Connecting the Dots:
Patient Spiritual Care and the Catholic Social Justice Teaching

Preconference Workshop P2
Workshop Level: Intermediate

Rev. Chris D. Ponnet, MA, BCC
Director/Chaplain
Norris Cancer and Keck Medical Center
Los Angeles, CA

Each person/patient we meet has gifts and concerns. Patients come to us from a life context. We, as chaplains, are called to advocate beyond their trauma, illness or even end of life decisions. The Social Justice teaching gives us a faith lenses to consider when we hear those stories. We then try to be an instrument of their personal reflection and story-telling alongside the human story and values of social justice. Non-violence & social justice teachings connect the local with the global.

As a result of this workshop, participants will:

1. Reflect on specific patients’ needs/concerns.
2. Review the Catholic Social Justice Teaching.
3. Leave with a formula for seeing patients concerns in light of the Social Justice Teachings

Educational Materials (recommended books, articles, or websites for participants to review prior to the workshop)
– None required by the workshop presenter

Presentation Materials (items to be brought to the workshop and/or presentation materials)
P2 – Vow-of-nonviolence-Spanish
P2 – Vow-of-nonviolence-revised
P2 – Spiritual_Health_Assessment_Rev_2014
P2 – Spiritual Assessment for client based on the Social Justice Principles
P2 – Spiritual Assessment for caregivers based on the Social Justice Principles
P2 – Four Spiritual Foundations of the Anamcara Tradition

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