Issue #295 – March 11, 2019
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NACC
1. Executive Director’s Reflection
2. Welcome new NACC members who joined us in February 2019!
3. In Vision: Human Trafficking: What can chaplains do?
4. Coming, Thursday, April 11 – a free NACC special webinar on NACC!
5. Last call! This Friday, March 15, is the deadline for applying for Certified Associate Chaplaincy (CAC).
6. Have you visited recently our new Choose Chaplaincy webpage for resources to promote chaplaincy?
7. Access the 2019 World Day of the Sick letter to the US Bishops on NACC website!
8. NACC Networking calls for March 2019
2019 NATIONAL CONFERENCE, MAY 31 – JUNE 3, 2019
9. Friday, May 31, to Monday, June 3, 2019, for NACC National Conference
10. EARLY BIRD DEADLINE is March 15, 2019. Register now to get the best conference registration prices.
11. NACC members, be sure you receive the discounted Member rate!
12. Pre-Conference 6-Hour Formation/Training Programs
13. Conference Sleeping Room Options
14. Become a Conference Sponsor
15. American Red Cross Fundamentals in Disaster Spiritual Care – Training Course (Thursday, May 30, 2019)
16. Day of Reflection, Thursday, May 30, 2019
17. Marketing/Advertising at the Conference
18. Important Dates and Policies
CHAPLAINCY NEWS, EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS
19. More news on the National Consensus Project’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th edition (NCP Guidelines)!
20. Did you see the Pope’s comments on spiritual care as part of total care?
21. Are you familiar with the I Thirst healing initiative?
22. There is still time to register for the March webinar in our 2019 series!
23. April’s webinar is coming soon – register now!
24. You can also still register for our entire 2019 NACC webinar series!
25. More Lenten reflection resources from Catholic Mobilizing Network!
26. Access the CHA Resources for Lent and Easter
27. Join the Solidarity Bridge community for prayer and reflection throughout Lent!
28. Would you please consider participating in a chaplain survey?
29. Other education offerings
30. Healing Tree: a request for prayers
31. Recent job postings
1. Executive Director’s Reflection
Last Wednesday was Ash Wednesday, beginning our Lenten journey together. I could not help but look upon and be grateful for our NACC logo.
When you look at it, does the style of the cross remind you of anything? If you thought the ashes on the forehead on Ash Wednesday, you are correct. It means the intent of the logo worked!
The new NACC logo was developed in late 2014-early 2015 by our NACC member Tim Creech, BCC, with the NACC Board of Directors’ input and guidance. This symbol seemed to capture our mission, as we daily attend to those facing the vulnerability and limits of our humanity – remember where you came from and where you will return as you live in the life-giving and life-saving shadow of the cross.
At the time of its design, Tim also noted, “The symbol is made up of four ‘arrows’ each pointing to the center square that symbolizes the wholeness, universality, and unity of the Church.” The four colors of the cross remind us of the liturgical seasons, the sacramental life. Every time I view it I smile as it’s so passionate in its color, vibrant and pulsating in its feel! It evokes life, love, and hope for me – as does your ministry and our mission to continue the healing ministry in the name of the Church!
I hope every time you look upon our logo you are also reminded of the sacredness of our ministry as we accompany compassionately and with a sure hope each person as he or she experiences life’s vulnerability. Perhaps, this Lent be the season when you wear your NACC membership pin or put it in a prominent place so you see it and allow it to remind you of our holy call.
Can I also make a strong appeal to you to come to this year’s National Conference, May 31-June 3, 2019? This will be such a unique conference for you, and all of us, as we celebrate and honor our being partners in the Church pastoral care ministry and live out this ministry as professional board-certified chaplains, chaplain members, and the many other of you who provide spiritual care to diverse communities. We want to highlight, learn from, and celebrate these diverse ministries that embody the healing ministry of the Church. You won’t be disappointed as we reflect on the ecclesial roots and contexts of our professional ministry!
Our 2018-2020 Strategic Plan included these statements: https://www.nacc.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/Composite-of-Strategic-Plan-07.2018.pdf
In 2021 NACC will be viewed as a vital and vibrant leader among:
- Our professional Strategic Partners for Spiritual Care
- Our Catholic Partners in Pastoral Care Ministry serving the continuum of care for the ill, aging, isolated and vulnerable (health care, parish, correctional, and other settings) needing spiritual care.
NACC will do so by leading the partnership initiatives among pastoral care ministries to:
- Provide a network among pastoral care providers
- Identify core levels for formation tied to competencies
- Design and deliver program for the levels
- Develop and administer tracks for professional credentialing
- Offer ongoing ministry formation support
We want and need you to be participants in this direction. Our plan also says this about all of us:
NACC members will have more ways to:
- Be in relationship with, a leader for, and professional/education resource within, the local Catholic community and its bishop leaders
- Be part of advocating for professional chaplaincy and encouraging others to the vocation.
Our 2019 Conference is part of this entire initiative. We view this Conference as an opportunity to engage with one another on ways to make these aspirations even more of a reality.
Blessings on our Lenten journey together.
David Lichter, D.Min.
Executive Director
2. Welcome new NACC members who joined us in February 2019!
Please join in welcoming our new members who joined NACC in February!
Education Institution Members
Villanova University (Villanova, PA)
Full Members
Rev. Stephen S. Akange (Columbus, OH)
Mrs. Marie Lourdes Arnold (Spring Grove, IL)
Ms. Dianne M. Mills (Merrimac, MA)
Sr. Rose Michael Namawejje LSOSF (Batavia, IL)
Rev. Ignatius C. Nwankwocha (Atlanta, TX)
Mrs. Mary Pink (West Des Moines, IA)
Rev. James John Thoyalil VC (Jacksonville, FL)
Student Members
Auristela (Monica) Ayala Bartolic (Corona Delmar, CA)
Ms. Laurie Matlin (Northbrook, IL)
Deacon Rafael A. Mendoza (Honolulu, HI)
Rev. Chidiebere E. Ogbuagu (Youngstown, OH)
3. In Vision: Human Trafficking: What can chaplains do?
The March-April issue of Vision, now posted at our website, covers the uncomfortable but important topic of human trafficking. Among the articles to help broaden your understanding are an interview with a survivor; a flow chart to help identify and aid potential victims; and a discussion of the new ICD-10 codes that will help to gather data on the problem. www.nacc.org/vision
4. Coming, Thursday, April 11 – a free NACC special webinar on NACC!
- Thursday, April 11, 2019 (12:00 noon – 1:30 p.m. Central Time). The NACC and You: Bringing Your Gifts to Leadership, presented by NACC leaders.
This webinar will provide the participants an overview of the NACC with its governance structure, and the diverse committees, commissions, and panels that require our NACC members’ leadership, as well as the certification opportunities of interviewers and Interview Team Educators (ITE). The intent of this workshop is to provide the participants both an understanding of the diverse opportunities for leadership to support and advance the NACC’s mission and vision. This interactive exchange will allow time for you to reflect upon and discern where and how you might be able to offer your gifts in service of your fellow members and the profession of chaplaincy.This free webinar will provide 2 CEHs (90 minutes for the webinar plus 30 minutes preparation time).
Although this webinar is provided free of charge, please register to participate so that we may send you the links to access the presentation. To register online please use the following link: REGISTER. Alternatively, please send an e-mail to Andris Kursietis at the national office (akursietis@nacc.org) and indicate your interest in registering for this webinar.
If you have any questions about NACC webinars, please contact Andris Kursietis at the NACC national office at 414-483-4898 or akursietis@nacc.org.
5. Last call! This Friday, March 15, is the deadline for applying for Certified Associate Chaplaincy (CAC).
We are accepting six applicants for this pilot process. The postmark deadline for this process is March 15, 2019. One of the prerequisites is to have the equivalent of 32 hours of graduate-level theological education. In order to assess this prerequisite, we have an application form that needs to be filled out, with accompanying evidentiary documentation, approximately nine (9) weeks before application. You may find the application materials and more information here: www.nacc.org/certification/applying-for-cac-certification.
6. Have you visited recently our new Choose Chaplaincy webpage for resources to promote chaplaincy?
The NACC Marketing Advisory Panel has worked closely with Westwords Consulting to develop a fresh, new look for promoting our chaplaincy profession. www.nacc.org/about-nacc/choose-chaplaincy You will also find there diverse resources, including bulletin inserts. Please visit these pages and utilize these resources. www.nacc.org/about-nacc/choose-chaplaincy/materials If you have feedback or suggestions for other resources, please contact Ramune Franitza (rfranitza@nacc.org).
7.
Access the 2019 World Day of the Sick letter to the US Bishops on NACC website!
Since 2011 the NACC has sent on World Day of the Sick a letter to the US Bishops reminding them of the NACC mission, informing them of specific NACC initiatives, sharing information on endorsing our members, and providing the ordinaries a list of our members who are working in their dioceses. These letters have been well received. We have posted all these letters and materials on the NACC website. You can access the 2019 letter and previous letters at www.nacc.org/about-nacc/leadership/episcopal-advisory-council/#wdsmailing.
8. NACC Networking calls for March 2019
If you’ve had difficulty in joining calls using ZOOM, please let Ramune Franitza (rfranitza@nacc.org) know so that we can address the difficulty. THANK YOU!
Monday, March 11, 2019 at 1 p.m. CT …………………..NACC CPE-E Community of Practice Networking Call
Wednesday, March 13, 2019 at 2 p.m. CT ………………NACC Nurse Chaplain Networking Call
Thursday, March 28, 2019 at 12 p.m. CT ………………..NACC Palliative Care/Hospice Networking Call
As the time of the call gets closer and you have replied that you will participate, we will forward ZOOM passcodes for a visual connection via internet or, if you prefer, you can still call in via a phone line.
By registering for the call, even if you cannot participate, you will be allowed to receive notes of the conversation and resources shared.
NACC realizes the value of networking and appreciates members taking time out of their schedules to share and lend support to others who are ministering in the same area. Unfortunately, calls lose value if there are too few participants. In order for the call to have the most value for participants, we will postpone a call until the next quarter if there are fewer than 5 participants who have registered for the call a week prior to its scheduled date. To sign up, contact Ramune Franitza (rfranitza@nacc.org).
2019 NATIONAL CONFERENCE, MAY 31 – JUNE 3, 2019
9. Friday, May 31, to Monday, June 3, 2019, for NACC National Conference
Mark your calendars for the NACC Conference in 2019! This conference will be held Friday, May 31, to Monday, June 3, 2019, at the University of St. Mary of the Lake Conference Center in Mundelein, IL. It will be preceded by preconference workshops and our NACC retreat. Plan to join us!
10. EARLY BIRD DEADLINE is March 15, 2019. Register now to get the best conference registration prices.
Conference registration is now open! The NACC provides three (3) options to register for the NACC Conference:
- Register online and pay with Visa, MasterCard, or DiscoverCard
- Register online and indicate you will send a check or money order.
- Prison and Corrections Ministry 101
- Catholic Laity in Pastoral Care Ministry – Equipping, Coordinating, Sustaining
- Fundamental Aspects of Geriatric Spiritual Care Education
- Discounts for NCP Guidelines bulk order purchases available! In addition to a free online downloadable version, discounts are available for bulk orders (5+ hard copies) of the National Consensus Project’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th edition (NCP Guidelines). To order bulk copies, contact orders@nationalcoalitionhpc.org.
- NCP Guidelines slide deck available for speakers! A complete slide deck of the National Consensus Project’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th edition (NCP Guidelines) is available to download and use for your conference sessions, trainings and meetings. The PowerPoint includes 40 slides plus speaker notes and is available to access under ‘Education Resources’ at www.nationalcoalitionhpc.org/ncp.
- NCP Guidelines to be featured at the AAHPM/HPNA Annual Assembly! For those attending the Annual Assembly, March 13-16, presented by the American Academy of Hospice and Palliative Medicine (AAHPM) and Hospice and Palliative Nurses Association (HPNA), the National Consensus Project’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th edition (NCP Guidelines) will be featured at the opening plenary, concurrent session (# TH360), and exhibit booth (# 107). See other 2019 conferences where the NCP Guidelines will be presented.
- NCP Guidelines in the News! See the latest news about the National Consensus Project’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th edition (NCP Guidelines), including AARP’s blog and CHAP’s NEW Palliative Care Certification for home and community based providers. Keep following @Coalitionhpc for more updates and retweet posts re: #NCPGuidelines.
- A Pastoral Care Guide
- Spiritual Companionship
- College Campus Ministry
- Parish/Assembly
- Articulate a beginning understanding of qualitative research, specifically phenomenology methodology.
- Identify and discuss themes of most interest to spiritual care providers (positive and negative coping).
- Discuss implications for spiritual care departments in caring for front line staff who work with trauma patients and their families.
- Thursday, April 4, 2019. Outpatient Chaplaincy – From Vision to Practice During Our First Year, presented by David W. King, MMin, NCCA Licensed Clinical Pastoral Counselor, Certified Spiritual Director; Laura P. Parsons, BCC; James D. Richter, MA Theology and Bea Broder-Oldach, DMin, BCC.
As healthcare migrates to clinics, surgery sites and non-acute locations, chaplains must urgently follow in order to best serve patients and staff. This webinar will allow participants to explore new opportunities for spiritual care without embedding, following Bon Secours Mercy Health’s Cincinnati pilot, Outpatient Spiritual Care Services during their first full year and into a regional roll-out. While not a ‘primer’, this webinar provides ample encouragement for others to find their own vision for the future. It explores how determination, connection and grant funding can be a catalyst for migration of services as the progressive and pro-active mandate for the future of professional chaplaincy in healthcare!
Program Objectives
By the end of this webinar, participants will:- View outpatient Chaplaincy in healthcare as a 21st century horizon that is reachable if driven by Mission
- Understand how vision, clinical support(s) and alternate funding can help create energy for expansion
- Embrace Ambulatory care centers – wound, CHF, pulmonary, PT/OT, Diabetes and especially PCP offices as new sacred ground for chaplains and their ministry.
To register online and pay by credit card for this webinar, or for any other NACC 2019 regular series webinar, please visit the registration page by clicking on this LINK. NACC Student members wishing to register online should use the following special link: STUDENTS. If you prefer to register using a paper registration form and pay by check, a downloadable registration form can be accessed at this LINK. Information about our 2019 webinars can be found at the following link: 2019 webinars.
- Transforming Chaplaincy Research Summer Institute
The 2019 Chaplaincy Research Summer Institute will take place in Chicago from July 22 to July 26; the application period for this Institute is closing very soon. Participants must be working or otherwise engaged as a chaplain, or providing consultation to chaplains, in a health-related setting (e.g., hospitals, clinics, hospices, or long-term care facilities). Members of APC, NACC, and NAJC may apply for funding to offset the cost of attendance. Applicants should send a one-page statement of interest (including relevant research experience) and resume to Andy Andresco, Transforming Chaplaincy Project Coordinator, at andrew_w_andresco@rush.edu; questions should be directed to Andy via email or phone at (312) 942-0247. www.transformchaplaincy.org/grants-training/summer-research-institute - Oates Institute is offering an online symposium, An Interracial Dialogue, an in-depth examination of challenges faced by caregivers in all kinds of settings. The online symposium experience includes two documentaries, a discussion between the two documentary producers, a Question & Answer session, a panel discussion, and a three-week collaborative learning experience based on Yvette Johnson’s book. The focus of the symposium will be on practical ways faith groups, spiritual caregivers, and others can participate in the transformation of attitudes and behaviors in relation to racial issues. Prior to the symposium, participants will have an opportunity to view both documentaries. https://oates.org/2019-spring-symposium-an-interracial-dialogue/#register
- Greening Our Lives: Moving Towards Wholeness & Well-being. A Workshop Retreat sponsored by the Pastoral Care Department of Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital. Friday, April 26, 2019 8 am – 4pm. Presented by: Sister Chris Koellhoffer, IHM. Location: Geisinger Holy Spirit Hospital Auditorium 503 N. 21st Street Camp Hill, PA 17011 Call (717) 763-2118 for Registration.
11. NACC members, be sure you receive the discounted Member rate!
NACC Members – To receive the discounted Member rate for registration, you must log into the registration portal with your NACC username and password. The username is your NACC member number OR your primary email address (as noted in our membership database), unless you have changed it. If you do not remember your password or username, you can simply reset it.
Visit the website today to view the electronic version of the Registration Flyer.
12. Pre-Conference 6-Hour Formation/Training Programs
On Thursday, May 30, the NACC Conference will offer three (3) 6-hour formation/training programs that focus on the diverse ways and settings that pastoral care is provided as a ministry of the Church.
Visit the NACC website to learn more about these three offerings.
13. Conference Sleeping Room Options
The NACC is pleased to offer four (4) options for accommodations for your time at the 2019 Conference.
1. University of St. Mary of the Lake (USML)
2. Joseph and Mary Retreat House (formerly known as Cardinal Stritch Retreat House)SOLD OUT! No more rooms available.
3. Marytown Franciscan Retreat Center only a few rooms remain. Reserve your room today before they sell out!
4. Doubletree by Hilton Hotel
Space is limited, so make your reservation early! Visit the NACC website for more information about each option and how to make your reservation.
If you are looking for a roommate, please use the NACC roommate referral service to facilitate your search.
14. Become a Conference Sponsor
We are inviting institutions, individuals and other non-profits to consider becoming a Conference Sponsor for our 2019 NACC Conference. There are several ways you can contribute to the NACC Conference. You can sponsor a plenary speaker, a 6-hour pre-conference training program, a 4-hour pre-conference workshop, a 90-minute workshop, or an event such as the Awards Dinner. We also have “Friends of the NACC Conference” sponsorships as low as $500. Every dollar helps us to provide our attendees with the best conference experience possible. We are also asking for your help in spreading awareness of these sponsorship opportunities to your institution or an affiliated foundation. Perhaps a donation might be made in honor of the work of your chaplaincy services team or because your institution strongly supports quality education for their professionals. Visit our website to see the available conference sponsorship opportunities.
15. American Red Cross Fundamentals in Disaster Spiritual Care – Training Course (Thursday, May 30, 2019)
If you are interested in learning more about supporting the needs of those impacted by disaster and mass casualties, please consider registering for this intensive five-hour training. More information on the session, prerequisites, and how to register can be found on the NACC website at www.nacc.org/conference/redcross
16. Day of Reflection, Thursday, May 30, 2019
Join us for the pre-conference Day of Reflection “Leaning on the Everlasting Love of God: Pastoral Care and Co-Accompaniment” facilitated by Beverly Ann Stewart.
For more information on the day, please visit our website. www.nacc.org/conference/day-of-reflection-2019
17. Marketing/Advertising at the Conference
The NACC is offering several options for interested parties to reach our 300+ conference attendees. Registration for marketing & advertising opportunities must be completed by using our online registration system. Registration closes March 31, 2019. Visit the NACC website for more information. If you have any questions, please contact the NACC national office.
18. Important Dates and Policies
All important “date” information is available on the NACC website at www.nacc.org/conference/important-dates/. Please review the important dates and policies prior to registering for the conference.
CHAPLAINCY NEWS, EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS
19. More news on the National Consensus Project’s Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care, 4th edition (NCP Guidelines)!
The following are new updates:
20. Did you see the Pope’s comments on spiritual care as part of total care?
Last week Catholic News Service carried a brief article about Pope Francis’ comments about spiritual care during a presentation to members of Italy’s national Association Against Leukemia, Lymphoma and Myeloma, which was celebrating its 50th anniversary.
https://cruxnow.com/vatican/2019/03/04/caring-for-the-ill-should-include-spiritual-assistance-pope-says/
21. Are you familiar with the I Thirst healing initiative?
The I THIRST Initiative seeks to provide this spiritual remedy by offering consultation and training which focuses on Education/Prevention, Support for Treatment Facilities and those Incarcerated, and Aftercare and Community Building for the afflicted and their families. Additionally, I THIRST offers a series of programs for parishes, secondary schools and higher education that include:
Addiction is a defining problem of society, with physiological and mental health components which must be addressed. Ultimately, however, the desolation, the abandonment and the guilt which are all ‘hallmarks’ of the addicted life, are in many ways spiritual problems which require a spiritual remedy.
I THIRST, as a Healing Initiative for Recovery, Spirituality, Twelve steps, empowers the Church to Be a Resource for those Suffering with Addictions and Their Families. The goal of the I THIRST Initiative is to serve the specific needs of the afflicted and their families by offering spiritual consolation, and guidance as well as recovery resource information by well informed and educated clergy and laity. The programs and curricula provide comprehensive resource information. In this way, the Church can better live up to its obligation to be present and available to its flock in the midst of this great societal malady.
For more information visit ITHIRSTINITIATIVE.org or email Keaton Douglas, Program Coordinator at keaton@ithirstinitiative.org (973)370-DRUG (3784)
22. There is still time to register for the March webinar in our 2019 series!
Thursday, March 21, 2019. Spirituality in the Context of Secondary Trauma presented by Rev. Dr. Beth L. Muehlhausen, PhD, MDiv, BCC.
This webinar will share findings from a qualitative research project that sought to understand the role of spirituality in vicarious trauma. Doctors, nurse practitioners and physicians’ assistants who work directly with trauma patients were interviewed regarding how their spirituality impacted their work and how their work impacted their spiritual beliefs. Participants included 16 Protestant Christians, 7 Roman Catholics, 1 Hindu, 1 Muslim, 1 Conservative Jew, and 10 with no declared religious affiliation. Physicians represented trauma surgery, orthopedics, emergency, critical care/pulmonology and neurosurgery. Spiritual patterns emerged across religions and specialties including: 1) spirituality as a guiding force 2) strong need for a support system 3) use of coping mechanisms and 4) vicarious growth.
Program Objectives
By the end of this webinar, participants will be able to:
About the Presenter
Dr. Muehlhausen has been a chaplain with Ascension Health for the past seven years, is an ordained minister in the Christian Church Disciples of Christ and a licensed clinical social worker. She has led several research projects, currently splitting her time as a staff chaplain for St. Vincent Hospital in Indianapolis and working as a spiritual care researcher for Ascension Health. She has presented her research at the North American Association for Christians in Social Work, Association for Professional Chaplains (APC) and Transforming Chaplaincy. She is leading Ascension Health’s first system-wide spiritual care research project covering six states, exploring chaplain outpatient services to people with congestive heart failure. She will present findings from that project at the annual APC conference in June 2019.
To register online and pay by credit card, or for any other NACC 2019 regular series webinar, please visit the registration page by clicking on this LINK. NACC student members wishing to register online should use the following special link: STUDENTS. If you prefer to register using a paper registration form and pay by check, a downloadable registration form can be accessed at this LINK.
Information about our 2019 webinars can be found at the following link: 2019 webinars.
23. April’s webinar is coming soon – register now!
24. You can also still register for our entire 2019 NACC webinar series!
You can still register for the 2019 NACC webinar series! This year the series comprises 12 webinars, instead of the 11 per year that has been the norm during the past few years, plus the usual free webinars on Certification with the NACC and Renewal of Certification. Details of each of the webinars and information on how to register for them are available on our website: LINK.
For NACC members the registration fee for each individual webinar is $40 per connection for the live sessions or $40 to purchase access to the recordings. There is a special rate of $20 per webinar for those who have NACC student membership. For non-members the registration fee is $55 per connection for the live sessions or $55 to purchase access to the recordings. We are offering a special package that includes all twelve of our regular January – December 2019 webinars at a discounted rate of $340 for NACC members ($170 for NACC student members) and $450 for non-members.
To register online and pay by credit card, please visit the registration page by clicking on this LINK. NACC student members wishing to register online should use the following special link: STUDENTS. 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.
25. More Lenten reflection resources from Catholic Mobilizing Network!
Catholic Mobilizing Network also is offering a special Lenten reflection guide for each week of Lent to guide our spiritual preparation for the death and resurrection of Christ. To access and download this guide go to: https://catholicsmobilizing.org/resource/2019-lenten-reflections
26. Access the CHA Resources for Lent and Easter *
Catholic Health Association (CHA) is again offering resources on Lent and Easter. They are providing weekly video and hardcopy reflections for the season of Lent, which starts with Ash Wednesday on March 6 and concludes Saturday, March 20. They also offer an Easter Reflection for Sunday, April 21. These connect themes of Lent with the realities of working in Catholic health and long-term care, each reflection shares a simple message that they hope resonate with associates and those in our care. It is available to all. You can watch the Ash Wednesday video at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ka-DylbUUzI&feature=youtu.be and the reflection at https://www.chausa.org/docs/default-source/prayers/lent/2019-ash-wednesday.pdf.
27. Join the Solidarity Bridge community for prayer and reflection throughout Lent!
Throughout this holy season, receive weekly online tools to facilitate the Lenten practices of prayer, fasting, and almsgiving. Each week, you will receive a brief reflection on the Sunday Gospel, along with a prayer tailored to the message of the Gospel and a tangible, practical way to implement fasting and almsgiving. As we journey together through Lent, we will explore the idea of solidarity and what it means to be in communion with Christ as well as with our brothers and sisters in need. All are invited to sign up for this journey at www.solidaritybridge.org/lent
28. Would you please consider participating in a chaplain survey? *
Chaplain Elizabeth Kitamura of NYU Langone Health requested our participation in a valuable survey. She writes, “Recently, a number of stories have been published about controversial cases in which families objected to declaration of death by neurologic criteria (brain death). As a neurointensivist with an interest in neuroethics, I am working with a chaplain at my hospital (NYU Langone Medical Center) to explore the perspective of hospital chaplains on the use of neurologic criteria to declare death. We would greatly appreciate your willingness to provide us with your thoughts on this topic by completing a brief (10 minute) anonymous survey at https://openredcap.nyumc.org/apps/redcap/surveys/?s=W4A7ETEF8L. The results will be included in a research study which will ultimately be submitted for publication. If you have any questions, please feel free to email ariane.kansas.lewis@gmail.com. Thank you very much.
29. Other education offerings.
30. 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: Jennifer Luse, Sr. Theresa Chiappa SSC, Debra (Debbie) Shea and her family (for healing after the death of her husband, Danny.), Kathy Eldridge (for healing after the death of her son, Kurt), Conny Pawicz (husband of Mary Pawicz) Nolan (3-year-old grandson of member Dale Recinella), 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.
31. 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 MINISTER
Green Bay, WI – HSHS St Vincent Hospital
CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION
Rochester, MN – Mayo Clinic Hospital
CHAPLAINS (Remote chaplaincy positions)
Nationwide
MANAGER-SPIRITUAL CARE
Indianapolis, Indiana – Franciscan Health
FULL TIME CHAPLAIN NEEDED
Toledo, Ohio – St. Vincent Medical Center and Children’s Hospital
REGIONAL DIRECTOR, SPIRITUAL CARE
Toledo, Ohio – Mercy Health
CHAPLAIN (Fulltime)
Baltimore, Maryland – Mercy Health Services
BOARD CERTIFIED CHAPLAIN
Rosemont, Pennsylvania – The Holy Child Center in Rosemont
DIRECTOR of MISSION
Paducah, Kentucky – Bon Secours Mercy Health
CHAPLAIN
St. Cloud, Minnesota – CentraCare Health’s St. Cloud Hospital
DIRECTOR of PASTORAL CARE
Baton Rouge, Louisiana – Our Lady of the Lake Hospital
View these jobs and more at www.nacc.org/resources/positions.