Issue #360 – September 13, 2021
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NACC
1. Executive Director’s Reflection
2. Welcome to our new NACC members who joined us in August!
3. Get connected. Meet new people. Share your experience. Become a NACC volunteer!
4. Deaths of NACC members: Sr. Mary Alice Aschenbach and Sr. Theresa Chiappa SSC
5. Thank you to those of you who have already given to our 2021 Annual Member Campaign! Please join them!
6. Requesting All Board-Certified Chaplains interested in serving as a Certification Interviewer
7. Coming this Wednesday! DEADLINE September 15, 2021 – Initial Certification, Certified Associate Chaplain Applications are being accepted.
8. In Vision: ‘What happened to you?’ is the key question after a trauma
9. Vision seeks articles about enduring COVID
10. Remainder of NACC Networking Calls for September 2021 – All are welcome to participate!
11. The Member Listening Call for September will be this Thursday, September 16, 2021!
12. Listening Hearts are available
13. Healing Tree: a request for prayers
14. Please look at, like, and follow our NACC Social Media meme graphics!
15. We need you to promote chaplaincy as a ministry and profession in the Church!!
16. Great resources for those who want to learn of Chaplaincy! Stories From Chaplaincy & Paths to Chaplaincy
MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW FOR OUR NACC 2022 NATIONAL CONFERENCE!
17. Save this date for our Buffalo National Conference! Friday, March 25 through Monday, March 28, 2022!
18. 2022 Conference Theme and Objectives
19. 2022 NACC Conference Call for Workshop Proposals
CHAPLAINCY NEWS, EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS
20. Register today because this Thursday is our next NACC webinar! Spiritual Accompaniment: An Invitation to Soul Listening, Presented by Diane M. Millis PhD, September 16, 2021 ~ 12pm – 1:30pm Central Time
21. North Central Prairie Chaplains’ 2021 Conference: You can still register for this week’s conference! Join us virtually! September 16 and 17.
22. Don’t miss our wealth of October events presented in lieu of a National Conference!
23. “Come and Rest Awhile” – FREE event for chaplains in Michigan area. October 5, 10am – 2pm ET.
24. Other educational resources
25. Recent job postings
1. Executive Director’s Reflection
Two verses from yesterday’s reading have stayed with me. “The Lord GOD opens my ear that I may hear; and I have not rebelled, have not turned back.” (Isaiah 50:5) and “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself, take up his cross, and follow me.” (Mk.8:34) The context of the first verse, of course, is one of the Suffering Servant readings from Isaiah where the Servant expresses a resolve to stay the mission in the face of personal suffering. The Gospel verse is from Mark’s story of Jesus asking His disciples who He is, and when Peter confesses, Jesus gives His first passion prediction and calls his disciples to follow.
As both of these speak to experiencing or witnessing to some form of suffering, I could not help but think of the past months and the multiple forms of suffering people experienced or witnessed. I think of so many of you and your colleagues who had found the resolve to continue in the face of suffering, and the spiritual and emotional toll it is taking on all of you. Recently our NACC member, Mark Dickson, shared a video of an interview with Roper St. Francis Infectious Disease physician, Dr. Kent Stock who has treated about 3,000 COVID-19 patients. He reflects on what it has been like to be on the front line of this pandemic. His reflection and the personal toll he experiences are multiplied thousands upon thousands of times every day by so many of you and those with whom we work. www.youtube.com/watch?v=6ZFmQVmDS5o
At our Palliative and Hospice Care Network gathering this week, this topic came up as well. It left me reflecting on both the experience of witnessing suffering and of witnessing to suffering. Most of you witness all kinds of suffering every day, and those experiences cannot but take a personal toll on you on so many levels. We can be exhausted by it. As spiritual care providers and chaplains, and Catholic ministers of healing, there is also some profound witnessing to suffering that takes place by your resolve to remain present to suffering in way expressed by the Suffering Servant, “I have not rebelled, have not turned back.” Our resolve to remain present to people in those times, even when we can be angry as hell that one did not get vaccinated and could have avoided this degree of suffering, is some form of witnessing to suffering. It’s our resolve to remain a parent to a suffering child, or a son/daughter to a declining parent.
I wonder whether one way we ought to be hearing and heeding “Whoever wishes to come after me must deny himself (herself), take up his (her) cross, and follow me.” is this witness to the suffering around us, and trying to hold it/them in prayer even when we are feeling a real disdain for, or at least any emotionally distancing from, some who are suffering.
I find myself asking, “In the midst of witnessing suffering, how am I also to be witnessing to suffering? How do I hold these horrific sufferings I witness in the framework of my Christian belief of the sanctity of Cross.” Not that everyone believes in or finds spiritual solace in this belief, but how do I understand the phrases of the prayer, Soul of Christ, “May your passion and death be my strength and life. Jesus, with you by my side, enough has been given. May the shelter I seek be the shadow your cross.”
No answers here… Yet, what is the call for me to witness to suffering in the midst of witnessing it? What or who keeps me there and how do I stay human and alive in the midst of those times?
You are the ones who call me to live this mystery. Thank you.
David Lichter, D.Min.
Executive Director
2. Welcome to our new NACC members who joined us in August!
Please join us in welcoming our newest NACC members who joined us last month! Welcome, as together we continue the healing ministry of Jesus in the name of the Church!
Chaplaincy Ministry
Rev. Sylvester Chekwube Chukwumalume (West Islip, NY)
Ms. Suzanne Degnats (Atlanta, GA)
Ms. Julie A. Hommes (Portland, OR)
Fr. Eduardo R. Jimenez (Miami, FL)
Diana Moyet-Trerotola (Middletown, DE)
Rev. Fr. Richard Pius Okiria (Rocky Hill, CT)
Sister Regina Adaku Ozuzu HHCJ (Buffalo, NY)
Dr. Paul Sansone (Syracuse, NY)
Professional Ministry
Rabbi Stephen B. Roberts DD, MBA, BCC (New York, NY)
Student
Sr. Mary Pamela Eke (Elmwood Park, IL)
Catherine A. Kiley (Springboro, OH)
Volunteer Ministry
Tom Head Ph.D. (Jackson, MS)
3. Get connected. Meet new people. Share your experience. Become a NACC volunteer!
At NACC, we welcome everyone to the leadership table. Whether you have a specific gift, prior experience from a previous career, or an interest in learning something new, there is an opportunity for you to share your gifts to help our organization continue its mission! Term expirations and other considerations have created opportunities for you, our members to embrace new experiences and deepen your connection to the organization. The NACC strives to be representative of all its members, with all our diversity. Please come forward. Become involved. Visit our Association Leadership page to learn more.
Not sure where your gifts and interests fit? Contact Ramune Franitza rfranitza@nacc.org. She will put you in touch with a member of the Nominations Panel to set up a conversation.
4. Deaths of NACC members: Sr. Mary Alice Aschenbach and Sr. Theresa Chiappa SSC
We recently learned of the death of our NACC member, Sr. Mary Alice Aschenbach. She joined NACC in 1981 and was certified as a CPE Supervisor in 1983. She was a well-loved and active member of NACC. Please view this YouTube video where she spoke of her ministry and chaplaincy. Also read this beautiful obituary. May our dear Lord embrace her fully with the compassion and peace which she gave to so many.
We were notified just this morning of the death of Sister Theresa Chiappa SSC. Sister was a member of the NACC for the past 24 years. Sr. Jo Mascera sent us this note:
Sister Theresa went home to God on August 17, 2021. She was a pediatric chaplain at Morristown Medical Center, Morristown, New Jersey, until 2019, when she retired.
Sister was a proud and grateful member of NACC for many years. May she rest in God. Please pray for us.
https://www.legacy.com/us/obituaries/dailyrecord/name/sr-chiappa-obituary?pid=199865000
5. Thank you to those of you who have already given to our 2021 Annual Member Campaign! Please join them!
Our 2021 Annual Campaign has begun! We are deeply grateful to all those who have been able to give so far! To date, we have received 329 gifts totaling $41,600. 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.
Please give as you can! Blessings!
6. Requesting All Board-Certified Chaplains interested in serving as a Certification Interviewer
Whether you have served before, haven’t served in a while, or want to serve for the first time, please consider this valuable service to fellow chaplains. Please contact Lisa Sarenac at lisasarenac@nacc.org to be placed on a future list of Interviewers. Thank you for your consideration.
7. Coming this Wednesday! DEADLINE September 15, 2021 – Initial Certification, Certified Associate Chaplain Applications are being accepted.
We are currently accepting application portfolios for initial board-certified chaplain, initial VA board certified chaplain and certified associate chaplain applications. The application portfolios must be postmarked by September 15 or uploaded online on or before September 15. Application on our website: www.nacc.org/certification/certification-submission-form.
If you have any questions or would like informational materials on initial, associate or advanced certification, please contact Lisa Sarenac at lisasarenac@nacc.org or call (414) 483-4898 Ext. 304. Please keep our applicants and those considering Board Certification in your prayers.
8. In Vision: ‘What happened to you?’ is the key question after a trauma
Traumas of all types, stretching back to childhood, shape the person across from you in a pastoral care encounter. In our newest Vision article, Fr. Ragan Shriver, who has been using the technique for years in prison and social work settings, describes how to begin and what to look for.
‘What happened to you?’ is the key question after a trauma
9. Vision seeks articles about enduring COVID
Chaplains, and everyone else, have faced an unending series of new challenges in the past year and a half. For the next issue of Vision, we are hoping that you can take a deep breath and share some of what you have learned with your colleagues. What has helped? What are you finding you need more preparation for? How have you best been utilized? What staff innovations have occurred? What new rituals or services have proven to be healing? What major challenges do you encounter? What gives you hope, and how do you inspire hope in others? Please send your idea for an article to Vision editor David Lewellen, dlewellen@nacc.org.
10. Remainder of NACC Networking Calls for September 2021 – All are welcome to participate!
Thursday, September 16; 3 p.m. CT — NACC Member Listening (COVID) Call
Tuesday, September 21; 3 p.m. CT — NACC New Member Networking Call
Thursday, September 23; 3:30 p.m. CT — NACC Kentucky and AL, LA, MS, TN Networking Call
Thursday, September 30; 1 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 sign up to participate and receive the ZOOM code for the call. If you reply, you will receive a ZOOM passcode to connect connection via internet or smartphone. You may still call in using your phone. Registering for the call, even if you cannot participate, will allow you to receive notes of the conversation and resources shared.
Calls with less than 5 participants may be postponed.
Due to ZOOM security requirements, you may be placed in a waiting room. Please be patient until the host joins the call and allows you access. THANK YOU!
11. The Member Listening Call for September will be this Thursday, September 16, 2021!
With the rise of COVID cases and the refilling of hospitals, it’s again a strenuous time on health care staff and you as chaplains. Weariness, fatigue, and uncertainties return. We continue to offer our listening sessions and remain grateful for the participation and sharing that is happening during these virtual communities. The NACC strives to support those who have found it helpful and healing to share their thoughts and experiences in these gatherings, as well to be there for one another.
We continue to have good participation for our Member Listening. Thank you. NACC will offer a listening session on September 16. This is a general listening session asking for you to bring what is on your heart. Our topics vary to address what is important to you in the moment.
ATTENTION: You will need to register HERE for this call. You will be sent automatically the ZOOM information to access this session. If you have trouble registering, please let us know at info@nacc.org.
12. Listening Hearts are available
Listening Hearts are available for those in need of one-on-one conversation with a retired chaplain. (Spanish speaking chaplain available)
We recognize that these are unusual and uncertain times. You are continually stretched in new ways and faced with challenging choices.
Listening Hearts is available for NACC members seeking a listening presence from a NACC retired chaplain colleague. You may be experiencing and feeling the cumulative impact of the present global Pandemic or other life related stresses. For those providing support for others and navigating the new normal without the opportunity to gather with extended family/friends, visit a favorite restaurant or workout at the gym, we invite you to share the load by reaching out for a listening heart of an experienced and compassionate retired chaplain. Please contact Ramune Franitza (rfranitza@nacc.org) if you would like to speak with a Listening Heart.
13. Healing Tree: a request for prayers
The NACC holds the Healing Tree as a place for members to seek the supporting prayers of their colleagues. We prayerfully support and publish the names submitted by our membership for themselves or their family members. We also ask that you please include members and their families who have been affected by the COVID pandemic in your prayers
We continue to pray for our members: Sr. June M. Baker OP, Bonnie Burnett, Sr. Andre Dembowski RSM, Mary Espitia, Denice Foose, Sr. Leonie T. Iweh DMMM, Sr. Ellen Moore, Mary Beth Moran, Fr. Jim Radde SJ, Martiza Ramos-Pratt, Sr. Ann Regan SC, Sr. Paula M. Tinlin SND, and Sr. Louise F. Zaplitny SC.
For the intentions of: Sr. Maira Mary Barry OP (for Sr. Loyola Miller and Diana), Donald L. Brown (for Beth Ann Scannell and her husband Bob), Nicholas Perkins (for mother Pearl Marie Perkins), Pamela Proietti (for mother Carole Werrbach, sister Diane Brooks, brother Mark Werrbach and friend Vicki), and Sue Walker (for cousin Natalie).
For loved ones: Johnny Consigli (godson of Sr. Margaret Oettinger), Larry DuPlain (brother of Sr. Mary A. DuPlain SJSM), Brian Grasmick (husband of Victoria Grasmick), Fred Leas (husband of Charlotte Leas), Richard Valeriote (father of Catherine Valeriote), Autumn Vaughn (great-niece of Linda Bronersky), Michael (brother of Cathy Zylstra), and James (grandson Mary Pat Campbell),
For the families of: Margaret Foley, on the death of her husband “Chaplain Charlie” (Charles Foley), Rev Marc Angelo (on the death of his mother Felita Malave), Nancy Cook (on the death of her husband Randy Heydenberg), Sr. Emily Demuth CSC (on the death of her sister Bernice Wagner), Peggy (Margaret) Nixdorf (on the loss of her husband Richard), Michael Onuoha (on the death of his aunt), and Mary T. O’Neill (on the death of her brother Liam).
Please let us know if you would like our membership to pray for your health and healing by emailing Ramune Franitza (rfranitza@nacc.org). We will leave the person’s name on the Healing Tree list for three months unless you ask us to remove the name earlier. You can always request us to leave the name on longer.
14. Please look at, like, and follow our NACC Social Media meme graphics!
We continue to publish our popular social media meme graphics. The themes for this campaign are Chaplain Wisdom and Join NACC. They will post each Tuesday morning, and we would love for you to share them on your own personal social media channels, as you feel moved. Please make sure to like and follow us on Facebook (@choosechaplaincy), LinkedIn (@National Association of Catholic Chaplains) and on our new Instagram (@NACC_Chaplains).
15. We need you to promote chaplaincy as a ministry and profession in the Church!!
With church activity returning, remember that you can represent NACC and chaplaincy with materials for the narthex, Youth Groups, or other organizations within and outside of your church community. Check out our Choose Chaplaincy videos, Q& A, and materials on our website: www.nacc.org/about-nacc/choose-chaplaincy and www.nacc.org/about-nacc/choose-chaplaincy/materials
16. Great resources for those who want to learn of Chaplaincy! Stories From Chaplaincy & Paths to Chaplaincy
NACC’s most recent marketing effort is pushing chaplaincy videos on Facebook. These are posted every 2 weeks beginning on April 7th and will continue into September. Please view and like and share to make others aware of the gifts and talents chaplains share and their stories of how their journey happened. www.facebook.com/choosechaplaincy.
MARK YOUR CALENDAR NOW FOR OUR NACC 2022 NATIONAL CONFERENCE!
17. Save this date for our Buffalo National Conference! Friday, March 25 through Monday, March 28, 2022!
Our NACC members received some time ago a special notice that we changed the date of our next annual National Conference from end of October 2021 to Friday, March 25, 2022, through Monday, March 28, 2022. While we are disappointed that we needed to change the date again, the NACC Board of Directors appreciated the survey of our members that gave us convincing data that a fall 2021 date would not provide the attendance needed to make a National Conference successful. So, mark your calendars for 2022! We will meet in 2022!
Planning Update! The National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC) is continuing to plan for an in-person Conference in Buffalo, New York, at the end of March 2022. We are excited about, and look forward to, gathering with attendees in-person.
Please know however that we are monitoring the everchanging health environment and we will continue to follow all guidelines instituted by the CDC, the city of Buffalo, and the state of New York.
The Conference Planning team is working creatively to put together an enriching program and know how important and centering our common prayer and commemorative gatherings are to our Conference. We plan to announce the full program details and open registration in mid-late December.
For budgeting purposes, the nightly rate at the Conference hotel will be $149/night plus taxes. Early Bird registration cost will be approximately $425.
Please continue to watch the conference website and for electronic communications for more information as it becomes available.
18. 2022 Conference Theme and Objectives
The NACC is pleased to announce the theme and objectives for the 2022 National Conference is “Stretched by Life, Lifted by Faith.”
Our National Conference will be taking place two years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic and the subsequent violence born of racism and other biases. Multiple forms of polarization and discord have further divided our country, family, friends and even our Church. Trauma in many manifestations has needed to be identified and addressed. We are being stretched by life. Yet, as NACC members, we are ones who continue the healing ministry of Jesus in the name of the Church. The Paschal Mystery marks our lives and our profession. We know and experience that we are lifted by our faith. This Conference is devoted to gathering with one another to be a safe and sacred space to support one another in courageous and honest dialogue on those areas that challenge and stretch us to own our common humanity and destiny, as well as to identify and celebrate what makes and sustains us as healing ministers.
Chaplains will be able to:
- Initiate, renew and deepen relationships with colleagues (OL2, OL2.1).
- Attend to their own physical, emotional, and spiritual well-being through personal reflection, professional sharing, and communal ritual (PIC3).
- Ascertain and incorporate new pastoral care strategies and creative spiritual care practices developed in a pandemic and post-pandemic environment (PPS2, PPS5, PPS6, PPS9, OL1).
- Identify unconscious bias and racism in self, community, and culture, implementing tools to facilitate and foster greater awareness, effective spiritual support, and collaborative professional relationships (PIC1, PIC2, PPS3, OL2.1, OL4.1).
- Distinguish and articulate elements from the Catholic tradition which ground their personal spirituality and professional ministry as well as develop responsible strategies to deal with elements of the Catholic tradition causing personal and professional challenges (ITP2.1, ITP2.2, PIC3, PIC3.1, PIC5.1).
- Further articulate their identity as Catholic chaplains and ministers of the church (ITP2.1, ITP2.2, PIC5.1).
19. 2022 NACC Conference Call for Workshop Proposals
On behalf of the NACC, you are invited to submit an application to lead a workshop for the upcoming 2022 NACC Conference. This conference promises to be rich and memorable, with the gift of presence of friends, mentors and colleagues old and new. We welcome the addition of the gift of your presence as a workshop presenter. Visit the NACC website today to view the Submission Guidelines and download an application form.
CHAPLAINCY NEWS, EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS
20. Register today because this Thursday is our next NACC webinar! Spiritual Accompaniment: An Invitation to Soul Listening, Presented by Diane M. Millis PhD, September 16, 2021 ~ 12pm – 1:30pm Central Time
September’s NACC webinar this Thursday, September 16, 2021, 12:00-1:30 pm central time, will be on “Spiritual Accompaniment: An Invitation to Soul Listening,” presented by Diane M. Millis PhD. To learn more about the speaker and program, and to register, click here.
Overview and Objectives
To “listen” another’s soul into a condition of disclosure and discovery may be almost the greatest service that any human being ever performs for another. –Douglas Steere, Gleanings: A Random Harvest
Encouraging another’s soul to speak challenges us to go beyond the stance of active listening so many of us have been taught. In this webinar, we will consider approaches for deep, soulful listening. Since this manner of listening begins with ourselves, we will devote time to contemplation and reflection in addition to presentation and discussion.
As a result of this webinar, participants will be able to
- Articulate the conditions that invite another’s soul to speak.
- Demonstrate listening to their own souls as they listen to others.
- Explain what helps and hinders them from listening soulfully.
NACC Certification Competencies Addressed in this Webinar
PIC1, PIC2, PIC3, ITP2, IPT3, PPS2
21. North Central Prairie Chaplains’ 2021 Conference: You can still register for this week’s conference! Join us virtually! September 16 and 17.
Topic: Women of John’s Gospel as Models for Ministry in Our Time, Date/Time: September 16 @ 8:00 am – September 17 @ 5:00 pm
Christ the King Retreat Center, 621 South First Avenue, Buffalo, MN 55313 United States
Participate online through Zoom.
Dr. Catherine Cory is an associate professor of New Testament at the University of Saint Thomas in St. Paul, MN. She received her M.A. from the St. John’s University in Collegeville and her Ph.D. in Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity from the University of Notre Dame. Her areas of specialization are the Gospel of John and the Book of Revelation.
Register at web.nacc.org/events/2021-North-Central-Prairie-Chaplains-Conference-251/details
22. Don’t miss our wealth of October events presented in lieu of a National Conference!
Given the 2021 NACC Conference has been postponed to 2022, the NACC is offering a special October series of education/formation programs. We hope you can take advantage of these webinars and the virtual retreat!
Programs
Click the names of the events below to learn more about the program and presenter:
- Webinar ~ Practical Compassion (October 7, 2021 / 12pm – 2pm Central Time)
- Webinar ~ How to Make Space for Research When the Pager Keeps Going Off (October 14, 2021 / 1pm – 2:30 pm Central Time)
- Webinar ~ She-Who-Anoints in the Gospel of Mark (October 21, 2021 / 12pm – 1:30 pm Central Time)
- Virtual Retreat ~ Soulful Living, Grieving, and Aging (October 30, 2021 / 5pm – 9pm Central Time)
Continuing Education Hours
Participants qualify for 2.0 – 2.5 CEHs for webinars and 4.0 CEHS for the virtual retreat.
A Continuing Education Hour (CEH) certificate will be provided for each program and will be available for download by participants from the individual program websites.
Format
The webinars and the virtual retreat will be hosted using ZOOM. All webinars will be provided live and recorded. The retreat will be provided as a live virtual event only.
Please do not register for the retreat if you are unable to participate live.
Cost
- Individual Webinar = $40 NACC members / $20 NACC Student or Retired members / $60 Non members
- Package of 3 Webinars = $100 NACC members / $50 NACC Student or Retired members / $150 Non members
- Virtual Retreat = $50 NACC Members / $30 NACC Student or Retired members / $80 Non members
Registration
Please use the link below to register for the webinars and/or the virtual retreat. You may pay online using your credit card or select “bill me later” to send a check.
NACC members, please log-in to ensure you receive the ‘member rate.’ Please note that registration will not be considered complete until the NACC receives your registration fee.
Important Note: Cancellation of registration for the live retreat will be subject to a cancellation fee of $15. Cancellation must be submitted in writing to education@nacc.org by 5pm Central time on Tuesday, October 26, 2021.
CLICK HERE to REGISTER
Questions, please contact the NACC Office (education@nacc.org).
23. “Come and Rest Awhile” – FREE event for chaplains in Michigan area. October 5, 10am – 2pm ET.
It has been a difficult year and your heart is weary. You have carried much, beautifully, and for so long. We would like to invite you to this year’s NACC Michigan Chaplain’s Gathering, “Come and Rest Awhile.”
We have partnered with Blessed Sacrament Cathedral to offer you a day of prayer, of retreat, of fellowship and pilgrimage at the Cathedral of the Most Blessed Sacrament – the Mother Church and Apostolic Center of Arts & Culture of the Archdiocese of Detroit.
You are invited to be one of the very first groups to experience the Apostles like never before, with a personal invitation to the Upper Room. Come ready to listen to their story and in theirs, find your own. Each chaplain will have a personal moment with sacred relics and the saint who most calls to your heart and an opportunity to play a role in creating a shared piece of art.
We are honored to share this unique experience with you.
- Private Mass
- Guided Meditation and contemplative prayer with the Holy Relics
- Lunch
There is no cost for this day, it is a gift to you made possible by the generous sponsorship of “Alliance Catholic Credit Union.”
Check out more information and register by visiting: https://www.nacc.org/event/nacc-michigan-chaplains-gathering-come-and-rest-awhile/
24. Other educational resources:
- Please be sure to visit the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab website for its most recent resources.
- The Sisters of St. Joseph of LaGrange, whose Ministry of Arts has given NACC an art piece for its annual raffle at our national conference, is offering through their The Well Spirituality a two day, BRIDGING THE DIVIDES, TENDING THE GAP conference, Sept. 24-25. Find out more and register here: one.bidpal.net/bridgingdivides/welcome
- The George Washington Institute for Spirituality & Health is again offering its Interprofessional Spiritual Care Education Curriculum (ISPEC©), October 14-15, 2021 [VIRTUAL]. Please consider taking advantage of this special program. For more information and registration go to: www.nacc.org/event/34234
- The NACC recently received from Transforming Chaplaincy its Annual Report. The NACC is very grateful for being a partner with Transforming Chaplaincy and its continued work to strengthen spiritual care in healthcare through research education and spiritual care research. You can access its Annual Report that offers a summary of those efforts here.
- APC’s 2021 Fall Chaplain Symposium Co-laboring for Competency in Diversity early bird special rate ends this Wednesday, September 15. Hosted by APC®, all chaplains and spiritual caregivers are invited to the symposium, which will be presented virtually via Zoom on Thursday, October 21, 2021. Learn more about it here. https://www.professionalchaplains.org/content.asp?admin=Y&pl=72&sl=72&contentid=1099
25. Recent job postings
The following positions have been posted recently on our Positions Available page.
For more information go to https://www.nacc.org/resources/positions
EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR
National Association of Catholic Chaplains
PORT CHAPLAINCY MINISTRY
Galveston/Texas City, TX – The Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston
PRIEST
Springfield, MO – Mercy
DIRECTOR, PASTORAL CARE
Cedar Rapids, IA – Mercy Medical Center
CHAPLAIN
Baltimore, MD – Ascension Saint Agnes Hospital
CHAPLAIN – CATHOLIC PRIEST
Lubbock, TX – UMC Health System
DIRECTOR of SPIRITUAL CARE
Brentwood, NY – The Sisters of Saint Joseph
STAFF CHAPLAIN
Lewiston, Maine – Central Maine Healthcare
CERTIFIED CHAPLAIN
Corpus Christi, TX – CHRISTUS Spohn Health System
CHAPLAIN
Evansville, IN – Deaconess Hospital
CHAPLAIN
Quincy, IL – Blessing Health System