Death Cafe profile for Mark (Atlanta, GA)
Location: United States
http://www.facebook.com/DeathCafeAtlanta
About Mark (Atlanta, GA):
I currently work as a hospice chaplain and have 15 years experience in healthcare chaplaincy.
What brings you to Death Cafe?
I have always found in my work as a chaplain that death and dying makes things real. Too many people fail to realize this until death approaches. I would like to help people come to terms with their mortality early enough in their life so that they might thereby live their life more fully and more authentically. Death Cafe is a good venue for this.
What would you like your legacy to be?
That I loved and was loved.
Thoughts for sharing:
Death is a moment.
Contact Mark (Atlanta, GA)
Mark (Atlanta, GA)'s posts on the Death Cafe website
With Mark A LaRocca-Pitts
Aug. 24, 2024, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (USA, ET)
Accepts donations
We will run our Death Cafe in the tradition of Death Cafe as orginated by Jon Underwood, may he rest in peace.
With Mark A LaRocca-Pitts
July 27, 2024, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (USA, ET)
Accepts donations
We will follow the traditional model of Death Cafe as envisioned by our founder Jon Underwood, may he rest in peace. Also, since we meet in a pub, there is ...
With Mark A LaRocca-Pitts
March 9, 2024, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (USA, ET)
Accepts donations
We will follow in the tradition of Death Cafes as envisioned by our Founder, Jon Underwood (May he rest in peace). Death Cafe Atlanta meets in Atlanta's spectacular and ...
With Mark A LaRocca-Pitts
Jan. 27, 2024, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (USA, ET)
Accepts donations
Enjoy a traditional Death Cafe in a unique setting over cake and coffee.
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts
Oct. 22, 2022, 4.00 p.m. - 6.00 p.m. (USA, ET)
Accepts donations
Death Cafe Atlanta is funded through a grant from Death Positive, Inc. We will follow the traditional guidelines for a DC, including CAKE! Alcohol is also allowed, since we are ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts
June 26, 2021, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (Eastern US)
Accepts donations
The pandemic is slowly receding, and it is time we start meeting again in person with a new normal. Instead of meeting at Oakland Cemetery, we are going to gather ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts
March 21, 2020, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Accepts donations
With our inagural Death Cafe on March 2013, we became the first Death Cafe held in a Cemetery and the first Death Cafe in the Southeast USA!
In real estate ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts
Feb. 22, 2020, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Accepts donations
With our inagural Death Cafe on March 2013, we became the first Death Cafe held in a Cemetery and the first Death Cafe in the Southeast USA!
In real estate ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts
Jan. 25, 2020, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free
With our inagural Death Cafe on March 2013, we became the first Death Cafe held in a Cemetery and the first Death Cafe in the Southeast USA!
In real estate ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts
Nov. 16, 2019, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free
With our first Death Cafe on March 2013, we became the first Death Cafe held in a Cemetery and the first Death Cafe in the Southeast USA!
In real estate ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts,
Sept. 14, 2019, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts,
Aug. 17, 2019, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts,
May 25, 2019, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts,
April 13, 2019, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts,
March 23, 2019, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts,
Feb. 16, 2019, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts,
Jan. 19, 2019, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Kris Copes
Dec. 15, 2018, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Kris Copes
Nov. 10, 2018, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Kris Copes
Sept. 29, 2018, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Kris Copes
Aug. 18, 2018, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Kris Copes
July 21, 2018, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Kris Copes
April 14, 2018, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Kris Copes
March 24, 2018, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Kris Copes
Feb. 17, 2018, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Kris Copes
Jan. 27, 2018, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts
Dec. 30, 2017, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts
Nov. 25, 2017, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, David Hall
June 11, 2017, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, David Hall
May 6, 2017, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, David Hall
March 26, 2017, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, David Hall
Jan. 21, 2017, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, David Hall
Dec. 10, 2016, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, David Hall, Paula Morris
June 11, 2016, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, David Hall, Paula Morris
May 7, 2016, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, David Hall, Paula Morris
April 9, 2016, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
Death Cafe: Death Cafe Atlanta #28 (Rescheduled!)
Posted by Mark (Atlanta, GA) on Jan. 23, 2016, 6:51 p.m.
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, David Hall, Paula Morris
Feb. 6, 2016, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, David Hall, Paula Morris
Dec. 12, 2015, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, David Hall, Paula Morris
Nov. 7, 2015, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, David Hall, Paula Morris
Oct. 10, 2015, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, David Hall
Sept. 19, 2015, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, Kate Hauk, David Hall
June 27, 2015, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, Kate Hauk, David Hall
May 23, 2015, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, Kate Hauk, David Hall
April 25, 2015, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, Kate Hauk, David Hall
March 14, 2015, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, Kate Hauk, David Hall
Feb. 21, 2015, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, Kate Hauk, David Hall
Jan. 10, 2015, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, Kate Hauk, David Hall
Dec. 6, 2014, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, Kate Hauk, David Hall
Nov. 1, 2014, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, Kate Hauk, David Hall
Sept. 20, 2014, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, Kate Hauk, David Hall
Aug. 16, 2014, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, Kate Hauk, David Hall
May 17, 2014, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery (and the first one in the Southeast USA)!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Caf ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, Kate Hauk, David Hall
April 26, 2014, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Café? Nothing makes me think more about death and ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, Kate Hauk, David Hall
March 15, 2014, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Café? Nothing makes me think more about death and ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts, Bob Duvall, Kate Hauk, David Hall
Feb. 15, 2014, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Café? Nothing makes me think more about death and ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts & Bob Duvalll
Jan. 11, 2014, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Café? Nothing makes me think more about death and ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts & Bob Duvalll
Dec. 14, 2013, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Café? Nothing makes me think more about death and ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts & Bob Duvalll
Nov. 9, 2013, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
Free--Suppored by a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Café? Nothing makes me think more about death and ...
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts & Bob Duvall
Sept. 21, 2013, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
We are fully funded through a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Café? Nothing makes me think more about death and ...
Death Cafe write up: Death Cafe Atlanta
Posted by Mark (Atlanta, GA) on Aug. 25, 2013, 7:53 p.m.
It was a beautiful day to be in Oakland Cemetery: blue sky and a warm day with just a slight touch of fall in the air. Thirty people showed up to participate in Atlanta’s 5th Death Café ranging in age from five months to 91. The spread of food included fresh fruit, cheese and crackers, vegetable tray, finger sandwiches, various teas and coffees, and of course a delicious cake with the Death Café Atlanta logo on it. Discussing death simply goes better with cake and a cuppa. Thanks to Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation for the grant that underwrites Death Café Atlanta!
Topics varied significantly from table ...
Press: Cake to die for (at Death Cafe Atlanta)
Posted by Mark (Atlanta, GA) on Aug. 16, 2013, 5:25 p.m.
Cliff Bostock writes a blog for Creative Loafing on Food Culture in the Atlanta area and features Death Cafe Atlanta's cake and his experience at the Death Cafe.
Cliff Bostock Blog in Creative Loafing.: http://clatl.com/omnivore/archives/2013/06/25/cake-to-die-for-at-death-cafe-atlanta
Press: Food, Friends, and Non-Stop Talk... Death Cafes Are Alive and Well
Posted by Mark (Atlanta, GA) on Aug. 16, 2013, 5:20 p.m.
Susan Soper blogs about her experience at Death Cafe Atlanta and also includes information on the Death Cafe movement and its principles.
Susan Soper blogs on legacy.com.: http://www.connect.legacy.com/profiles/blogs/food-friends-and-non-stop-talk-death-cafes-are-alive-and-well
A TV news piece on Atlanta's Death Cafe.
11Alive News, Atlanta, GA: http://www.11alive.com/news/article/296851/186/Inside-Atlantas-own-Death-Cafe
Press: “Death Cafés” Normalize a difficult, not morbid, topic
Posted by Mark (Atlanta, GA) on Aug. 16, 2013, 5:08 p.m.
Specifically covers Death Cafe Atlanta, with pictures from Oakland Cemetery, but also includes quotes from Jon Underwood and Lizzy Miles.
USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/04/07/health-spirituality-dying-death/2046805/
With Mark LaRocca-Pitts & Bob Duvall
Aug. 24, 2013, 3.00 p.m. - 5.00 p.m. (EST (USA))
We are fully funded through a grant from Crossroads Hospice Charitable Foundation.
First Death Café in a Cemetery!
In real estate, it’s always location, location, location. Well, why not for a Death Café? Nothing makes me think more about death and ...