Deanery 5 Fall Meeting: The Spirituality of Aging

All parish staff members in the Deanery are invited to attend our next meeting.

Date: Tuesday, October 7, 2008
Time: 1:00 – 3:00 pm
Place: St. Joseph of Cupertino Church (Community Center)
Speaker: Marita Grudzen, co-founder of the Stanford Geriatric Education Center.

The following areas will be among those covered in the presentation:

• Suggestions for starting parish programs for elderly parishioners
• Navigating resources for the aging and their family members
• Understanding the needs of the "sandwich generation"
• Working in bereavement ministry

Please let your parish Deanery representative know by October 1st if you plan to attend. The reps will also be gathering questions and concerns from staff members to be given to the speaker in preparation for her talk.