Hi there, I’m Amy.
I'm an Interfaith Minister, funeral director, Justice of the Peace and ceremony designer. I was born and raised on Dharug and Gundungurra Country and after twenty years living and working around the world, I've come full circle back home to the Blue Mountains with my partner and our daughter. It feels right to be here.
I think I've always been drawn to the threshold.
As a kid I was holding funerals for insects and building rock altars in the garden before I had any language for what I was doing. Something in me understood, early, that death deserved marking. That it was sacred. That it asked something of us.
That instinct deepened through loss. I've experienced bereavements throughout my life that stopped me in my tracks and reoriented everything. Not every person who grieves needs to turn that experience into purpose, and I'd never suggest they should. But for me, loss made visible what I'd already been quietly moving toward.
My path to this work wasn't linear. I trained as an Interfaith Minister with OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation in London and spent four years studying with the Triratna Sangha at the London Buddhist Centre. Before this, I spent a decade in marketing and communications by day and gigging as a singer/songwriter by night. A corporate hippy with a microphone. All of it lives in this work.
For the past decade I've been a funeral director and end-of-life companion. I believe families deserve to be informed, unhurried and genuinely held through one of the hardest things a human being can do. I design ceremonies that feel true. I'll sit with you in the hard parts without flinching.
But I also believe this work belongs to the wider community, not just to those of us with professional titles.
That's why I host the Blue Mountains Death Café monthly at RoseyRavelston Books in Lawson, where anyone is welcome to come and talk about death and life over tea and cake. No agenda. Just honest conversation. It's one of my favourite things I do.
It's also why I run The Visible Death Worker, a community and course series for death care professionals who want to find their voice, build their practice in their community and show up online with integrity. Death care marketing isn't advertising. It's advocacy. And more of us need to be saying that out loud and sharing what we know about doing death differently.
I share my thinking across Instagram, TikTok & Facebook, where I’m on a mission to improve death literacy - I talk about home death care, family rights, body disposition options, funeral costs and all the things people wish they'd known before they needed to know them. Death literacy saves people from making uninformed decisions under impossible pressure. That matters to me.
When I'm not in ceremony or behind a screen, you'll find me playing soccer, wild swimming, making music, running Grief Workshops and chasing my after my 6 year old.
WANT THE LONG VERSION?
If you’re curious about the deeper philosophy behind my work, this conversation will give you the fuller picture. In this recent podcast interview, I share how my own personal bereavements quietly shaped my calling to end-of-life care, and why I believe the way we are met in grief can echo for years.
We talk about what interfaith ministry really means in practice - and how I craft funerals for complex, tender, and sometimes difficult relationships. I speak about including children in rituals of goodbye, the healing power of honest truth-telling, and the surprising themes that continue to surface through the Blue Mountains Death Café.
Oh - and fair warning - there’s a little spicy language. I get rather impassioned when discussing how to hold “funerals for a$$holes.” Because even complicated people deserve honest funerals… but how honest?
WHAT IS AN INTERFAITH MINISTER?
An Interfaith Minister is an non-denominational minister who has undertaken an intensive two year training in Ministry and Spiritual Counselling with the One Spirit Interfaith Foundation - an educational charity based in London & a sister school of the One Spirit Alliance based in New York.
Interfaith Ministers support people of all faiths and none, celebrating the universal truths found in all spiritual traditions. For me, ‘Interfaith’ means having a deep curiosity and respect for the many ways we try to understand our existence, celebrate life, and connect to something sacred.
Interfaith is not a religion. It walks among the religions. Interfaith begins when we create a bridge between one set of beliefs and traditions and another. An Interfaith Minister ideally is one who turns towards all, regardless of their beliefs or practices, with an open heart and mind, offering them a mirror to their own wholeness and their own divinity.
- OneSpirit Interfaith Minister, Susanna Stefanachi Macomb
FAQ: All your questions answered…
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I live and work on Dharug & Gundungarra country and primarily serve the beautiful Blue Mountains community. However I do travel within the wider Sydney region and further afield upon special request.
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FUNERAL COSTS
Funeral costs vary but you can find a full overview of generals costs here »
ALL OTHER CEREMONIES
I offer a sliding scale of fees ranging from $600 - $1500+ depending on the service, but I will tailor a package that is suitable for your needs and budget. Get in touch and we can talk it over. -
As a general baseline, I will always arrive armed with my Magical Ministry Suitcase which includes:
- bluetooth speaker + playlists of your music
- candles & matches
- altar supplies to create a central space such as: flowers, cloths & fabrics, pebbles, shells, stones, sticks etc
- a printed copy of the ceremony for you to keep
*I can provide a simple PA system upon request for larger spaces. -
Justice Of The Peace
State of New South Wales - 2025
BA Communications - Theatre/Media
Charles Sturt University, 2001 - 2003
Bathurst, AustraliaOrdained Interfaith Minister & Spiritual Counsellor
OneSpirit Interfaith Foundation Seminary, 2014 - 2016
London, UK
Deathwalker with Zenith Virago
Natural Death Care Centre
Sydney, 2025St Ethelburga's Sacred Activists Young Leaders
St. Ethelburga’s Centre for Peace & Reconciliation, 2016 - 2017
London, UK
This 9 month leadership programme brought together 25 young people with different beliefs to explore faith in action, accumulating with time spent volunteering in a refugee camp in Greece.Certified Visual Medicine Facilitator
Visual Medicine HQ, 2018
London, UK
Developed over two decades of research and practice by artist + psychotherapist Suzette Clough, Visual Medicine™ is a spiritual creative healing practice and painting process. I trained in London with Suzette Clough and am certified to lead others in this art therapy modality.CityLit Psychology
2013 - 2015, London, UK
A lover of learning and personal development, I have completed a number of certified courses through CityLit including Positive Psychology, the Psychology of Trauma and Cultural Psychology.Certified Meditation & Mindfulness Teacher
University College London, 2014
London, UK
Studying with renowned teacher and Positive Psychologist Dr. Itai Itzvan, at University College of London this training was accredited by the Complementary Medical Association. -
A minister or priest is a religious leader who performs ceremonies in their church or place of worship following specific religious wordings and structure. An Interfaith Minister is a freelance celebrant who serves people of all faiths, beliefs and philosophies. They craft bespoke ceremony based on the beliefs of their clients, and will often interweave many different rituals, customs and traditions informed by the spiritual values of their clients.
Blog: Moments Of Meaning
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Photography Credits:
Imagery on this website includes the skilful photography of: olguinphotography.com.au + frederiquebellecphotography.com + www.twigsbranchphotography.com + www.kristofferpaulsen.com
I’ve always been drawn to life’s big transitions - the moments that crack us open, break us down, lift us up, and reshape us. Ceremony has been woven through my life for as long as I can remember, thanks in no small part to my grandmother…