Week of Events
*VIRTUAL* Death Café
*VIRTUAL* Death Café
At a Death Café, people - often strangers - gather to drink tea, enjoy snacks, and discuss death. Death Café offers everyone a chance to share ideas, opinions, and questions about death in a supportive and safe environment...with tea and snacks. There is no agenda. This is a discussion group, not a grief support or […]
*VIRTUAL* Drop-in Support Group – Tuesday Evenings
*VIRTUAL* Drop-in Support Group – Tuesday Evenings
This weekly *virtual* drop-in Bereavement Support Group is offered by video/phone, free of charge. This group is open to family members of Mission Hospice patients, and to all bereaved individuals living in Mission Hospice’s geographical service area. Please contact facilitator Christine Kovach, LCSW by email for more information.
*VIRTUAL* The Five Invitations, discussion #2: Welcome Everything
*VIRTUAL* The Five Invitations, discussion #2: Welcome Everything
This study group, based on Frank Ostaseski’s The Five Invitations will be a facilitated exploration of what death can teach us about living fully. Each month we will discuss one of the Invitations, with the expectation that participants will have read that chapter before joining us. The sixth month will be a closing discussion with […]
*VIRTUAL* LGBTQ+ Support Group
*VIRTUAL* LGBTQ+ Support Group
People in the LGBTQ+ community who have lost a loved one often have unique aspects of their grief experience. Sharing grief with others who understand the LGBTQ+ perspective can help them feel less alone. This free *virtual* eight-week support group (Tuesdays, January 20 – March 10, 5-6:30pm), co-sponsored by the San Mateo County Pride Center, […]
*VIRTUAL* Drop-in Support Group – Thursday Afternoons
*VIRTUAL* Drop-in Support Group – Thursday Afternoons
This weekly *virtual* drop-in Bereavement Support Group is offered by video/phone, free of charge. It's open to family members of Mission Hospice patients, and to all bereaved individuals living in Mission Hospice’s geographical service area. Please contact Christine Kovach, LCSW by email for more information.
*VIRTUAL* Suicide Loss Support Group
*VIRTUAL* Suicide Loss Support Group
This free *virtual* biweekly support group (1st and 3rd Thursday evenings) is for adults grieving the loss of a loved one to suicide. This group is open to family members of Mission Hospice patients, and to all bereaved individuals living in Mission Hospice’s geographical service area. Please contact Christine Kovach, LCSW by email for more […]
*VIRTUAL* Drop-in Support Group – 1st/3rd/5th Saturday Mornings
*VIRTUAL* Drop-in Support Group – 1st/3rd/5th Saturday Mornings
This biweekly *virtual* drop-in Bereavement Support Group is offered by video/phone, free of charge. This group is open to family members of Mission Hospice patients, and to all bereaved individuals living in Mission Hospice’s geographical service area. Please contact Christine Kovach, LCSW by email for more information.