Issue #312 – November 11, 2019
Veterans Day

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1. Executive Director’s Reflection
2. NACC welcomes our new members who joined NACC in October!
3. Announcing the 2020 Award recipients.
4. Thank you to those of you who have already given to our 2019 Annual Member Campaign! Please join them!
5. NACC Certification: Are you considering board certification with the NACC? Register now for a free webinar on the topic!
6. Thank you for our members’ responses to “We Need Your Help!” and we can still use your help!
7. NACC Networking calls for December 2019 – All are welcome to participate!
8. In Vision: Ministry after miscarriage supports women and partners
9. Vision seeks authors for ministry to veterans

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
2020 CONFERENCE, Monday, May 11 – Thursday, May 14 in Cleveland, Ohio!

10. Monday May 11 – Thursday, May 14, 2020, for 2020 Conference!
11. Here are our plenary speakers for the 2020 Conference!

CHAPLAINCY NEWS, EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS

12. Register now for our next Webinar on December 5, 2019!! Storying: The Gift that Keeps on Giving, presented by Rod Accardi, DMin, BCC and Karen Pugliese MA, BCC-PCHAC.
13. Don’t miss the special 3-part NACC webinar series on Addressing the Spiritual Needs of Persons with Dementia, presented by Dr. Debbie Armenta.
14. This week, November 15th, is deadline for submitting presentation applications for the 2020 NACC Webinar Series! Send yours today!
15. NACC Local Events
16. Interesting news items on chaplaincy
17. We were glad to hear from NACC members regarding their Spiritual Care Week activities! Here is an example.
18. Healing Tree: a request for prayers
19. Recent job postings

1. Executive Director’s Reflection
The last line in yesterday’s Gospel (Luke 20:27-38) was, “For he is not the God of the dead, but of the living: for all live to him.” It was Jesus ending to the Sadducees’ proposed afterlife conundrum of the seven brothers each having the same woman as their wife. Of course, the question is raised from the men’s point of view “whose wife will she be?!” Jesus turns their ill-intended inquiry about who belongs to whom into another “who belongs to whom” by emphasizing God is “of the living, for all live in Him.” We belong in God; we are children of the Resurrection.

I appreciated reading this again as we mark Veterans’ Day today in our United States. With every man and woman, I join in mourning the deaths and marking the lives of the thousands of men and women who gave their lives in the many wars fought over the decades. These men and women fought for our country, in wars waged often motivated and started by issues of possession of land and people – what and who belongs to whom?

So many of our veterans, men and women, are scarred from these wars, as they bear the physical, emotional, and spiritual wounds of their dutiful service for our country. How do we serve them? Having seen so much death, how does our ministry live out the belief that God is “of the living, for all live in Him?” How do we embody this very real spiritual possession that they need not fight for, but live within?

As NACC, we are grateful for our colleagues in the National Conference of Veterans Affairs Catholic Chaplains (NCVACC) (http://www.ncvacc.net/) who tend to the spiritual and emotional needs of our veterans. Over the past year, we have partnered with them to assume the certifying and renewal of certification of their members. NCVACC board certified members will become NACC members and be certified with us as BCC-VA and continue to renew their certification with us. NCVACC members who seek to become board certified will need to become NACC members to apply for their BCC-VA.

For the past decade plus, the NCVACC had as their USCCB approved certification standards the Common Qualifications and Competencies, the NACC Catholic competencies, and their specific competencies for serving our veterans. Therefore, this partnership was grounded in years of prior collaboration. We welcome our colleagues and look forward to learning from them how better to serve our brothers and sisters who have served our country. It is not a coincidence that our next issue of Vision, for January-February, will carry the theme of ministry to veterans (see below for more information).

On this Veterans Day, we hold up those who have died and live in the Heart of God, and experience the fullness of belonging in God, being possessed by the Unending Love that God is. We also are grateful for our brothers and sisters who serve or have served in the armed forces, and those who care for them.

Blessings,

David Lichter, D.Min.
Executive Director

2. NACC welcomes our new members who joined NACC in October!

We are grateful to and welcome warmly our new NACC members who joined us in October!

Full Members
Mrs. Yulia Kazakova (Attleboro, MA)
Rev. Christian C. Laslo (Dearborn, MI)
Rev. Chris J. LeBlanc (Evanston, IL)
Mr. Michael J. Lefebvre (Simsbury, CT)
Rev. Richard H. Nichols SJ (Washington, DC)

Student Member
Mr. Douglas J. Fitzmorris (Yorktown Heights, NY)

3. Announcing the 2020 Award recipients.
The NACC Board of Directors is excited and proud to announce the following recipients of the 2020 Awards.

Distinguished Service Award

Emergent Leader Award

More information about our awardees will be forthcoming, and we will be honoring them at the Vision 20/20 The Future of Spiritual Care Conference in 2020, Monday, May 11, through Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Cleveland, Ohio.

4. Thank you to those of you who have already given to our 2019 Annual Member Campaign! Please join them!
We are deeply grateful to all those who have been able to give so far to our 2019 Annual Campaign. To date, we have received 436 gifts totaling $52,088 compared to 414 gifts totaling $46,882 at this time last year. If you have not yet been able to donate, please consider doing so today or this week! Thank you!

Please note: You can also make your donation online RIGHT NOW by going to the Annual Campaign webpage (www.nacc.org/donate) or just click here to donate: https://nationalcatholicwiassoc.wliinc32.com/donate. Please give as you can! Blessings!

5. NACC Certification: Are you considering board certification with the NACC? Register now for a free webinar on the topic!
If you are considering board certification with the NACC don’t miss a free webinar on the topic, scheduled for Thursday, November 21, 2019 – 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Central Time (starting 10:00 a.m. Pacific, 11:00 a.m. Mountain, 1:00 p.m. Eastern). Bonnie J. McCulley BCC and Bro. Kenney Gorman CFX, BCC will present Certification by the NACC. There is still time to register for this free webinar!

This webinar will provide participants with an overview of the NACC certification process, with special attention to the revised NACC competencies and procedures. We will present key information about certification and provide a forum for answering questions about certification with the NACC. This free webinar will be presented by members of the NACC Certification Commission. It is a repeat of the webinar that was presented in June.

Even though the webinar is offered at no charge, your registration is required so that we can send you the information to access the webinar. You can register for it online by clicking on this LINK. If you prefer to register using a paper registration form, a downloadable registration form can be accessed at this LINK. Alternatively, you may send an e-mail expressing your interest to Andris Kursietis at the national office: akursietis@nacc.org.

Participants qualify for 2.0 CEHs total for the session (which includes 90 minutes for the webinar plus 30 minutes preparation time).

6. Thank you for our members’ responses to “We Need Your Help!” and we can still use your help!
We are grateful to the more than 50 members who responded with a willingness to share NACC Choose Chaplaincy materials with their parishes during Spiritual Care week and Vocations week.
We continue to ask for your help in bringing awareness of the profession of chaplaincy. Visit our webpage: www.choosechaplaincy.org to see what is available to download, including bulletin graphics. You can contact Ramune Franitza (rfranitza@nacc.org) to receive brochures and posters for your parish or organization. Please approach your pastor and organizational leadership!

7. NACC Networking calls for December 2019 – All are welcome to participate!

Wednesday, December 4, 2019 at 2 p.m. CT NACC Nurse Chaplain Networking Call
Monday, December 9, 2019 at 1 p.m. CT NACC CPE-E Community of Practice Call
Thursday, December 12, 2019 at 2 p.m. CT NACC Purposeful Retirement
Networking Call
To sign up or for more information, questions, comments or concerns contact Ramune Franitza at rfranitza@nacc.org.

You must reply to participate and receive the ZOOM code for the call. If you reply, we will forward ZOOM passcodes for a visual connection via internet or, if you prefer, you can still call in using a phone line. Registering for the call, even if you cannot participate, will allow you to receive notes of the conversation and resources shared.

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!

8. In Vision: Ministry after miscarriage supports women and partners
Women who miscarry may feel the loss of their child as acutely as if they had given birth – or they may not. In the new issue of Vision, Jennifer Potter discusses how she tailors her bereavement ministry to each patient and each partner.
www.nacc.org/vision/november-december-2019/ministry-after-miscarriage-supports-women-and-partners

9. Vision seeks authors for ministry to veterans
The January-February issue of Vision will cover ministry to veterans, in any setting where chaplains work. We are particularly looking for articles about ministry to veterans from different wars and eras; moral trauma; and ministry to families. If you can address that topic or have an idea for another article, please contact Vision editor David Lewellen, dlewellen@nacc.org. The deadline is Dec. 9.

MARK YOUR CALENDARS!
2020 CONFERENCE, Monday, May 11 – Thursday, May 14 in Cleveland, Ohio!

10. Monday May 11 – Thursday, May 14, 2020, for 2020 Conference!
Mark your calendars for the Vision 20/20 The Future of Spiritual Care Conference in 2020! This conference will be held Monday, May 11, through Thursday, May 14, 2020, in Cleveland, Ohio. It will be preceded by pre-conference workshops (PDI). Plan to join us!

11. Here are our plenary speakers for the 2020 Conference!
We have a great lineup of plenary speakers for our Vision 20/20 The Future of Spiritual Care Conference in 2020! Please plan to join us!

• Monday, 5/11/20, Dr. Shane Sinclair, PhD, Associate Professor, Faculty of Nursing, University of Calgary
• Tuesday, 5/12/20, Dr. Rhonda Magee, MA JD, Professor of Law, University of San Francisco
• Wednesday, 5/14/20, Dr. Adrienne Boissy, MD, MA, Chief Experience Office, Cleveland Clinic
• Thursday, 5/14/20, Dr. Eboo Patel, MD, MA, President, Interfaith Youth Core (IFYC)

Learn more about them at: www.nacc.org/2020-vision/2020-plenary-speakers.

CHAPLAINCY NEWS, EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS

12. Register now for our next Webinar on December 5, 2019!! Storying: The Gift that Keeps on Giving, presented by Rod Accardi, DMin, BCC and Karen Pugliese MA, BCC-PCHAC.
On Thursday, December 5, 2019 – 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Central Time NACC is offering the webinar, Storying: The Gift that Keeps on Giving, presented by Rod Accardi, DMin, BCC and Karen Pugliese MA, BCC-PCHAC. At the heart of spiritual care is eliciting, listening to, discerning spiritual significance within, and honoring patient stories. Chaplains do not engage in this ministry in isolation, but rather within a web of connection. StoryCorps Legacy encourages and supports the act of reminiscence for people with serious illness and their families. This webinar will tell the story of how we became aware of StoryCorps Legacy, applied for and secured funding for the program, selected and trained Facilitators, partner with staff to identify patients for recording, and how we continue to spread the word and celebrate the fruits of this partnership.

Program Objectives

1. Preserve and share the stories of people affected by serious illness, including caregivers.
2. Articulate the necessity of organizational alignment (e.g. Patients First, Teamwork, patient
   engagement, employee engagement, Magnet Relationship Based Care, etc.).
3. Strategize ways of operationalizing Narrative Theology that honors patient/family/caregiver stories, partners with staff in enhanced listening, preserves the voice of the patient for generations to come.

About the Presenters
Rod Accardi, D. Min. is Director of Spiritual Care Resources at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. He has a BA in Theology, Master of Education, Doctor of Ministry, and is a former NACC Certified CPE Supervisor (1982-2007) and is currently a Board Certified Chaplain with the NACC. Rod has taught at the college level for 6 years and made numerous presentations around the country over the past 37 years including ACHE, APC, NACC, CHA, ASA Forum on Religion, Spirituality and Aging, etc. He has also facilitated numerous retreats and workshops.

Karen Pugliese MA BCC-PCHAC is an Advanced Practice Chaplain at Northwestern Medicine Central DuPage Hospital in Winfield, Illinois. She holds a BA in Religious Studies, and a Master of Religious Studies. Karen was Chair of the Board of Directors of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains in 2007-2008. She served as a Key Advisor to Making Health Care Whole: Integrating Spirituality into Patient Care by Christina Puchalski, MD and Berry Ferrell, RN, PhD, and contributed content to the Templeton Foundation funded Palliative Care Consensus Conference. She also served as a Mentor in the Coleman Foundation Palliative Medicine Training Program and has made numerous presentations around the country over the past 27 years including APC, ACHE, NACC, ASA, CHA, AACCN, IONL and the Beryl Institute. She too has facilitated numerous retreats and workshops.

For more information about our webinars, and how to register, please click on the following link: NACC Webinars – registration and information

13. Don’t miss the special 3-part NACC webinar series on Addressing the Spiritual Needs of Persons with Dementia, presented by Dr. Debbie Armenta.
Earlier this year NACC member Dr. Debbie Armenta presented a workshop at the NACC national conference entitled Addressing the Spiritual Needs of Persons with Dementia in Parish Ministry. Based on the positive reception to her workshop and the expressed requests by NACC webinar participants for more information about working with dementia patients, at the invitation of the NACC Debbie has agreed to present a webinar series, in three parts, that covers the topic in more depth.

Dr. Debbie Armenta is an Assistant Professor of Pastoral Theology, and an Associate. Coordinator of Teaching Parish Formation Program for Mundelein Seminary. Dr. Armenta has spent over three decades in parish and diocesan ministry as well as chaplaincy in 4 dioceses across the US. She has an MA and an MDiv and completed her Doctorate in Spirituality as a Bernardin Scholar at Catholic Theological Union. Her doctoral dissertation appropriates Eastern Christian desert spirituality for formation of ministers in the Church. Additional certifications and training for Dr. Armenta include courses in Spirituality, Spiritual Direction, Leadership, Pastoral Associate Certification and Dementia Person Centered Care Training. In Sept. of 2019, Dr. Armenta was recently selected to present research at the International joint Conference for the Society of the Study of Christian Spirituality/Forum of Spirituality Professors, Italy. Her work will be published by Dec. of 2019 in Mysterion Magazine. She is currently working towards her board certification with the National Association for Catholic Chaplains. Debbie has been married for 33 years, is a proud mother of four sons and lives in Northern Illinois.

Participant cost for these three sessions is $75 for NACC members, $90 for non-members, which includes all three sessions. This series will provide 4.5 CEH’s.

The three sessions will take place on the following dates:

• Tuesday, November 19 (12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. Central Time)
• Tuesday, November 26 (12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. Central Time)
• Tuesday, December 3 (12:00 noon – 1:00 p.m. Central Time)

For further details, including information on how to register for this webinar series, please click on the following link: REGISTER.

14. This week, November 15th, is deadline for submitting presentation applications for the 2020 NACC Webinar Series! Send yours today!
We can still use your webinar presentation application for our NACC 2020 webinar series! Would you consider submitting an application to present a webinar next year?

NACC webinars are usually held on the second or third Thursday of each month of the year, excluding the month in which the NACC National Conference falls (in 2020 the conference will take place in May). Each webinar is scheduled for 90 minutes (which includes a 15-20 minute Q&A session after the presentation itself), starting at 12:00 p.m. Central Time. All webinars are recorded, and therefore the presenter(s) will be required to sign a consent form to that effect. A speaker stipend of $250 is offered per webinar.

We would welcome your submission on any topic that you feel would be of interest to chaplains.

For your information, and without intending to place any limitations on your choice of subject matter, below is a suggested list of topics that the NACC Education Advisory Panel thought would be of interest to participants in our 2020 webinar series:

• Interpreting staffing models for chaplaincy
• Addressing controversial issues (transgender care, pediatric and geriatric EOL)
• Challenging issues in chaplaincy (research breakthroughs in spiritual care)
• Emerging horizons of spiritual care/chaplaincy
• Medical Assistance in Dying

If you are interested in presenting a NACC webinar in 2020 on one of the above topics (or if you have a suggestion for a different topic), please download and complete the application form from the following link: WEBINARS 2020 and submit it to Andris Kursietis at the NACC national office (akursietis@nacc.org) by November 15, 2019.

15. NACC Local Events

• Baltimore, MD
  On Tuesday, November 12 (12:00 – 4:00 p.m.), Dr. Joel Shuman will present on the topic of Reclaiming Broken Bodies: Thinking Theologically about the Opioid Crisis at the Mercy Medical Center in Baltimore. In the second half of the program, NACC Executive Director David Lichter will provide updates on NACC activities and initiatives.

  For further details and registration information, please use the following link: REGISTER.

• Milwaukee, WI
  A gathering of area chaplains is planned in Milwaukee on Thursday, November 21 (11:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m.). Chaplains Jake Taxis and Theresa Utschig will explore ways in which evidence-based Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) can deepen pastoral encounters, strengthen a chaplain’s resilience, and enrich the art of spiritual caregiving. To learn more about the program and to register online, please click on this LINK.

16. Interesting news items on chaplaincy

• Is there a shortage of sacramental care for the elderly in the U.S.? (America magazine)
  NACC member, Alan Bowman, was interviewed for this article.
  https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2019/10/29/there-shortage-sacramental-care-elderly-us
• Mary Gautier, retiring from CARA, knows nostalgia is no match for data.
  Mary recently assisted with the CHA/NACC Spiritual Care Survey.
  https://www.ncronline.org/news/people/mary-gautier-retiring-cara-knows-nostalgia-no-match-data
• EXCLUSIVE: Questions raised over murder conviction of Florida man on death row.
  James Dailey is on death row in Florida and new evidence shows case for exoneration. NACC member, Dale Recinella, longtime chaplain on death row, was interviewed for this article.
  https://www.firstcoastnews.com/article/news/crime/advocates-try-to-save-florida-man-on-death-row/77-a390f77a-342e-41e6-ac75-944c8ee9a11c
• When jail chaplains are volunteers, some faiths are more present than others.
  Another important article on representatives of faith traditions providing spiritual and religious care in jails and prisons.
  https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2019-11-02/la-me-inmate-chaplain-requests

17. We were glad to hear from NACC members regarding their Spiritual Care Week activities! Here is an example.
Our NACC Canadian member, Adriana Rengifo, M.A., Registered Psychotherapist, CRPO Agente de Soutien Spirituels, Soins continus Bruyère, Clinical Chaplain, Bruyère Continuing Care., Orléans, Ontario, shared the poster that her department prepared to highlight Spiritual and Religious Care Week. The poster is available on their Info-net and has a link to each Chaplain’s bio! Thank you for sharing this, Adriana!
Here is a link to the poster.
If you have examples or samples from your marking Spiritual Care Week, please let us know by sending to Phil Paradowski at pparadowski@nacc.org.

18. 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: Kathi Schaaf (Sister of Sr. Charlene Schaaf CDP who recently died and for Sr. Charlene and her family), Edward and Connie Laviolette (parents of Lisa A. Laviolette-Bondt BCC), Nolan (4-year-old grandson of member Dale Recinella), Fr. Jim Radde, SJ, Isabelita Boquiren, Susan Balling, Jim and Frances Castello.

19. 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.

CHAPLAIN-VOLUNTEER SERVICES
Quincy, IL – Blessing Health

SPANISH LANGUAGE CHAPLAIN, Full Time
Washington, DC – Children’s National Hospital

FULL-TIME CHAPLAIN
Jacksonville, FL – Ascension St Vincent’s Riverside Campus

MANAGER of SPIRITUAL CARE
Bellingham, WA – PeaceHealth

CERTIFIED CHAPLAIN (Part-Time)
El Paso, TX – Bienvivir All-Inclusive Senior Health

SPIRITUAL CARE MANAGER
Albany, NY – St. Peter’s Health Partners

SPIRITUAL CARE DIRECTOR
New Brighton, MN – Benedictine Health Center at Innsbruck

DIRECTOR of SPIRITUAL CARE – Trinity Health
Livonia, MI – Trinity Health