professionals, refugees and women’s groups as well as dementia patients and their carers.

Being a Celebrant seemed a natural progression. She is an accredited Independent Celebrant with the Academy of Modern Celebrancy, for both Weddings and Namings, and is about to start her Funeral Celebrant training. Silvana is thrilled to be part of Humanist Malta Association and support their invaluable work in giving people choice and freedom of expression in their lives.

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.