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1. Executive Director’s Reflection
2. NACC Episcopal Liaison installed as Archbishop of Oklahoma City
3. Planning for 2012 Conference
4. Are you interested in becoming a CPE Supervisor?
5. Fifty-six applicants scheduled for interview April 30/May 1, 2011
6. We welcome our December 2010 and January 2011 new members to NACC!
7. Have you moved recently and not told us?
8. Have you received a new position or promotion and not told us?
9. Receiving NACC Now, but you are not an NACC member?
10. May in Milwaukee! Join us for the 2011 National Conference!
11. NACC Retreat pre-conference 2011
12. Have you seen the article on Fr. Bryan Massingale, one of our plenary speakers?
13. Would you join the Volunteer Choir for the 2011 National Conference?
14. Seeking Items for the Silent Auction – NACC 2011 Conference
15. Have you seen the recent prayer apps for your iPhone?
16. 2011 NACC audio conferences!
17. Register now for 2011-2012 Ethics and Spiritual Care Champions Programs
18. Sign up for final webinar for the 2010-2011 Spiritual Care Champion Webinars!
19. How are you using the Standards of Practice for Professional Chaplains?
20. Are you aware of special conference calls that are held?
21. Are you planning to give any presentations on chaplaincy?
22. Order your video promoting the chaplaincy profession
23. Local/regional event dates
24. National Conferences of other Spiritual Care Collaborative partners
25. Death of two NACC members
26. Healing Tree: a request for prayers
27. Recent job postings
28. Positions wanted
Executive Director’s Reflection
As you know, our NACC mission statement ends with the phrase, “continue the healing ministry of Jesus in the name of the Church.” My column in the September/October Vision reflected on that topic. I will use this reflection to tell you about the recent mailing sent to our bishops explaining our board certification process and their endorsement of our priests and lay members.
On February 11th, World Day of the Sick, our NACC Episcopal Liaison, Bishop Paul Coakley, was installed as Archbishop of Oklahoma City. Archbishop Coakley had been bishop of Salina, Kansas, and began his term as our NACC Episcopal Liaison this past November 2011. He will be coming to our NACC 2011 Conference in Milwaukee and presiding at the Eucharist when our newly certified members are received and missioned.
To view his installation ceremony go to www.pdcproductions.com/AOC/index.html.
NACC extended to him our prayers and support as he assumes his new appointment.
We are beginning of the process of planning our 2012 conference, which we hope to be a symposium-style conference around the theme of “forgiveness.” If you have an interest in participating as a member of our planning task force, please email Susanne at schaw@nacc.org.
Are you interested in becoming a CPE Supervisor?Over the past months we have had some inquiries about the process for becoming a CPE Supervisor with the NACC. We would like to provide a conference call for any member who has been considering CPE Supervision. The call will provide background on the requirements, process, and our discussions with ACPE so that we can assist you in your discernment and preparation. We want to set this call in March. If interested or have questions, please contact David Lichter (dlichter@nacc.org).
Fifty-six applicants scheduled for interview April 30/May 1, 2011On the basis of their pastoral work and written materials, we are excited to announce there are fifty-six applicants scheduled to meet with an interview team for Chaplain Certification on April 30/May 1, 2011. This is largest number in several years!
• Increased Number of Interview Sites
Because of a significantly higher response for Chaplaincy Certification with the NACC, it was essential to increase our traditional four interview sites, up to the following seven interview sites to accommodate our rather large group:
• Interviewer Training
Over the next two months, we will be training Certification Interviewers. Their inspiring dedication and tremendous example to participate as a volunteer is an immense contribution to the certification process.
• Mentoring
If you are without a Spring 2011 volunteer assignment, we would invite you to perhaps consider participating as a Mentor if you are contacted by an Applicant seeking a Mentor. Applicants for certification are continually seeking an NACC Active Board Certified Chaplain or CPE Supervisor for mentoring during the preparation of their materials.
• Contact Person for Certification
If you have any questions regarding the certification process, please contact Rose Mary Blanco-Alvarado (“Mar-“), Administrative Specialist/Certification, at the NACC National Office at (414) 483-4898 ext. 308.
We warmly welcome to NACC our high number of new members who joined us in December 2010 and January 2011! Click here to see all new members who have joined us in 2010 and 2011!
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When you have moved personal residences or places of employment, or have a new e-mail address or phone number, please don’t forget to contact Mary Pawicz (mpawicz@nacc.org), our membership support staff person at the NACC office, to let her know! We don’t want you to miss our communications to you!
Have you received a new position or promotion and not told us?We like to recognize our members who have recently received a new position or promotion. Please let Cindy Bridges (cbridges@nacc.org) know so we can publish it in NACC Now! Below is our current list of updates from members:
Eileen McKeon Pesek
After retiring from Calvary Hospital in the Bronx, New York, Eileen was hired by HealthCare Chaplaincy and now working part time as Director of Pastoral Care and Education in Beth Israel Medical Center, New York, New York.
Teresa Roberson-Mullins
Teresa has been named the new Director of Pastoral Care and Ethics for the SSM St. Louis North Operating Group. The SSM Health Care System operates in four states, and is sponsored by the Franciscan Sisters of Mary. They have seven Hospitals in St. Louis, and Teresa will oversee Pastoral Care and Ethics for their North Operating Group, which includes four of those hospitals and an Out-Patient Medical Park.
If you are one of the 900+ who are not members of NACC but are receiving NACC Now, have you considered becoming an NACC Member? Join the more than 2500 members who advance the ministry of spiritual care, and support one another’s ministry! Receive additional members’ benefits! Visit the NACC website for more membership information. Join today!
May in Milwaukee! Join us for the 2011 National Conference in Milwaukee, WI, May 21-24, 2011! You will be receiving the Conference brochure in the coming days. Watch for it! It’s going to be a great conference.
NACC Retreat pre-conference 2011Don’t forget to sign up for our pre-conference retreat, Friday, May 20, 2011 -- “We are a Pilgrim People.” Chaplains are on their own on-going personal/spiritual journeys. People and communities in the past, including our ancestors in faith, have in some way assisted them to respond authentically and genuinely to the call to serve others who are on their own unique journeys through life. This day of reflection will provide the opportunity for participants to reflect on the Paths, People and Communities that have been instrumental and/or significant in their lives assisting them to better appreciate how they have responded to their baptismal call to be of service to others through the unique ministry of chaplaincy. In addition, participants will have the opportunity to reflect on how Sacred Scripture continues to form and inform one’s life journey. Our facilitator is Barbara Schauer, D.Min., retired Director of Pastoral Formation at Saint Francis Seminary in Milwaukee, WI.
Have you seen the article on Fr. Bryan Massingale, one of our plenary speakers?Fr. Bryan Massingale has recently published a book, Racial Justice and the Catholic Church, and he was interviewed about the book’s contents. Click here to learn more about him and his book.
Would you join the Volunteer Choir for the 2011 National Conference?Come one, come all and sing in the 2011 National Chaplain Conference Volunteer Choir in Milwaukee. We will have Randy Hilgers directing the choir and there are not too many rehearsals so please come and make a joyful noise to the Lord and for all your chaplain family, friends, colleagues and peers. For more information: contact Michael Doyle, Liturgy Chair for the conference, (847) 571-6572 or celloman66@gmail.com.
Seeking Items for the Silent Auction – NACC 2011 ConferenceWe invite members to bring to the 2011 Conference handmade or other types of items, including items from your institution, for our silent auction to be held at the conference. Share your talents and gifts to benefit other members! Proceeds will go towards conference scholarships. If you are interested in contributing an item, please contact Susanne at schaw@nacc.org.
In the recent American magazine, John McClain wrote an article, “Praying with My iPhone: The best Catholic apps.” Is there one for you?
2011 NACC audio conferences!We are excited to share with you our 2011 NACC Audio Conferences. They will again be offered on Thursdays at noon (Central Time). More details will follow. Here are the presenters and topics for all but December 2011.
For questions about our audio conferences, please contact Jeanine Annunziato (jannunziato@nacc.org).
Register now for 2011-2012 Ethics and Spiritual Care Champions ProgramsTime to register for the 2011-2012 Ethics Champions and Spiritual Care Champions programs. Take advantage of signing up for a yearly registration for these series. The Deadline for Yearly Registration for both programs is Friday, March 18th, 2011, at 5:00 pm (EST). Take advantage of the full year registration. To view the programs click here. To register for Spiritual Care Champions, go to www.che.org/mission/index.php?id=46 and then click on “Yearly Registration Spiritual Care Champions 2011 – 2012.” To register for Ethics Champions¸ go to www.che.org/ethics/index.php?id=29 and then click on “Yearly Registration Ethics Champions 2011 – 2012.”
Sign up for final webinar for the 2010-2011 Spiritual Care Champion Webinars!Please remember that you can sign up for individual sessions of the Spiritual Care Champion Series. For more details on how to register for these sessions, click here. Future programs include the following:
March 16th, 2011, Noon – 1:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time), “Role of Spiritual Care in Palliative Care,” Presented by Elizabeth Keene, VP, Mission Effectiveness, St. Mary’s Health System
How are you using the Standards of Practice for Professional Chaplains?Our member, Leszek Baczkura, seeks advice from NACC members regarding their efforts to integrate the Standards of Practice for Professional Chaplains in Acute Care Settings (www.spiritualcarecollaborative.org/standards_of_practice.asp) into either their job descriptions or evaluative processes. Resurrection Health Care has been working on a detailed description/explanation of each standard and added the ERD’s to Standard 5. They are considering how best to utilize these in their job descriptions and/or evaluative processes. Please contact Leszek Baczkura (lbaczkura@Reshealthcare.org). If there are several members interested in discussing this topic, the NACC will gladly arrange a conference call as well.
Are you aware of special conference calls that are held?For the past two years, the NACC has been offering sixty minute conference calls for those serving in Palliative/Hospice Care and in Long Term Care, as well as for the 40ish and Under Group and for Deacons. If you have not been participating on these calls and would like to, please contact Cindy Bridges (cbridges@nacc.org) to let her know which one. We are planning to set those calls for 2011 by the end of January.
Are you planning to give any presentations on chaplaincy?We continue to encourage members to promote the chaplaincy profession. Please remember that the NACC office staff want to make sure you have resources to share. If you are planning to do a presentation, please contact Cindy Bridges (cbridges@nacc.org) so that she can send you brochures. Also we remind you that you can access on our NACC website the Chaplaincy Ministry video (or order one – see below) as well as two PowerPoint slideshows to use as a basis for the presentation at www.nacc.org/advancing/promo.asp.
Order your video promoting the chaplaincy professionOur video on Chaplaincy, both a recruitment version (that begins and ends with “Is God Calling You?”), and a version without this question, is available in DVD format. The charge is just $6.00, the cost of production and shipping. You may preview the video at this link. To order copies please email Cindy Bridges for instructions.
Local/regional event datesPlease review the list below, and mark your calendars. More details of events will be in future NACC Now's.
Please visit the Spiritual Care Collaborative (SCC) website to view the national conferences of our SCC partners. www.spiritualcarecollaborative.org/events.asp
Death of two NACC membersNACC member Father Lawrence G. Dunklee died at Sacred Heart Hospital in LaCrosse, WI, on Jan. 7, 2011, after a brief and courageous battle with esophageal cancer. Fr. Larry was a strong advocate for spiritual care, and made significant contributions in the fields of pastoral care, medical ethics, and the relationship of health care to the local church. Please click here to read his obituary. Also you can access articles Fr. Larry wrote here.
NACC member Sister Mary Ruth Krack, OSB died on February 2, 2011. She was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer in August 2010. She was a member of NACC for the past twenty years and worked as a hospital chaplain in Fort Wayne, IN, and more recently in Bloomington, IN, until her diagnosis in August. You can read her obituary at this link.
May Father Larry and Sister Mary Ruth enjoy the fullness of God’s peace!
Please let us know if you would like our membership to pray for your health and healing. Also please let us know when you want us to remove your name from our Healing Tree.
We continue to pray for: Sr. Margaret Dougherty, DC (cancer), Linda Piotrowski (bi-lateral knee replacement surgery), Jim Castello (double knee replacement surgery), Bonnie Burnett (at the death of her brother); Francis Potts (neck/spine surgery); Maureen Moran (ovarian cancer), Fr. James Radde, SJ (cancer), Sr. Mary Clare Boland, SP, Sr. Phyllis Ann DiRenzo (treatment for breast cancer), Jane Smith (macular hole in right eye – eye surgery), Kathy Brier (hospitalization-daughter of NACC member Theresa Brier), Ginny Conron (POP surgery), Marcella Keefe-Slager (lung cancer and treatment), Sr. John Marie Stack, OSF (lymphoma cancer), Gloria Troxler (preventive chemotherapy after ovarian surgery), Fr. Kevin Ikpah (eye troubles), Sr. Micheletta McGee, RSM (pancreatic cancer), Lourdes B. Ruta (wife of Peter Ruta, in recovery), Fr. Bob Nee, BCC, LICSW, CT (intractable epilepsy), Kelly Elizabeth Sexton (cancer: daughter of NACC member Melyssa Sexton), Fr. Bill Spacek (detached retina and other eye issues); Sr. Nancy Crane, OP (cancer treatment), and Sr. Hilda Mallet, MHS (cancer treatment).
Recent job postingsThe following positions have been posted in the last two weeks. Please go to www.nacc.org/positions/available.asp for more information.
DIRECTOR OF PASTORAL CARE
Bethesda, MD - Suburban Hospital
CHAPLAIN
Hayward, CA - Kaiser Permanente
CHAPLAIN
Rio Rancho, NM - Presbyterian Rio Rancho Medical Center
CHAPLAIN
Albuquerque, NM - Kaseman Campus
SPIRITUAL CARE LEADER
Woodbury, MN – HealthEast Care System – Woodwinds Health Campus
DIRECTOR, PASTORAL CARE/CPE
Indiana - St.Vincent Health
In this time of change and uncertainty it is more important than ever to use every resource available. If you have lost your job recently, if you’re just seeking a new or better position, or if you are an employer seeking a chaplain for your organization, be sure to visit our Positions Wanted webpage. NACC members can take advantage of this free service by placing a job-seeking ad, for free, which will run for 60 days. To see the ads, visit www.nacc.org/positions/wanted.asp.
To place your own ad, send an email to Phil Paradowski: pparadowski@nacc.org.