November 2018

Page A37 NOVEMBER 2018 FUNERAL HOME & CEMETERY NEWS S ec t i on A Phone: 877-770-TIES (8437) Fax: 276-466-3474 E-mail: customerservice@tiesforyou.com www.tiesforyou.com STYLISH MATCHING TIES FOR PROFESSIONALS Any Size Group or Organization PIMS dean Returns from Eight Day Trip to Dubai News Educational ContinueD PITTSBURGH,PA— Dr. Joe Marsaglia, CFSP, Dean and COO of Pittsburgh Insti- tute of Mortuary Science, recently returned from an eight day trip to Dubai, United Arab Emirates. The average temperature of 105 degrees and humid- ity did not deter scheduling many excursions through- out the trip. For Dr. Joe any trip over- seas would not be complete without visiting a cemetery and/or funeral establish- ment. Dr. Joe had the opportu- nity to visit Al Quoz Cem- etery and speak with their funeral agents.  There are no funeral homes per se in Dubai. The dead are taken to the cemetery where there are “body wash” rooms. The remains are prepared for brief visitation, services and earth burial according to Is- lamic custom. Other highlights of the tour included visiting the world’s largest building, the Burj Khalifa, which towers 148 floors over Dubai, and Palm Jumeirah, a man-made island in the shape of a palm tree visible from  space. A day trip to Abu Dhabi in- cluded a tour of the largest mosque in the United Arab Emirates, the GrandMosque, which hold 40,000 worship- ers for prayer services. Announcing Dr. Alan Wolfelt’s 2019 Training Schedule Complicated Mourning; June 3-6, Compre- hensive Bereavement Skills Training; June 17-20, Counseling Skills Fundamentals; July 8-11, Helping Children and Adoles- cents Cope with Grief; July 22-25, Explor- ing Spiritual Dimensions of Death, Grief, and Mourning; August 5-8, Support Group Facilitator Training; August 26-29, PTSD: Companioning the Traumatized Griever; September 9-12, Exploring the Shadow of the Ghosts of Grief; October 7-10, Suicide Grief: Companioning the Mourner; No- vember 4-7, Comprehensive Bereavement Skills Training, Scottsdale, AZ; and Decem- ber 9-12, Understanding and Responding to Complicated Mourning, Scottsdale, AZ. Dr. Wolfelt is a noted author, educator, and grief counselor. A past recipient of the Association for Death Education and Coun- seling’s Death Educator Award, he serves as the director of the Center for Loss and Life Transition in Fort Collins, CO. Wolfelt is the author of numerous books on grief and loss and also serves on the faculty at the Uni- versity of Colorado Medical School in the Department of Family Medicine. For further information or to receive a comprehensive catalog of these trainings, vis- it www.centerforloss.com , email training@ centerforloss.com or call 970-226-6050. Continued from Page A36 L ike Us On Facebook!