The celebration was held on Saturday, February 14, 2026, and was recorded. If you would like to view the service, please email us at Support@SpiritualityandPractice.com and we will send you the vimeo video link.
We warmly invite you to join us in honoring and remembering Frederic Brussat, Co-Founder and Co-Director of Spirituality & Practice, whose life was devoted to helping people recognize the sacred in everyday life.
Frederic was born in Milwaukee in 1942 and changed worlds peacefully at home in Claremont, California, on December 13, 2025, with his wife, Mary Ann, and their two beloved Maine Coon cats, Rumi and Shams, nearby. His death was due to an aortic tear, after he had lived bravely with Parkinson’s for 20 years. Until he walked into the unseen he continued to write, read, and serve the spiritual renaissance with a steady heart and luminous curiosity.
Why We Gather
Frederic and Mary Ann dedicated their lives to a shared calling: offering trustworthy, generous resources for spiritual journeys across traditions. Together they founded the organization now known as Spirituality & Practice in 1972, and Frederic went on to write thousands of reviews and articles exploring how spiritual practices can be lived in ordinary days. He especially cherished what he called the Alphabet of Spiritual Literacy, the 37 practices he hoped would be his legacy, a way of noticing holiness in the world with tenderness and clarity.
Frederic also carried a deep love for beauty and devotion, shaped by his United Church of Christ ministry, his journalism vocation, and his path as an initiate in the Mevlevi Sufi Order inspired by Rumi. In that spirit, we gather in gratitude for a life that invited so many to taste sacredness.
In Lieu of Flowers
If you would like to honor Frederic’s legacy, donations to support Spirituality & Practice are deeply appreciated. You may also hold him in your prayers and kind remembrance.
Memorial Gifts may be sent to Spirituality & Practice, which houses Frederic’s life work:
SpiritualityandPractice.com/DonateFredericLegacy
Thank you for being part of this community of practice, gratitude, and remembrance.
