Leadership and dreamy: Höxter researches dealing with death!

Leadership and dreamy: Höxter researches dealing with death!

in the Höxter district in April 2025 all about the topics of dying, death and grief. Under the motto "Death wears black. And you?" A total of 22 events are organized that deal intensively with these life questions. This initiative was launched by various organizations, including the hospice service of the Evangelical Johanneswerk. The hospice coordinator Ramona Schwertges moves to Steinheim with the so -called "desiration".

The events play a special role, since they not only stimulate the exchange of experiences, but also address the handling of grief and loss. The last event in the monthly program is carried out by the Evangelical Johanneswerk hospice service and promises to offer a valuable opportunity for reflection on these important topics.

additional perspectives on grief and death

Another important aspect of 2025 is the fourth Wuppertal themed days under the title "Our life with death", which will take place on February 8, 2025. This day is designed to illuminate different facets of grief. The topics of healthy grief are particularly emphasized compared to depression and the challenges that mourning at work can bring.

A kick-off event on February 7, 2025 will familiarize the participants with mourning and consolation songs and funeral rites from different cultures. These events in Wuppertal are very popular; The places are fully booked, but there is a waiting list. Interested parties can register for the waiting list by February 3, 2025. There is also the possibility to follow the event online via a QR code.

cultural perspectives and interreligious approaches

In order to deepen the handling of grief and death, a meeting for planning an interreligious conference took place on January 27, 2022. Participants from various religious traditions and Jala el Jazairi, the coordinator of the central contact point Hospiz, dealt with the intercultural exchange on these topics. This conference, which was to take place in August 2022, focused on accompaniment at the end of life and the mourning support from various religious and cultural perspectives.

The importance of intercultural competence in palliative and hospice accompaniment is increasingly recognized. Special projects in the care sector are aimed at seniors with a migration background in order to take their specific needs into account. Experts and specialists agree that a broad knowledge of different religions and cultures is crucial in supporting mourners in order to ensure a holistic view in accompaniment.

These initiatives in the Höxter district and in Wuppertal offer both experts and the general public the opportunity to consciously think about death and grief and to form a supportive community. In addition to the workshops and events, the exchange of experiences and perspectives is essential to facilitate dealing with the universal human experience of loss.

Overall, it turns out that society is becoming more and more open to discussions about dying, death and grief. This is an important step to promote understanding and empathy for the challenges that everyone experiences in the course of their lives.

For more information about the events in the Höxter district, you can read the article by Westfalen-blatt . For details on the Wuppertal theme days, please visit the page of the Hospizdienst Wuppertal . Information about cultural meetings and interreligious approaches can be found on the Berliner Forum of Religions .