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Fiona Bowden

Registered Marriage Officer for Marriages and Civil Unions

Celebrant for Baby Blessings, Vow Renewals, Funerals, Memorials and more.

Fiona Bowden (nee Briggs) (CU119), founder of Hatches Matches Dispatches, lives  in Ballito on the North Coast of Natal in South Africa, where she works as a Spiritual Counselor, Marriage Officiant, Civil Celebrant and Commissioner of Oaths.

Having developed her counseling skills through various techniques both locally and internationally, she has built up a reputation as a sympathetic counselor with a regular, dedicated international and varied clientele.  She regularly consults to highly influential people, entrepreneurs, corporate leaders, amongst others, as well as home executives, scholars, families etc and assists them with key decisions, as well as providing advice on  steps they could take to enhance their lives on every level.   She has always had the ability to find the spiritual in any natural situation and has specialised in holistic brain training, motivational speaking, marriage guidance, trauma counseling, goal setting and spiritual awareness.

She travels all over the world, on invitation,  running workshops,  retreats, delivering talks  and conducting private consultations. She is a frequent keynote and guest speaker for private and corporate events and, coming from a more Spiritual than Religious point of view, Fiona is accepting of all faiths and combinations thereof.  Naturally empathetic, Fiona’s sincerity and warmth will leave you feeling uplifted, empowered and very special.

Fiona is friendly, professional, positive and very able.  She performs all types of ceremonies with class and presence.  She has a true servant’s heart, and serving others on the most important day of their lives is something she considers a great blessing.  She has spoken in auditoriums, ballrooms, conference rooms, gymnasiums and living rooms, amongst others. She has worked with last minute schedule changes, room changes, blackouts, AV glitches, AC glitches, you name it. She has managed audiences that were enthusiastic, tired, drunk, cynical and hungry.   Fiona has an uncanny ability to connect with people from all walks of life.  With her many years and thousands of weddings, ceremonies and speeches of experience, you know you can feel confident in her ability to do a great job, no matter what the circumstances.

She says, “Joining in marriage two people who are truly in love is the best job I could ever have. I love being part of that special moment when they first say, ‘I do.’ It makes my heart smile!  Uniting a couple in marriage is an experience that I cherish, and when I say those magic words, ‘husband and wife,’ I know that I have been witness to a miracle. My favourite part of the wedding ceremony is when the Bride enters the room and the Groom sees her for the first time. That look of love is what makes it all worthwhile. Knowing that I had a part in bringing them together in marriage both thrills me and humbles me. There is no greater joy than seeing two souls united in marriage. Nothing is more powerful and spiritual than this union.”