Dear Fellow Parishioners/Collaborative Members:  

The Christ by the Sea Collaborative (St. Anthony of Padua Parish and St. Mary of the Assumption Parish) is planning to conduct an ‘end of life’ conversations program which is fashioned after the successful Conversations Project founded by the former Boston Globe columnist Ellen Goodman. 

The purpose of the program is to help 'Elders' conduct End of Life Conversations with their ‘Loved Ones’ or, alternatively help ‘Loved Ones’ conduct conversations with their ‘Elders’.

The End of Life Conversations Program features three parts: two 60-90-minute workshops and a few weeks for action-taking between the two workshops. 

Workshop #1 is aimed at preparing program participants to carry out the Conversation during the subsequent few weeks. 

Workshop #2 is focused on discussing how the Conversation(s) went, identifying any next steps, etc.

Participants in the program may be a mix of both 'Elders' and ‘Loved Ones’.  Confidentiality will be requested of all participants. 

The current plan is to conduct the workshops on Zoom with Workshop #1 taking place on Tuesday, DECEMBER 8th, 2020 at 7:00PM. We anticipate Workshop #2 will occur some time in January.

If you are interested in participating in this End of Life Conversations Program, please register below.   A Zoom link will be sent to all  participants prior to the meeting..

Questions?  Reply to this email or email me, Paul Croke directly at paulcroke@comcast.net.

Sincerely, Paul Croke