Wed, Sept. 6 – Death Café is Coming Back to Pasadena

Tea with cookies (Photo – W.K.).

In just a few short weeks, Death Café will be back to where it started in Pasadena.

By M. Burbank

Before any feelings of fear take you away, keep reading… and let your curiosity draw you in.

The most accurate description of Death Café comes from its creator Jon Underwood who died this past July at age 44. He said, “At a Death Café people, often strangers, gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death. Our objective is ‘to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their (finite) lives’”.

When Pasadena hosted its first Death Café on May 5th, 2015, strangers and friends gathered to drink tea, eat cookies, and discuss death. The same will happen again on September 6th, 2017 when Maggie Yenoki, a Hospice Chaplain, will host again the event and lead the 12 guests present in a group-directed discussion of death with no agenda, no objectives, and only one theme: Death and Dying. Maggie believes that there are not enough opportunities for open-hearted conversation about end-of-life issues where meaningful exchange can take place.

Following within the guidelines and agreement with the original Death Café, this event in Pasadena will be a gathering held in an accessible, respectful, and confidential space where all participants will agree to be present without intention of leading people to any conclusion, product, or course of action. Maggie states, “We will gather with one intent, to discuss death in order to enhance life.”

If you would like to attend Death Cafe Pasadena, you can send an email (soultender.maggie@gmail.com) with names of each person you would like to save a seat for. They are limited to about 12.

Pasadena Death Cafe
Date/Time
Date(s) - 09/06/2017
7:00 pm - 8:30 pm

Location
Throop Unitarian Church

Pasadena Death Café will take place at Throop Church – Fireside room. It will be offered without fee, but donations will be welcomed to cover room rental and refreshment costs.

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