Issue #221 – April 11, 2016

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1. Executive Director’s Reflection
In yesterday’s Gospel from John, we have one of most entertaining Resurrection narratives where the disciples just went back fishing without much success until Jesus, as a stranger, encourages them to “cast the net over the right side of the boat and you will find something.” Sure enough – the net was loaded. This opened the disciples’ eyes to the Risen Lord’s presence. This narrative is often cited when we are doing things the same old ways with the same passionless disposition. The Lord then awakens us to His presence by some startling abundance. We then recognize the Lord, and feel foolish about our paucity of belief.

I appreciated this reading again, after having read Eric Hall’s recent submission in HealthCare Chaplaincy Network’s (HCCN) News. Eric began by quoting from Walter Smith, S.J.’s 2012 address to COMISS on the occasion he received due recognition for his many years (1991-2013) of contributions to chaplaincy. We all remain indebted to Walter for his significant impact on and passion for our profession.

Eric included these quotes from Walter:

“The current system in professional chaplaincy is not sustainable and we must develop and embrace a different mode …Without an empirical base that validates the outcomes of their professional work, chaplaincy as a profession will remain on the margin of health care, and not be able to justify further investment of limited health care dollars to support its professional endeavors.”
“Despite many good efforts, chaplaincy still lacks an organized, strong, united, proactive and representative national voice. Chaplaincy as a field is not a significant professional participant in the national health care policy debate, nor does it have an appropriate and sustained lobbying presence with those who are playing key roles in shaping the future of American health care. Chaplains have to be at the table and speaking persuasively if their contributions are to be understood and included as the health care landscape is being re-engineered.”

Eric then makes this observation, “Walter had delivered this message in previous years. So had other thought leaders in the professional chaplaincy field. The problem as I see it is they still do today. The same message. The same concerns. Why when there is so much that can be getting done?”

Then further on he states, “But not enough has been done to strengthen the health care chaplaincy profession. Not enough has been done to support chaplains in their role. Not enough has been done to advocate for the profession…There is much more to accomplish. Now is the time to make spiritual care a priority.”

The article ended by welcoming comments, so I want to use this setting to make a few comments.

1. First of all, I certainly appreciate the strengths of research and efforts towards advocacy that HCCN has brought and continues to bring to the table, and have shared that with the author. These are important to us.

2. Secondly, it was Walter Smith’s vision that all our cognate groups would become one organization creating the one voice for chaplaincy. However, over the years I have come to appreciate and value not only the distinctive role each of our cognate partners (ACPE, APC, NAJC, CASC) has in advancing chaplaincy, but the exciting and passionate collaboration that currently exists among our organizations to advance chaplaincy through our revising the Common Standards; our rewriting the 2001 White Paper; our affirming Standards of Practice; our common commitment toward promoting research literacy; our common dialogue with The Joint Commission; our common efforts to prepare our chaplains to work in the changing healthcare environment.

This is ONE effort toward ONE voice. Will we ever be one organization in the near future? I don’t know. If, for instance, NAJC, NACC, APC, and ACPE, were to become one organization, there would still be another dozen (or many more) chaplaincy organizations out there trying to position themselves as reputable organizations. I do know each of us is dedicated to and appreciative of our common efforts, and we all feel and are driven by urgency to advance the chaplaincy profession and position it as an evidence-based profession.

3. We can echo the article’s “not enough” mantra, but that does not discourage us. Over recent years, like the disciples in the boat, we have cast our nets on the right side – that is, collaborative initiatives that are producing good fruit. Is it “enough”? Will it ever be enough? For me, it’s the wrong question. To use John’s verse, “Cast the net over the right side of the boat,” my question is, “are we casting our efforts on the right side?” Casting our efforts toward collaborative initiatives, for me, is the “right” effort.

4. Yes, collaborative initiatives might take a little longer but, I believe, they will produce a better result as they did with the White Paper and Common Standards. We published in the March 14, 2016 NACC Now an announcement about HCCN’s “evidenced-based quality indicators for spiritual care developed by a panel of international experts” with a link to HCCN’s website. We noted that these were done without the engagement of any of the cognate partners. They were a surprise to us. Thus, now we work to understand and assess them. Amen to using a panel of experts; however, had our cognate groups had some involvement, we believe these indicators would have been better. But we need to move forward… Hopefully together.

5. Finally, the article concludes, “There is much more to accomplish. Now is the time to make spiritual care a priority.” To the fact that there is “much more to accomplish,” we say “Amen!” To making “spiritual care a priority,” Amen again! It has been and remains the cognate groups’ priority. We also believe casting our nets on the right side of collaboration will bring the abundance needed.

Continued blessings on your Easter Season,

David Lichter, D.Min.
Executive Director

2. Welcome to our new NACC members who joined us in March 2016!
We extend a warm welcome to our newest NACC members who joined us in March!

Full Members
Mrs. Tina M. Balentine (Diamondhead, MS)
Rev. Gabriel Bentil (Inez, TX)
Chaplain Gillian M. Corcoran (Santa Fe, NM)
Mr. Boby Kurian (Grand Prairie, TX)
Mr. Zachary A. Mocek (New Albany, IN)
Deacon Jacek J. Muszynski (Holyoke, MA)
Mr. William P. O’Brien (Orange, CA)
Mr. Jacques N. Philippeaux (Baldwin, NY)

Student Members
Mrs. Margaret A. Lanctot (Hanover Park, IL)
Ms. Michelle a. Tellier (Hyde Park, MA)
Mr. Albert Waszok (Wheaton, IL)

Associate Member
Mrs. Fara M. Patti (Freeburg, IL)

3. NACC’s 2015 Annual Report is now available on NACC Website!
Please go to www.nacc.org/about-nacc/annual-reports to review our NACC 2015 Annual Report. This Report is the NACC’s leaders’ accountability report to you, our members. As members, we are grateful to the NACC Board of Directors, member leaders of the committees, commissions, panels, task forces, all members who contribute in our certification process, all donors and institutional supporters, as well as the NACC staff for their roles and commitment to advance the mission of NACC to continue the healing mission of Jesus in the name of the Church.

4. NACC’s 50th Jubilee Book of Recollections now available on NACC Website!
We are excited to make available to our members a book of recollections to mark NACC’s 50th Jubilee, 1965-2015. Also you will find at the end of the book a very helpful 50-year grid cataloguing key events of the years. Last year had many memorable moments, and we appreciate the many individuals who contributed to the book, especially Vision Editor, David Lewellen, who oversaw the process. www.nacc.org/about-nacc/history

5. Congratulations to all our NACC members celebrating 25 years as a member or BCC!
We extend a hearty congratulations and a deep thank you to all our NACC members who are marking their 25th year as an NACC member and/or their 25th year as a board certified chaplain. Please join in a prayer of gratitude for their ministries. You will find a listing of those members on this page. May you continue the healing ministry many more years!

6. Have you replied to the NACC member survey to help us with our planning?
Our NACC members were sent a survey to help us best present NACC as worthy of financial support from foundations and other prospective funders. We are seeking your insights into how we can state NACC’s value proposition. Your input and perspective are critical in our engagement with potential donors. If you are an NACC member, and have not completed this very brief survey, please do so by going to https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/T5R5QQS. Thank you in advance for your time! Your input will help NACC reach out to new constituencies. We look forward to keeping you updated on our progress. The survey will close Friday, April 22, 2016.

7. Upcoming NACC networking calls in April/May
In the coming weeks, the NACC will be hosting several networking calls.

Thursday, April 28, at 11:00 a.m. Central Time – Palliative Care/Hospice
Thursday, May 19, at 2:00 p.m. Central Time – Integrative Health

This is a new call for us! We will explore a wide range of responses to patient care.

We will be setting up a call for Educational/Medical Institution Chaplaincy

This is a new call for us! We will explore the role of the chaplain bridging institutional cultures.

We will be setting up a call for members that are experiencing institutional pastoral care programs and/or staff reductions.

If you wish to participate and currently do not receive notice of these calls, please contact Tim Charek (tcharek@nacc.org).

8. What kind of moral distress exists in a pediatric hospital setting? Read in Vision.
Our NACC member, Jim Manzardo, who works in a pediatric hospital setting, shares the many moral dilemmas daily faced by staff. To read more in the new issue of Vision, please see: Conditions in pediatric hospital ripe for moral distress – By Jim Manzardo

9. The NACC is deeply grateful to the many systems who already are 2016 Institutional Partners!
The NACC is deeply grateful to the many 2016 Institutional Partners, Endorsers, Supporters, Advocates, and Affiliates who so far have committed in 2016 to partner with the NACC in advancing and supporting the spiritual care profession. If you do not see your system on the growing list, please consider asking to become a partner. You can go to our Institutional Partners page or contact David Lichter (dlichter@nacc.org).

2016 NATIONAL CONFERENCE APRIL 22-25, 2016

10. Join the 2016 Conference via streaming!
As you know, this year’s 2016 Conference will be held April 22-25, 2016, at the Chicago Marriott O’Hare in Chicago, Illinois. Well over 400 of our members will be coming to celebrate, learn, worship, and network together. For those of you who cannot attend the conference, we have again been able to arrange for streaming* of the plenary speakers, along with the opening prayer session. These sessions will also be recorded and the recordings made available to you after the event.

This year we needed to charge a modest amount for participating in the live streamed sessions or for accessing the recordings at a later time, to help us cover these streaming costs. This fee is $80 for NACC members and $100 for non-NACC members. This fee covers the opening ceremony and all four plenary speaker sessions. Please note: we do NOT offer separate registration for individual events. This is a package deal that encompasses all the events listed below. We offer 7 CEH’s (1.75 hours per plenary session).

We hope you will be able to take advantage of this LIVE experience of these presentations, a very special offering. The sessions that will be the subject of live streaming are:

Friday, April 22, 2016, at 2:00 pm: Conference Welcome/Opening Prayer and Remembrance of Deceased NACC Members

Friday, April 22, 2016, at 3:00 pm: Do Not Quench the Spirit: Being Open to the Spirit that Transforms, Renews and Gives Hope in Today’s World, by C. Vanessa White, MTS, DMin

Saturday, April 23, 2016, at 10:15 am: Resilience: Returning to God, by Brother Loughlan Sofield, ST, BA, MA

Sunday, April 24, 2016, at 8:45 am: Evidence-Based Chaplaincy Care: Transforming Our Practice, by George Fitchett, DMin, PhD

Monday, April 25, 2016, at 9:00 am: Hope and Good Dying: What Do Chaplains Have to Offer When Cure is “Off the Table”?, by Carol Taylor, PhD, MSN, RN

Please note that all times listed are Central Time.

To view the streamed sessions requires a computer with Internet access. Please take a few moments and CLICK HERE to register online. Once registered, you will receive a confirmation email with a link to the site where the plenary sessions may be viewed.

*Streaming is the transmission or reception of live video and audio coverage of an event over the Internet

11. Sunday Afternoon Bus to Chicago
On Sunday afternoon, April 24, 2016, the NACC has arranged for bus transportation to take interested conference participants to the downtown Chicago area. The bus will depart the conference hotel at 3:15 pm and will drop riders off at Navy Pier in downtown Chicago. The bus will pick up at Navy Pier in the early evening (7:00 pm) and transport participants back to the hotel. Conference participants will be responsible for making their own plans for activities once in the city. Our local conference chairs have come up with some suggestions for activities you may find of interest and that information can be found on the NACC website (see link below).

The registration cost ($18 per person) covers the bus transportation to and from the Conference hotel to downtown Chicago. Please visit the NACC website to learn more about this opportunity and to register to take the bus. If you have previously expressed interest in this opportunity, please know that you still need to register for the bus. Registration for this event will close on Sunday, April 17, 2016.

More Information and Registration – click here: Special Sunday Event: Bus to Downtown Chicago

12. Haven’t registered for the conference, but interested in attending?
While pre-registration has now closed, please know that you will still have the opportunity to register to attend the conference when you arrive onsite. Visit the conference registration desk (starting Friday at 7:00 am) to register!
We look forward to welcoming all those who can make it. Please contact the NACC office with any questions (conference@nacc.org).

13. The NACC is deeply grateful to all who have become our 2016 Conference Sponsors
The NACC is deeply grateful to all who have become our 2016 Conference Sponsors, whose financial support helps us keep our fees reasonable, and makes affordable our top quality speakers, and excellent events! Thank you all. Please go to www.nacc.org/conference/gratitude to recognize our 2016 Conference Sponsors.

14. As you register or even if you have already registered, you can still donate to the NACC Scholarship Fund.
Please consider a donation to the NACC Scholarship Fund. All donations received will help an NACC member to attend the NACC National Conference. Every dollar counts; no amount is too big or small.
The online portal is now closed but you can still send a donation via check. Thank you for your support.

CHAPLAINCY NEWS, EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS

15.
Last call for sharing screening questions being used in outpatient settings! *
The CHA Pastoral Care Advisory Committee is seeking to identify and create mutual learning among systems and hospitals that have developed and begun to use/test screening question(s) for spiritual care asked by non-chaplains in outpatient settings. Please let us know if your organization is using or beginning to use a screening question in those settings. Once you have contacted us, we will send you a brief questionnaire to help us learn of your setting. The plan is to create a mutual learning opportunity for this group that will benefit all of us going forward. Please let David Lichter (dlichter@nacc.org) know if your organization has begun screening for spiritual care in those outpatient settings.

16.
Resources for examining spiritual care staffing *
Over the past weeks, the NACC has received calls regarding resources for examining spiritual services staffing. Some resources to consider are two from the CHA Pastoral Care Advisory Committee: the Sept.-Oct. 2014 Health Progress article by Brian Smith that was the result of work done by the Staffing Subcommittee (www.chausa.org/publications/health-progress/article/september-october-2014/spiritual-care-in-the-midst-of-health-care-reform) and a grid that looks at the focus of spiritual care across the continuum of care. Also please see Staffing for Quality Chaplaincy Care Services: A Position paper of the APC Commission on Quality in Pastoral Services on the APC website.

Resources here: www.nacc.org/resources/spiritual-care-department-resources/department-structure
If you are currently developing tools for staffing or want to create a learning group with others addressing this issue, please let David Lichter (dlichter@nacc.org) know.

17. NACC member, Chuck Sidoti, publishes new book, Simple Contemplative Spirituality.
Our NACC member, Chuck Sidoti, who has previously published and has offered NACC workshops, has recently published a new book entitled Simple Contemplative Spirituality. Read more about it at his LinkedIn post or the publisher’s website
http://amordeus.com/giftShopProductDetails.aspx?itemID=520. Congratulations, Chuck!

18. Register for the remaining NACC 2016 Webinars.
You can register for a discounted price for all the remaining NACC 2016 Webinars.
To register online, please click on this LINK. To download a paper registration form, please click HERE.

Here are the remaining webinars.

Continuous Quality Improvement for Spiritual Care Services
Presented by Diane Kreslins, BCC, MPC, Spiritual Director
Thursday, May 19, 2016 – 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Central Time

Program Summary
Diane Kreslins has had spiritual care leadership roles in several settings and has developed ways to improve how and what is offered. Recently retired from leadership roles, Diane will offer ways to assess the quality of one’s spiritual care service in healthcare in light of current national standards, and to identify quality improvement based on the results of one’s assessment to ensure quality spiritual care services.

Program Objectives
1. Review of the current national standards for quality spiritual care services in healthcare as established by chaplaincy certifying associations
2. Identify a Quality Assessment Questionnaire to assess current standards of practice of spiritual care services in your organization
3. Knowledge on how to compare your current standard of practice to the national standard of practice
4. Identify quality improvement based on results of assessment to ensure quality spiritual care services

The Mercy Outpatient Setting: What We are Learning and Developing
Presented by Jennifer Cobb and Mercy Spiritual Care Leaders
Thursday, June 23, 2016 – 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Central Time

Program Summary
Chaplaincy Beyond the Hospital: What We’ve Learned and Our Next Steps. Mercy, along with its 46 acute care and specialty (heart, children’s, orthopedic and rehab) hospitals, has more than 700 physician practices and outpatient facilities in Arkansas, Kansas, Missouri and Oklahoma. For several years, Mercy’s mission and spiritual care leaders have been pioneering the development and implementation of spiritual care services beyond the acute care setting. In addition to a wide variety of patient settings, Mercy chaplains also innovate through using technology to provide spiritual care. Since 2014, telephone and email encounters have become a stable part of how chaplains offer spiritual care for those outside the hospital setting. In 2015, Mercy teleSpiritual Care offered the first use of virtual chaplaincy as part of an integrated team approach to in-home patient care. Jennifer Cobb, Director of Mercy Mission & Spiritual Care, and leaders of spiritual care services will offer what they have learned through this journey and what they are initiating now.

Chaplaincy Support for Employee Resilience: A Work of Improvisation
Presented by Charles Ceronsky, BCC, Director Spiritual Care Services, and Judy Connolly, BCC, D.Min, Chaplain
Thursday, July 14, 2016 – 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Central Time

Program Summary
Across the country, healthcare reform is demonstrating the need for more robust staff engagement even as the stress associated with rapid change mounts. The science of resilience is advancing in ways that suggest that the skillset of professional chaplains is particularly important and timely in that regard. As part of our system-wide strategic planning three years ago, Spiritual Health Services at University of Minnesota Health decided to move beyond mere availability to staff and declare nurturing staff resilience a strategic initiative. This webinar offers a case study of efforts and outcomes that are now fueling new thinking and creative openings for the role of chaplaincy in the support of staff and providers.

Program Objectives
1. Summarize the research that underlines the value of building resiliency in healthcare organizations.
2. Discuss the role of a strategic planning process to generate insight and resolve to prioritize staff resiliency work.
3. Describe the relationship of this initiative with institutional priorities for clinical excellence, patient satisfaction, and employee engagement.
4. Review specific strategies and interventions to consider for your setting.

Certification by the NACC
Presented by the NACC
Thursday, July 28, 2016 – 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Central Time

Program Summary
This webinar will provide participants with an overview of the NACC certification process, with special attention to the revised NACC standards 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. This webinar will be repeated in November.

Renewal of Certification by the NACC
Presented by NACC Certification Commissioners: Augustine (Austine) Duru, MA, MDiv, BCC, Kathleen M. Ponce, MAPS, BCC, and Jane W. Smith, DMin, BCC, AADP
Thursday, August 18, 2016 – 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Central Time

Program Summary
This webinar will provide participants with an overview of the renewal of certification process and documentation and provide a forum for answering questions about NACC renewal of certification. This free webinar will be presented by members of the NACC Certification Commission.

Metrics for Spiritual Care Interventions: a CHI Kentucky One Initiative
Presented by Rabbi Dr. Nadia Siritsky, MSSW, BCC
Thursday, September 22, 2016 – 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Central Time

Program Summary
CHI Kentucky One’s Jewish Hospital in Louisville, KY, gets over 100 Emergency Department (ED) visits a day that puts pressure on maintaining high quality service and on staff health. The Jewish Hospital Clinical and Operational Excellence (COE) team worked collaboratively with the Pastoral Care and Clinical and Process Excellence (CPE) to launch an innovative Chaplain Intervention Program (ChIP) that integrated skilled chaplains into the ED environment with a two-fold approach to provide patient care and deliver staff support. Mission leader, Rabbi Nadia Siritsky, BCC, a social researcher by background, will share the process of developing the metrics used to measure effectiveness, what they are learning, and how they are moving forward to integrate metrics in spiritual care.

What Every Chaplain Should Know About the Business of Health Care
Presented by Tim Crowley, MHA, MAPM, LFACHE
Thursday, October 13, 2016 – 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Central Time

Program Summary
The revised Standards of Practice for Chaplains includes Standard 15, Business Acumen: The chaplain values and utilizes business principles, practices and regulatory requirements appropriate to the chaplain’s role in the organization. NACC (and the Common standards) include standards 305.1 Promote the integration of Pastoral/Spiritual Care into the life and service of the institution in which it resides and 305.3 Articulate an understanding of institutional culture and systems, and systemic relationships. What does this look like from the perspective of Tim Crowley, a hospital executive for over 35 years, who is completing his CPE to become a board certified chaplain for hospice? Tim will offer his healthcare business perspective, providing answers to such questions as: Where does revenue come from? What is my role in managing expenses? Do I really need to manage a budget? Why is spiritual care under the microscope? How does a pastoral care director explain the value proposition of the pastoral care department to administration?

About the Presenter
Tim Crowley is a retired Hospital Executive with 37 years of experience leading hospitals ranging in size from small rural to large urban. He is a Life Fellow of the American College of Healthcare Executives. He is a married father of two and a grandfather of five. Tim and his wife, Katie, live in Loveland, OH. He is working toward an encore career as a hospice chaplain, and is currently in his third unit of CPE at Twin Towers, a continuing care retirement community in Cincinnati. He spent much of his career serving as a mentor to students in health administration, and serves as volunteer faculty with the MHA Program at the University of Cincinnati. He also serves on community boards for organizations which focus on the care of seniors, and leads a grief support group at his parish. He holds a BS in Psychology from the University of Illinois, a Master in Hospital and Healthcare Administration from Saint Louis University and a Master of Arts in Pastoral Ministry from The Athenaeum of Ohio. A Chicago native, he is an avid golfer and relishes a broad circle of friends.

Ethical Issues Facing Our Healthcare Settings, and Implications for Spiritual Care
Presented by Rev. Thomas A. Nairn, OFM, PhD
Thursday, November 10, 2016 – 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Central Time

Program Summary
This webinar will provide an overview of the ethical issues that face the work environments within which we function as chaplains. Fr. Thomas Nairn will examine these issues through the lens of the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Care, and offer suggestions on their importance for our spiritual care ministry.

Certification by the NACC
Presented by the NACC
Thursday, November 17, 2016 – 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Central Time

Program Summary
This webinar is a repeat of the July presentation, and will provide participants with an overview of the NACC certification process, with special attention to the revised NACC standards 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.

Chaplaincy and the Ritual Ministry: Its Role and Value
Presented by Jim Letourneau, BCC and Linda Bronersky, BCC-S
Thursday, December 8, 2016 – 12:00 noon to 1:30 p.m. Central Time

Program Summary
In the Sept.-Oct. 2014 issue of Health Progress, Brian Smith noted that “The third core competency of spiritual care is the skillful facilitation of meaningful ritual. Rituals serve a deeply human need to create meaning, honor important events and create sacred space for patients, families and communities. Spiritual care providers offer ritual care for a variety of needs and occasions.” Linda Bronersky and Jim Letourneau will explore the role and value of the ministry of ritual, providing a variety of examples of what they have provided and experienced.

19. Other Education Opportunities

May 24-25, 2016, Presence Health – Saint Francis Hospital, Evanston, Illinois, is offering a 2016 Clergy Institute on “End-of-life-care: Controversies, Complications, and Challenges.” Click for more info

For other educational offerings go to our event calendar.

20. Have you recently checked out the Association of Professional Chaplains webinars?
The APC continues to offer a very helpful series of webinars on a variety of topics on professional chaplaincy. If you have not recently checked them out, please go to: www.professionalchaplains.org/calendar_list.asp

21. Healing Tree: a request for prayers*
Please let us know if you would like our membership to pray for your health and healing. Also please let us know when you want us to remove your name from our Healing Tree.

We continue to pray for: Julie Bablin, the family of Dale Dewitt, Fr. Douglas F. Faraci, Maritza Ramos-Pratt, Jane Chiamaka Onuoha (very young baby of our NACC member Michael Onuoha), Kathleen (Kate) Sullivan, Sandy Tiefenbrun (spouse of Anita Barni), Marie Coglianese, Nancy and Sheila Amrich (nieces-in-law of NACC member Sr. Paracleta Amrich), Isabelita Boquiren, Diana Annunziato (Mother-in-law of NACC staffer Jeanine Annunziato), Sister Patricia Watkins, GNSH, Rev. Gerald U. Onuoha, David Markiewicz (grandson of recently deceased NACC member Roberta Markiewicz), Sister Stephanie Morales, FMI, Marybeth Harmon, Renato Fallico, Susan Balling, Maria Meneses, Chaplain Julia Mary Sweeney (mourning the death of her sister, Margaret Maureen Lewis, BA Honors), Sr. Sheila Prendeville, CPPS, Sister M. Dianna Hell, Sister Maria Theresa Hronec, Betty and Louis Skonieczny, Jim Castello, Jeff Michel (brother-in-law of David Lichter), Thomas from Chicago (12 years old), Thomas Smiley (brother of member Diane Smiley), Marga Halala, Donn Renfro (son-in-law of Karen Pugliese), Amy in Atlanta (friend of NACC member Theresa Sullivan), Thomas (grandson of NACC member Ginny Grimes Allen), Beth from Boston (friend of NACC member Dana Sandlin), Sr. Janet Bielmann, Elizabeth A. Walsh, Francesco Marshall, Glenn and Pat Teske, Susan Murphy, Fr. Jim Radde, SJ, Sr. Mary Clare Boland, SP, Sr. Phyllis Ann DiRenzo, Kathy Brier (daughter of NACC member Theresa Brier), Gloria Troxler, Fr. Kevin Ikpah, and Kelly Elizabeth Sexton (daughter of NACC member Melyssa Sexton).

22. 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.

PRIEST CHAPLAIN
Towson, Maryland – UM St. Joseph Medical Center

CATHOLIC CHAPLAIN
UNM Hospitals, Albuquerque, New Mexico

PRIEST-CHAPLAIN
Anchorage, Alaska – Providence Alaska Medical Center

DIOCESAN COORDINATOR of CATHOLIC HOSPITAL MINISTRY
Jefferson City, Missouri – The Diocese of Jefferson City

MANAGER SPIRITUAL CARE
Chicago, Illinois – Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago

CHAPLAIN
Boise, Idaho – Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center

ONCOLOGY CHAPLAIN
Milwaukee, Wisconsin – St. Joseph’s Hospital

CHAPLAIN SITE COORDINATOR
Austin, Texas – Dell Children’s Medical Center of Central Texas

ONCOLOGY CHAPLAINCY FELLOWSHIP
Lancaster, Pennsylvania – Lancaster General Health/Penn Medicine

DEAN of SPIRITUAL and RELIGIOUS LIFE
Middlebury, Vermont – Middlebury College

STAFF CHAPLAIN – HOSPITAL
Pittsfield, Massachusetts – Berkshire Medical Center

CHAPLAINS – PASTORAL CARE
Henderson, Nevada – St. Rose Dominican Hospitals

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