Issue #265 – January 8, 2018
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1. Executive Director’s Reflection*
2. A warm welcome to our new NACC members who joined us in December 2017!*
3. The profile of the new members who joined NACC in 2017.*
4. How do our NACC members learn about NACC?*
5. A final big THANK YOU to all who contributed to NACC 2017 Annual Campaign!*
6. DEADLINE FEBRUARY 15, 2018 – Initial Certification and Advanced Certification for Hospice Palliative Chaplain Application*
7. World Day of the Sick prayers for your use*
8. NACC Networking calls for January/February 2018*
9. Vision seeks contributions on advance directives*
10. In Vision: Pack lightly, be flexible, take care of yourself*
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
APC/NACC 2018 CONFERENCE, Thursday, July 12, to Sunday, July 15, 2018!
For more information about the Conference go to:
https://www.nacc.org/conference/
CHAPLAINCY NEWS, EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS
11. Don’t miss our first 2018 NACC webinar on Thursday, January 25, 2018, Addiction and Spirituality – A Pastoral Care Approach, presented by Kevin Stephenson, MDiv, MA, LPC-S, BCC!*
12. The NACC is pleased to announce its 2018 webinar series!*
13. NACC local event in Florida, February 15*
14. In case you did not see these resources*
15. Healing Tree: a request for prayers*
16. Recent job postings*
1. Executive Director’s Reflection
Yesterday was the Feast of the Epiphany, with the Gospel being Matthew’s account of the visit of the Magi (Mt 2:1-12). One line stuck out for me, “They were overjoyed at seeing the star, and on entering the house they saw the child with Mary his mother. They prostrated themselves and did him homage.” Mt 2:10-11
This “overjoyed at seeing” brought me back to a paragraph from Rachel Naomi Remen’s Foreword to Making Health Care Whole.
On this feast of the Epiphany, I reflect on each of our ministry situations, whether we are with prisoners, patients, residents, migrants, homeless, or homebound, and realize we are in a “front-row seat on mystery and sitting in that seat with open eyes.” How often am I open to the invitation to where I am “overjoyed at seeing the star” in the one I am with, and be open to that “front-row seat on mystery”? How does my daily practice include cultivating “the capacity to be amazed” at the humanity before me and around me, even in the more dire of situations, and the most ugly of circumstances?
I sometimes think of chaplains as being “seers of the sacred” – those who recognize and point out to others the holy in them and in their midst. Was this not in part the gift of the Magi?
Is this not a core charism of being a spiritual care practitioner? What do you think?
Blessings on your 2018,
David Lichter, D.Min.
Executive Director
2. A warm welcome to our new NACC members who joined us in December 2017!
Please join us in welcoming to NACC the following members who joined us last month!
Full Members
Ms. Debora A. Fleming (Dubuque, IA)
Mrs. Victoria Eileen Grasmick (Delta, CO)
Dr. Solveiga Palionis (Burr Ridge, IL)
Mr. Thomas F. Pussel (Lakewood, OH)
Fr. Tony Quinlivan CSSR (Melbourne, FL)
Ms. Christine Marie Zaums (Grand Junction, CO)
Student Members
Ms. Christina M. Duggan (Chicago, IL)
3. The profile of the new members who joined NACC in 2017.
Of the 120 new members who joined NACC in 2017, there were: 54 Laywomen, 31 Laymen, 26 Priests, 6 Sisters, 2 Deacons and 1 Brother. Thank you for joining NACC. Blessings to you all!
4. How do our NACC members learn about NACC?
Recently NACC did a survey of our members who joined us in the past four years. One question was about where they learned about NACC. Here is where they first heard about NACC: 40% CPE, 20% NACC members, 18% their spiritual care department/supervisors, 18% their graduate school, and a few other sources. We deeply appreciate our CPE Certified Educators for their referrals, as well as you, our members, spiritual care department members, and our grad programs! Please continue to promote NACC!
5. A final big THANK YOU to all who contributed to NACC 2017 Annual Campaign!
Once again, we express our gratitude for all who were able to contribute to our 2017 Annual Member Campaign, as well as to all our members who, while not being able to contribute, continue to pray for our NACC mission and all our members. The 2017 year ended with 526 donors contributing $ 61524.50. In 2016 526 donors contributed $ 66,746.77 which had included three major gifts totaling $11,000. Thank you for your generosity.
6. DEADLINE FEBRUARY 15, 2018 – Initial Certification and Advanced Certification for Hospice Palliative Chaplain Application
We are currently accepting application portfolios for initial certification and advanced certification for the February 2018 deadline. Please note the deadline for application portfolios is Thursday, February 15, 2018. The application portfolios have to be postmarked by the deadline. If you have any questions or would like informational materials on initial or advanced certification, please contact Ramona Zeb at rzeb@nacc.org or call (414) 483-4898 Ext. 304. Please keep our applicants and those considering Board Certification in your prayers.
7. NACC World Day of the Sick Prayers available on NACC website for download and use
We are pleased to alert you to the new World Day of the Sick prayer cards. You will find both a prayer for the sick and a prayer for the caregiver, both are in English and Spanish. Please download and use as you would like. Here’s the webpage: www.nacc.org/resources/spirituality-and-prayer-resources/world-day-of-the-sick.
We are grateful to the several NACC members who submitted prayers for consideration. And we are grateful to Chaplain Daniel Doyon, Spiritual Care & Chaplaincy, St. Mary’s Health System, Lewiston, Maine, for allowing us to use his prayers. Also thank you to the selection work of David Lewellen, Vision Editor, and Becky Evans, Diego Sansone of Idea Translations, our translator, and the design of Gina Rupic.
8. NACC Networking calls for January/February 2018
If you wish to participate in any of these calls and are not already on that particular call list, please contact Ramune Franitza at rfranitza@nacc.org for information.
- NACC Palliative Care/Hospice Networking Group Call; Thursday, January 25, 2018 at 11 a.m. CT
- NACC CPE Educators Networking Call – Friday, February 9, 2018 at 10 am CT
9. Vision seeks contributions on advance directives
The theme of the March-April Vision will be advance directives, and the ramifications of “having the conversation.” We welcome contributions from members, and would particularly like to hear a story of a patient encounter that might hold lessons for others. The deadline is Feb. 9. Please send an email describing your idea to Vision editor David Lewellen, dlewellen@nacc.org.
10. In Vision: Pack lightly, be flexible, take care of yourself
What happens when a chaplain gets the call from the Red Cross to deploy to a disaster? In the new issue of Vision, Linda Walsh-Garrison describes how she prepares physically, mentally and spiritually to minister to survivors — or to no one at all.
MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
APC/NACC 2018 CONFERENCE, Thursday, July 12, to Sunday, July 15, 2018!
For more information about the Conference go to:
https://www.nacc.org/conference/
11. Don’t miss our first 2018 NACC webinar on Thursday, January 25, 2018, Addiction and Spirituality – A Pastoral Care Approach, presented by Kevin Stephenson, MDiv, MA, LPC-S, BCC!
On Thursday, January 25, 2018, the NACC will host the first NACC webinar of our 2018 series, Addiction and Spirituality – A Pastoral Care Approach, presented by Kevin Stephenson, MDiv, MA, LPC-S, BCC. This webinar will provide a general overview of the nature and impact of addiction, a problem that is all too prevalent in society today, and present a spiritual approach to addressing addiction within an interdisciplinary clinical setting.
Additional information about this webinar (also all our 2018 webinars) can be found at the following link: 2018 webinars.
To register online and pay by credit card, for this webinar as well as for any other NACC 2018 webinar, please visit the registration page by clicking on this LINK. If you prefer to register using a paper registration form and pay by check, a downloadable registration form can be accessed at this LINK.
12. The NACC is pleased to announce its 2018 webinar series!
A full list of offerings, with program details, is available at this link: 2018 webinars. The registration fee for individual webinars is $40 for NACC members and $55 for non-members. Please note that we are offering a package deal that encompasses all of the regular series of 2018 NACC webinars, available at a significant discount: $320 for NACC members, $430 for non-members.
To register online and pay by credit card, please visit the registration page by clicking on this LINK. If you prefer to register using a paper registration form and pay by check, a downloadable registration form can be accessed at this LINK.
NOTE: All of the NACC webinars are recorded, and online access to the recordings is made available to all registrants. If you cannot participate live, you still have the opportunity to enhance your learning (and earn CEHs) by means of the recordings.
13. NACC local event in Florida, February 15
The NACC is planning a local gathering on Thursday, February 15, 2018, at Saints Peter and Paul Catholic Church, 3806 Howell Branch Road, Winter Park, FL 32792, 8:30 a.m. – 2:30 p.m. The title for the day’s presentation will be “Spiritual Care and End of Life.” Discussion will center around the End of Life articles published in the November-December 2017 issue of CHA’s “Health Progress”: https://www.chausa.org/publications/health-progress/issues/november-december-2017. Please save the date – further details will follow. If you have interest in this program, please contact Andris (akursietis@nacc.org).
14. In case you did not see these resources
- Did you see this article by Tom Brokaw on hospitals and immigrants? https://www.nytimes.com/2017/12/31/opinion/tom-brokaw-health-care-immigrants.html?smprod=nytcore-ipad&smid=nytcore-ipad-share&_r=0
- Are you aware that this week, January 7-13, is the Catholic Church’s National Migration Week, with the theme: January 7-13, 2018 – Many Journeys, One Family? Here are prayer and reflection resources on the USCCB website:
http://www.usccb.org/about/migration-and-refugee-services/national-migration-week/index.cfm - Are you aware that January is National Slavery and Human Trafficking Prevention Month, with National Human Trafficking Awareness Day on Jan. 11?
Here is a link to a reflection, free webinar, prayer, and other resources from CHA.
15. Healing Tree: a request for prayers
Please let us know if you would like our membership to pray for your health and healing. We will leave the person’s name on the Healing Tree list for three months, unless you ask us to remove your or the person’s name earlier. You can always request us to leave the name on longer.
We continue to pray for: Vicki Farley (on the recent death of her husband, Tom), Russ (husband of Linda Bronersky), Maggie Finley, Mary K. Pauluk BCC, Sr. Mary Clare Boland SP, Fr. Jim Radde, SJ, Julie Bablin, Sheila Amrich (niece-in-law of NACC member Sr. Paracleta Amrich), Isabelita Boquiren, Susan Balling, Jim and Frances Castello.
16. Recent job postings
The following positions have been posted recently on our Positions Available page.
For more information go to www.nacc.org/resources/positions.
SPIRITUAL CARE MINISTERS
Green Bay, WI – St. Vincent Hospital
SPIRITUAL CARE MANAGER
Vancouver, WA and Longview, WA – PeaceHealth
CPE OPPORTUNITIES for GROWTH and LEARNING
La Crosse, WI – Gundersen Health System
PRIEST CHAPLAIN
West Covina, CA – Queen of the Valley Hospital
DIRECTOR of PASTORAL SERVICES
Jackson, MS – St. Dominic’s
SPIRITUAL CARE COORDINATOR
Holyoke, MA – Mount Saint Vincent Care Center
View these jobs and more at: www.nacc.org/resources/positions.
