Upcoming Programs
October 10, 2026
October 25, 2026
March 1-5, 2027
February 8 - March 22, 2027
November 4, 2026
November 14, 2026
Attending to Your Dying: Online Workshop - Modern Prairie. In this gentle, interactive one-hour gathering you will be guided through a thoughtful exploration of mortality to create greater clarity, purpose and appreciation for the life you are living. Visit modernprairie.com to learn more and register here.
All Souls’ Post Office - Workshop - Peachtree Road United Methodist Church, Atlanta
When someone we love dies, we acutely feel the loss of their physical presence. So how do we hold this reality hand-in-hand with the energy that continues to connect us? How might consciously forming a new relationship, outside the constraints we once knew, inform our wonderings and fears about our own deaths? Email Susan below to learn more.
All Souls’ Post Office - Workshop, Northside Church, Atlanta
See description above. Email Susan below to learn more.
The Great Journey: Conversations on Death & Dying - Workshop, St. James Episcopal Church, Black Mountain, NC
This four-hour workshop includes a variety of speakers from various viewpoints sharing their experiences in order to create an atmosphere of acceptance and shared learning. Email Susan below to learn more.
Dialogue with Death, Dying and the Dead - Retreat, St. Francis Retreat Center, Mepkin Abbey
Day 1, led by Marjory Zoet Bankson – we will explore ways to befriend death using stories and imagination. Day 2, led by Weston Rice - we will discuss barriers to communication between the living and the dying and address practical tips to aid communication. Day 3, led by Susan Patterson – we will explore how maintaining a relationship with a loved one beyond the veil might impact our living.
Going There - Course, Cathedral of St. Philip, Atlanta
This small group course provides a supportive and structured environment in which to connect, through the lens of envisioning our deaths, with the experiences that bring deep meaning to our lives. Over six two-hour sessions, Susan guides participants to contemplate their responses to questions about their own end-of-life wishes. Each session covers a different perspective - physical, mental, emotional, spiritual and practical – and includes quiet, reflective time as well as open conversation. A personal binder for each participant provides a central place to record thoughts and create action steps to share thoughts, wishes and plans with others.
2026 Offerings
Courses:
Going There: Contemplating Death to Invigorate Life
Workshops:
All Souls’ Post Office
Changed, Not Ended
Annual Gathering for past program participants
Retreats:
Dialogue with Death, Dying and the Dead
Presentations:
Attending to Your Dying
Normalizing the Conversation
2025 Offerings
Courses:
Going There: Contemplating Death to Invigorate Life
Workshops:
All Souls’ Post Office
Changed, Not Ended
Letting Go Into the Mystery
Book Club: With the End in Mind
Day of the Dead Altar Building
Annual Gathering for past program participants
Retreats:
Your Last 90 Days
Dialogue with Death, Dying and the Dead
2024 Offerings
Courses:
Going There: Contemplating Death to Invigorate Life
Workshops:
Communing Across the Veil
Changed, Not Ended
The Ultimate Letting Go
Email Susan to request an event in your community.
“If only I had the chance to have one last conversation with ….” Denial of death keeps us from having important conversations, moments and understanding with those we love – and then the opportunity is lost forever. Susan became our sherpa leading us to explore who in our lives has passed with unfinished connection – and then how we could find resolution. The journey to discovery was authentic and at times surprising. Susan is an insightful, compassionate, and creative leader.
- workshop participant