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The opportunity of Dying Matters Awareness Week

Helping parishes and congregations feel more confident talking about death and dying

DYING MATTERS AWARENESS WEEK, WHICH takes place in May, raises an opportunity to help parishes and congregations feel more confident about talking about death and dying.

Programmes supported by the Diocese of Lichfield range from deanery ‘funeral champions’ to promoting ‘GraveTalk’, cafe-style gatherings aimed at encouraging people to talk about death. Listen to the Revd David Primrose sharing more about it in the podcast below:

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