Death Café

November 13, 2:00-3:30pm

$12 preregistered/prepaid.

Life is mortal. Why do we find it difficult to talk about death? We live on the precipice between life and death but the conversation doesn’t come naturally. Join us for Death Café, an “event where people drink tea, eat cake and discuss death.” Death Cafés have been created as an avenue to “increase awareness of death, to help people make the most of their (finite) lives.” A Death Café is not a support group, nor is it a place where someone is trying to promote a philosophy or sell you something. Topics are determined by the participants. Join us for dessert and an afternoon of life-giving conversation!

Sister Chris Stanoch is a spiritual counselor with experience working with end-of-life issues in parish settings and as a resident Chaplain at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN. During that time, she frequently faced death issues with patients and families, as well facing her own mortality while participating in a prior Death Café experience.

Father Jose Lizardo Morales Rojas was born, raised and ordained in Colombia, South America. He was invited to come to Minnesota to assist in the spiritual care of Hispanics in southern Minnesota. His strengths are seen in his ministry with the frail and vulnerable. He is currently a chaplain at Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN.