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Vision
- Journeying together: World Café gathers NACC members’ thoughts
- NACC business meeting looks toward new possibilities
- Vision: Reports from our 2022 National Conference
  - Years ago, healing service lifted burden of anger and grief
  - First-timer at the conference feels the blessing to his life and faith
  - Journeying together: World Café gathers NACC members’ thoughts
  - NACC business meeting looks toward new possibilities
  - Newly certified chaplains enjoy face-to-face celebration
  - Spiritual care can extend to systemwide wellness efforts
  - Chaplains asked to do the hard work of antiracism
  - How to use poetry in ministry? ‘First of all, don’t call it a poem’
- Vision, June/July 2022
  - Examining moral distress can lead to moral resilience
  - Critical incident debriefing mitigates moral distress after difficult cases
  - Identifying moral injury by name is a good place to start
  - Insights into veterans’ moral injury carry over to healthcare workers
  - Pandemic spread moral injury widely in healthcare settings
  - Spiritual intervention may alleviate moral injury and depression among nurses
  - Tested interventions for moral injury (if we call it that)
  - “No matter what I do, it feels wrong:” A moral distress case study
- Vision, April/May 2022 (unthemed)
  - Simple chaplain interventions make a measurable difference
  - Moms’ reluctance to let dying children go forces tough reflections
  - Book describes constructive uses of confrontation in spiritual care
  - Pay more attention to the powerful force of empathy
  - What do nurses need to know about chaplaincy?
  - PTSD at end of life requires extra thought and compassion
  - NACC adjusts Strategic Plan to account for tumultuous times
  - Worldwide synod is also opportunity for NACC to learn more
- Vision, January/February 2022
  - Careers as neurobiologist and chaplain parallel each other
  - Career in hospital administration finally led to chaplaincy
  - Moving from nursing to chaplaincy was a response to God’s whisper
  - The meaning of life: Rock and roll and chaplaincy
  - From music to academia to chaplaincy, nothing is wasted
  - Acting and singing career transfers easily to chaplaincy
  - Ex-technical writer uses her existing skills on the hospital floor
  - From canon law to chaplaincy, the connection is compassion
  - From managing wildlife to caring for people, it all makes sense
  - Musician, teacher, dietician – all roads led to chaplaincy
  - After psychiatric nursing, pastoral care required new mindset
- November/December 2021
  - Deathbed reunions allow lives to close with meaning
  - Jesus’ invitation to friendship is waiting for us
  - Patient learns that friendship means accepting as well as giving
  - Spiritual direction points toward deeper relationships with God and others
  - Healthy relationships require unity but not uniformity
- Vision – NACC-related and unthemed articles
  - USCCB and NACC enjoy decades of mutual resourcing and support
  - A final column: 14 years of supporting the healing ministry of Jesus
  - New executive director feels vocation to support others’ ministry
  - Ethics Commission can offer informal help with difficult situations
- Vision, July/August 2021
  - Trauma recovery center creates safe environment for patients
  - Trauma-informed care: Another tool for chaplains’ box
  - Research offers clues for delivering trauma-informed care
  - ‘What happened to you?’ is the key question after a trauma
  - Police chaplain delivers trauma care in the places where it’s needed
  - Trauma-informed care has become a necessary part of chaplaincy
- Vision, September-October 2021
  - Physician office workers appreciate blessing of hands ceremony
  - A world in labor: Present trauma may lead us to something better
  - Chaplains give valuable input on religious exemption requests
  - Telechaplaincy is here to stay
  - Chaplains create ritual to help nursing staff cope with COVID losses
  - Awareness of God’s love helps interactions with other people
  - Compassion for the unvaccinated remains necessary in spiritual care
- March-April 2021
  - Through a year of quarantine, hope has remained constant
  - How has a year of pandemic changed me?
  - Pandemic anniversary ceremonies offer chance to reflect
  - Pandemic didn’t stop patient from making peace with his life
  - Resiliency practices: Evidence-based interventions that inspire hope
  - Mutual listening sessions help nurses cope with heartache
  - Biography of CPE pioneer Boisen draws on new material
  - VA works to build veterans’ resilience in pandemic
- May-June 2021
  - Support for Catholic prison ministry moves forward
  - Effective prison ministry depends on minister’s approach
  - Twenty years in correctional chaplaincy: Sharing humanity and setting boundaries
  - Parish-based jail ministry is rooted in local community
  - Ministry to released prisoners means facing their private hell
  - Attention, white prison volunteers: Systemic racism is real
  - Jail chaplains minister to all walks of life
  - NACC sponsors new pathways to prepare for prison ministry
  - Which character in the prodigal son parable are you going to be?
- Index of Vision authors
- January-February 2018
  - 2018 plenary speakers cover many disciplines
  - Before crisis hits, build trust with community clergy
  - Chaplains minister throughout California wildfires
  - Disaster preparation reminds us of life’s fragility
  - First responder to Orlando nightclub shooting considers lessons learned
  - How do chaplains address ethical issues after a disaster?
  - Hurricane Harvey forces system to put plans into action
  - Lessons learned on the run from Hurricane Katrina
  - Listening with the heart breaks down barriers of belief
  - So you want to volunteer? Start here.
  - Deploying to a disaster: Pack lightly, be flexible, care for yourself
- January-February 2019
  - Anointing of the sick gains meaning with others present
  - Christmas lights help wife face new reality
  - Education about advance directives can pay dividends later
  - Ethics and end-of-life care: Embracing the mystery
  - Hear My Voice: Patients get a chance to put their legacy on paper
  - Mementoes of children’s lives help parents through grief
  - Money, money, money: Serving God, not mammon, at the end of life
  - Naming our beloved: A day of honoring loved ones’ grief
  - New, improved palliative care guidelines enhance view of spirituality
  - The beginnings of palliative care: Teamwork, respect, self-awareness
  - The view from 88: The passing of friends and the passage of time
- January-February 2020
  - Chaplains offer safe space to veterans with PTSD and addiction
  - Dying veteran confronts moral injury as ALS worsens
  - Honoring the health care needs of our nation’s veterans
  - Horses and dogs help re-integrate veterans into society
  - Hospitals honor veterans’ service in life and death
  - Memories of discipline define the veteran experience
  - Military sexual trauma may scar veterans’ lives
  - NACC embraces new, official role in ministry to veterans
  - Prayer ritual helps cancer-stricken vet resolve moral injury
  - Social workers help meet veterans’ inner and outer needs
  - VA medical center offers hope and healing across generations
- January-February 2021
  - Chaplains can address politics in the workplace – very carefully
  - Hearing racism, chaplains can say many things – but do say something
  - Inner silence helps chaplains navigate interpersonal chaos
  - As families absorb bad news, chaplains stand in the middle ground
  - How does a chaplain answer in the midst of an argument ?
  - If you’re being introduced to a racist: What would Jesus do?
  - Jesus and the Samaritan woman model how to bridge gaps
- July-August 2018
  - Bishop Vann: Bearing the cloak of love and mercy
  - Boissy shares stories of empathy and studies of satisfaction
  - Case study research points way forward for chaplaincy
  - Collaborative conference is a taste of things to come
  - Gross addresses he(art) and science of collaboration
  - Healing service washes participants in love
  - James Mason: Hearing is not enough
  - NACC business meeting considers future initiatives
  - Newly certified chaplain finds conference is where she was meant to be
  - Palliative care workshop represents another collaboration landmark
  - Successful conference took contributions from many volunteers
  - The missioning ceremony:
    Memories of a call
  - Two associations, one conference, many special moments
- July-August 2019
  - Business meeting: How to attract more and younger chaplains?
  - Cardinal Cupich leads Sunday Mass
  - Conference moves NACC toward collaboration goals
  - Conference visitor finds new connections and calls to ministry
  - NACC honors three outstanding contributors
  - Newly certified chaplain finds growing edge in beautiful setting
  - Newly certified chaplains celebrate in a spiritual setting
  - Panel discussion: Where does pastoral care go from here?
  - Pre-conference retreat: Time to breathe, to rest, to remember
  - Robert Mundle: The power of genuine listening
  - Sacred space enhances sacrament of anointing
  - Workshops fill the spaces in between convening
  - Zeni Fox: Taking the very long view of lay leadership
- July-August 2020
  - Autobiographical book serves as introduction to Ignatian spirituality
  - Being present with no agenda helps in grief – and other situations
  - Grief: Our ally in ministry, our companion in loss
  - Grieving for our pre-pandemic lives is normal
  - Now chaplains, and everyone, need to work through disillusionment
  - Pandemic time is chrysalis stage to create something new
  - Patients can reframe suffering as chance to make meaning
  - Patients who can’t communicate have spiritual needs, too
  - Scripture offers further thoughts about how we handle grief
  - Shared grief can help people and communities grow
  - Virtual chaplain circle offers support in time of loss
  - We need new rituals to acknowledge our losses
- March-April 2018
  - Chaplain in outpatient office gets reimbursement for ‘the conversation’
  - Chaplains should know advance directive laws in their state
  - Chaplains’ skills are suited to the advance directive conversation
  - Ethical and Religious Directives can help form care plan
  - How one advance care meeting led to three directives
  - POLST might help more patients get the care they want
  - Psychiatric advance directive might help patients with mental illness
  - Spiritual care treatise goes beyond medical records
  - The Communion of Saints: A fresh look at a traditional belief
  - The Five Wishes serve as helpful planning tool
  - Advance care planning takes hold across a system and a region
- March-April 2019
  - Caring for the caregivers on the front lines of trafficking
  - Human trafficking has become a healthcare issue
  - Human trafficking: Implications for Chaplains
  - ICD-10 codes will raise awareness, gather data on trafficking
  - Medical advocate role helps trafficking survivors
  - Printed protocols help staff screen for trafficking victims
  - The many faces of trafficking: A survivor’s story
  - Trafficking is wide-ranging, but resources are available
- March-April 2020
  - When the gift can’t be received: The double loss of organ rejection
  - Advance directives make ideal time to plan organ donation
  - Dementia communication tools will benefit professionals
  - End of life and organ donation may look different to Muslims
  - Ethics of organ donation range across many realms
  - More people considering organ donation while alive
  - Organ procurement groups can collaborate with chaplains
  - Parents choose to share their son with others in need
  - Pastorally sensitive process helps families understand neurological death
  - Priest’s gift of kidney to parishioner gives everyone new outlook on life
  - Research literature sheds light on organ donation process
  - Weight of history works against African-American donations
- May-June 2018
  - Acknowledge ‘dumb God talk,’ and get past it
  - Craving wholeness:
    The complexity of addiction
  - Dual diagnosis of addiction, mental illness presents extra problems
  - For many of us, the epidemic is personal
  - Informed hope: Chaplains’ powerful tool in the opioid epidemic
  - Joint conference with APC will offer education, growth, and fun
  - My long night’s journey into day
  - Plenary speaker lineup addresses conference’s four themes
  - Research on opioid addiction and spiritual care yields mixed results
  - Roots of crisis might lie in spiritual public health
- May-June 2019
  - A lifetime of perspective: Retired chaplains share their insights
  - Aging happens to all of us (including the NACC)
  - Communicating in the language of dementia
  - Evidence-based spiritual care for elderly patients: Insights from research
  - Older adults find spirituality in community
  - Theological anthropology: Reclaiming personhood for people living with dementia
  - Training Eucharistic ministers gives retired priests new ministry
  - Verbatims prepare pastoral care ministers for home visits
  - Working with older adults benefits chaplain, too
- May-June 2020
  - Articles from early in pandemic still feed our minds and spirits
  - At this time, numbness is nature’s gift to us
  - Contemplating death on Easter Monday in the time of COVID
  - Coronavirus also changes prison ministry
  - COVID recovery: A member’s story
  - COVID-19 and Catholic social teaching: Choose life
  - Fear and faith in response to the coronavirus
  - Hospital staff find ways to cope with stress of COVID
  - In the midst of pandemic, the normal remains
  - Letting go of the daffodils
  - Ministry by phone offers connection to nursing home residents
  - Moment of grace keeps chaplain going in pandemic
  - Remote pastoral care: From St. Paul to telechaplaincy
  - Stretching our capacities includes adapting to online funerals
  - Welcome to a new Vision for new times
  - Who else faced this kind of volatility and uncertainty? The apostles.
  - ‘Grief kits’ help assure families that loved ones in hospital are not alone
  - ‘Wounded healer’ label fits better than ‘heroes’
- November-December 2017
  - When a child dies:
    Transforming the sterile into sacred
  - The holy movement:
    Ministering to families in the ED
  - What traits make a good emergency chaplain?
  - Conflict mediation is part of chaplain’s job in ED
  - Chaplain on Code Blue team faces unique challenges
  - Caring for ED staff takes time and trust
  - Spiritual care helps save ED staff from burnout
  - Research Update:
    Spiritual Care in Emergency Medicine
  - Associate certification begins in 2018
  - Acceptance and commitment therapy unites spirit and psychology
- November-December 2018
  - Venezuelan refugees pouring across Colombian border share food and fellowship
  - African refugees in France get an accompanying presence
  - Along with ministry, advocate to change the system
  - College chaplain suffers with undocumented students
  - How do we minister to refugees? With the skills we have
  - Immigration attorneys offer guidance for spiritual care providers
  - Listen to immigrants’ stories with cultural humility
  - Ministry in a detention center from the inside out
  - Renewal of certification: Here’s what you need to know
  - Two backpacks: A story of death and life on the border
- November-December 2019
  - Authors’ idea of ‘new happiness’ has been around for millennia
  - Emergency baptisms and blessings range across faiths and cultures
  - Fragility is part of the miracle of birth
  - Hospital staff can alleviate NICU parents’ stress
  - Ministry after miscarriage supports women and partners
  - Regular perinatal burial service honors families’ loss
  - Spiritual care in the perinatal space: Evidence from research
  - Spiritual support of pediatric staff takes many forms
  - With love and openness, infant’s death won’t traumatize siblings
- November-December 2020
  - 15-minute daily pause is enough to improve mental health
  - As pandemic challenges minds and spirits, we find new ways to cope
  - As pandemic challenges minds and spirits, we find new ways to cope
  - Chaplains can help families work through grief
  - How to celebrate the new year at a safe distance – and other COVID-19 rituals
  - Love wins. Prayer works. The spirit survives.
  - Pandemic puts unique strains on pediatric hospitals
  - Pandemic strains our mental health in unexpected ways
  - Telechaplaincy represents new opportunity for parish ministry
  - Virtual rituals help families cope with loss
  - ‘One day at a time,’ we can get through anything
- September-October 2018
  - Catholic outreach fits into NACC’s strategic plan
  - Collaboration across Catholic agencies has come a long way
  - Elder ministry training could be bridge to CPE
  - Following the call from Communion minister to BCC
  - For better or for worse, a lot of Richard Rohr
  - Healthcare Chaplaincy and Prison Chaplaincy:
    Two Sides of the Same Coin
  - If science predicts when you will die, how does that affect your spirit?
  - In Houston, more chaplains, more volunteers, more coordination
  - Support of pastoral care could follow model for parish ministry
  - Training program lets parishes send out volunteers with confidence
  - Volunteers in Diocese of Dallas get greater opportunities
  - What matters at the end of life
  - Working across ministries earns bishops’ appreciation
- September-October 2019
  - A spiritual intervention for pain palliation
  - Chaplains can advocate for proper pain management
  - Chaplains can ease patients’ fears of opioid addiction
  - Giving meaning to suffering helps create healing
  - Listening compassionately to the pain and suffering of elders
  - Out of Rwandan genocide, a Tutsi priest offers forgiveness
  - Art and nature can help patients manage their pain
  - Emotional pain may spill over into body or spirit
  - Listening to residents’ concerns helps alleviate spiritual pain
  - Spiritual care can make a difference for patients in chronic pain
  - Spiritual inputs from brain can modify physical pain
  - When does pain serve a useful function?
  - When pain can’t be fixed, presence remains
- September-October 2020
  - Beyond competence: Cultural humility means lifelong openness
  - Chaplains’ skills of listening are tool to address racism
  - Fighting racism also has to happen from within
  - Interracial marriage offers firsthand look at racism – and numbness
  - Micro-aggressions represent the subtle side of racism
  - Seeing grief but missing anger: A moment of cultural learning
  - Unpacking a knapsack full of privileges
  - When so many can’t breathe, chaplains witness to the breath of God
  - White people, recognize the racist water we swim in
  - “Not from you”: Direct racism is still with us
  - “Where are you from?” is a loaded question
- July-August 2017
  - Behavioral health patients in the emergency department get interdisciplinary approach
  - Breaking the sound barrier: Chaplains, speech therapists help stroke survivors
  - Chaplain and case manager collaborate on difficult patient
  - Chaplains need skill and confidence to write effective chart notes
  - Chaplains’ interdisciplinary role has made progress
  - Doubt becomes opportunity to grow in faith
  - How do others on the team use chaplains?
  - Interdisciplinary chaplains: Perspectives from research
  - Pediatric team of specialists help each other work better
  - Physician and chaplain team up for patients with heart failure
  - The interdisciplinary team model: Clinician perspectives
  - Transdisciplinary care:
    The next frontier
- May-June 2017
  - A Diverse Set of Workshops
  - Business meeting: Past successes, future opportunities
  - Every year, conference brings renewal and fellowship
  - Is research part of our Emmaus journey?
  - Literary dialogue partner invites reframing of story
  - Love is Contagious: Anointing
  - Many paths, one truth; many faiths, one God
  - Megan McKenna: Walking the road, telling the story
  - NACC’s road to Emmaus covers a lot of ground
  - Newly certified chaplains get warm welcome
  - On the road to interpretation
  - Recognition for Nancy Cook, George Fitchett, Cecille Asekoff
  - Restored and renewed
  - Reyes offers catalytic conversions with conversing narratives
  - Wind of the Spirit pushes retreat participants
  - ‘Art of Dying’ translates imperfectly to secular age
- September-October 2017
  - Facilitation skills necessary in many settings
  - How has the certification procedure changed?
  - Learning to see through the door
  - NACC certification: Meeting the hardest competencies
  - Revised competencies took a lot of work and collaboration
  - Skill at assessments carries many other benefits
  - Summer institute makes research more accessible
  - Understanding organization’s culture helps to cope with change
  - Understanding the business of healthcare
  - What does endorsement for ministry mean?
- January-February 2017
  - Creating a culture of patient- and family-centered care:
    The role of chaplains
  - Finding the spirituality
    in all of life
  - Home care ministry includes family caregivers, too
  - Spiritual Care in a Public Healthcare System
  - Spiritual care helped this son say goodbye
  - Rituals help patients and family mark turning points
  - Ceremonies let families say goodbye after miscarriage
  - Chaplains can help families make difficult decisions
  - Young caregivers
    need to be recognized
  - Ministry to families:
    What the research tells us
  - Ministry to Families at End of Life: Chaplaincy 360
  - What awaits you at the NACC conference?
- March-April 2017
  - The End of the Island provides companionship on our journey
  - Catholic collaborations extend NACC’s reach
  - Cooperation vs. collaboration: A black Lab explains
  - Five cognate groups unite to revise Common Standards
  - Four associations put egos aside to revise writing guide
  - Looking back at a decade of collaboration with CHA
  - NACC participates in Transforming Chaplaincy
  - Partners in Planning: How can quality spiritual care spread outward?
  - Partnerships help NACC accomplish more
  - Research collaboration also yields personal growth
  - Spiritual care speaks with one voice to The Joint Commission
- Vision archives
- Vision Seeks Writers, Researchers
- Fr. Joe Driscoll’s column archives (1997-2003)
- January-February 2013
  - Author’s gift for storytelling evident in new book
  - Certification timeline has changed over the years
  - Changes made in NACC certification, renewal of certification, certification appeals procedures
  - Chaplains on mobile integrated care teams transmitted hope, peace to Sandy survivors
  - Collaboration along nation’s border means listening, self-renewal, redefining roles
  - Disaster victims minister to fellow victims of Sandy
  - Embrace anew call to be people of hope at 2013 NACC National Conference
  - Family, chaplain, rabbi plan bedside wedding on Oncology Unit
  - Featured Volunteer: Kathleen Brady, OP
  - Featured Volunteer: Ed Horvat
  - Home hospice far from home: A transformative journey marked by sadness, intimacy, grace
  - In 2013, chaplains called to reach into communities, beyond walls of institutions
  - Indiana medical center chaplains find new partners in ministry
  - Logistics can complicate clergy collaboration, but meaningful connections worth the effort
  - Outreach into community:
    Creating collaboration through the skills of chaplaincy
  - Poor benefit from interdenominational collaboration at community hospital
  - Research abstracts
  - Serving with American Red Cross a true privilege
  - Sharing stories: A life’s journey inscribed, a day of blessing
- January-February 2014
  - 2014 NACC National Conference to be entryway to strategic, compassionate leadership
  - A Basketful of Hearts
  - A Letter to Laurie Hansen Cardona
  - Book offers insights for chaplains, reflections on ethics, spiritual care
  - Book reveals vibrant faith lived out amid struggle, poverty
  - Changing lives changes chaplain’s life, too
  - Chaplains key component of developing palliative care programs at CHRISTUS Santa Rosa
  - Featured Volunteer:
    Deacon Thomas J. Berna, BCC
  - Featured Volunteer:
    Judith A. Shemkovitz
  - Get out the word on benefits of palliative care
  - Goodbye Laurie!
    Welcome back, David!
  - Ma couldn’t miss granddaughter’s wedding
  - Matching treatment plans to patient goals involves piecing together patient puzzle
  - Opportunities, challenges abound on
    interdisciplinary palliative care team
  - Palliative care and hospice:
    a new NACC specialty certification
  - Palliative care is ‘extra blanket of care’ that builds trust, strengthens relationships
  - Physician finds teamwork helps palliative care patients and families
  - Q and A with
    Cynthia X. Pan, MD, AGSF, FACP
  - Reflection on forgiveness in pastoral and palliative care: A case study
  - The Empty Chair
  - Wedding celebrated in hospital unit where ‘death hovers’
  - When end of life is near life’s start, palliative care helps family members embrace short time they have together
  - ‘Till Death Do Us Part’:
    Three weddings in palliative care
  - ‘Yes,’ is best response to requests for spiritual, religious care
- January-February 2015
  - 2015 brings yearlong celebration of NACC’s jubilee
  - Certification applicants have a year to adjust to new standards
  - Chaplain Overboard!
  - Conference time is drawing near; please register!
  - Congratulations to our newly-certified members!
  - Helpful resources for CPE supervisors and Catholic students
  - History and mission of NACC ignite passions
  - In the future, certification may not mean competency
  - Palliative care and hospice now have specialty standards
  - Questions and answers about the revised NACC Standards
  - Standards call for research-informed co-workers
  - Standards Commission takes pride in revisions
  - The Approval of Standards – A USCCB Perspective
  - Why did we revise our Certification Standards and Procedures?
- January-February 2016
  - Advance care planning helps patients in palliative care
  - Chicago offers deep, rich Catholic presence
  - Chicago: Your, my, our kind of town!
  - Journey to palliative certification took many steps
  - Massage therapist’s ministry to homeless presented revelations
  - Palliative care chaplains must understand their vulnerabilities
  - Palliative Care Needs
    for Persons on Dialysis
    and Implications for Chaplains
  - Palliative care patients find sources of meaning
  - Palliative care standards aim to produce qualified practitioners
  - Palliative care standards help to develop confident chaplains
  - Pediatric pastoral care
    is also for the parents
  - Supportive Care Coalition promotes excellence in palliative care
  - Three common myths about palliative care
  - We have time to adjust to change in NACC Revised Standards
- July-August 2013
  - Book Review:
    The Best of Being Catholic
  - CHA president says chaplains model loving concern of God
  - Chaplains learn history, hear about recent disaster responses at Disaster Spiritual Care training
  - Conference call offered to allay concerns of certification interviewees
  - Conference-goers give more than ,900 to Pittsburgh’s Operation Safety Net
  - Drumming by the river: The healing power in the heartbeat of the drum
  - Featured Volunteer: Fr. John (Jack) T. Crabb, SJ
  - Featured Volunteer: Nancy Cook, MDiv, MSW, BCC
  - For first-timer, attending conference was a true ‘chaplain’s holiday’
  - Jesuit calls on chaplains to be competent
  - Karen Pugliese, ‘woman of passion,’ receives 2013 Distinguished Service Award
  - Latina theologian focuses on grace-filled moments in ‘messiness’ of daily life
  - Multiple models suggested for determining adequate chaplain staffing
  - NACC honors Bishop Dale Melczek with the Outstanding Colleague Award
  - NACC membership evolving, plan in place to create ‘resilient’ organization, streamline governance, certification
  - Paradigm shift for pastoral providers: Use pilot programs to take spiritual care beyond hospital walls
  - Powers of forgiveness, love essential in people’s lives, Father Goergen says
  - Research leads to insight, understanding, ‘a place at the table’
  - Response by Bishop Dale Melczek, recipient of NACC’s Outstanding Colleague Award
  - What’s kicking at Certification Commission meeting?
  - You are there! Mass, missioning of newly certified in Pittsburgh a moving, sensory experience
- July-August 2014
  - 2014 Board of Directors Election
  - Business meeting welcomes new board members
  - Chris Lowney: Chaplains’ leadership is vital
  - Conference’s disaster training and deployment enrich each other
  - Services for new chaplains, healing offer special moments
  - Another fulfilling, renewing conference is in the books
  - Conference offers space for workshops, reunions, friendships, worship
  - Going Retro: Considering the art of dying at the 2014 NACC Day of Reflection
  - Journey to certification took unexpected final step
  - Spiritual care is medicine’s missing element, Sulmasy says
  - Sr. Patricia Talone:
    Mercy, justice, and compassion at the bedside
  - Tracy Balboni:
    Research Critical in Compassionate Care
- July-August 2015
  - Assessment tool helps evaluate chart notes
  - Chaplain Encounters: Suffering child’s compassion can teach adults
  - CPE students learn to see charting as part of ministry
  - Efforts to improve spiritual care can help whole institution
  - Entering the World of Charting and Spiritual Assessments – by Mary M. Toole
  - How do we measure quality in charting?
  - How do you chart if the patient is reading your notes?
  - Looking under the hood: Documentation of spiritual care
  - Paper and electronic systems both struggle with drawbacks
  - See you next spring in Chicago for the NACC conference!
  - Seven Narratives for Chaplain Charts
  - System’s self-examination leads to better chart notes
- July-August 2016
  - A good strategic plan can help your department thrive
  - A leadership path interrupted
  - Chaplains’ leadership may come in unconventional forms
  - Clergywomen work through trauma of perinatal bereavement
  - Conflict with a supervisor can end constructively
  - Leadership Begins at the Heart: Reflections of a Novice Leader
  - Many leadership qualities overlap strengths of spiritual care
  - Many paths — and pitfalls — on the way to leadership
  - Pastoral leadership means feeding and tending
  - Reflection, action … and even more reflection
  - “Laying track as I go”: The chaplain as entrepreneur
- March-April 2013
  - Collaborative inquiry: An accessible, relevant approach to chaplaincy research
  - Critical need for research unabated; thankfully new efforts abound
  - Many essays strong, but handbook lacks editorial vigilance
  - Q and A with D.W. Donovan
  - Research in chaplaincy: Where we are now, and where we are going
  - The Easter moment: Easter’s meaning in the context of hospital chaplaincy
  - Top reason to embrace evidence-based chaplaincy care is to improve spiritual care
  - When embarking on research, mentor can be immensely helpful
  - Years after Dad’s lesson at the beach, research continues to spark curiosity
- March-April 2014
  - Book review:
    A practical theology of dementia
  - Book review:
    Establishing and exploring the field of ‘neurotheology’
  - Chaplain at Newtown and Boston knew she wasn’t alone
  - Conference speaker Balboni has published significant research on spirituality, illness
  - CPR, dignity, and choices at the end of life
  - Deployments after Missouri and Oklahoma tornadoes reveal despair and resilience
  - Disaster chaplaincy in the research literature
  - Featured Volunteer: Kay Gorka
  - Featured Volunteer: Matthew Kammer
  - Fifteen years of helping Red Cross respond with compassion to disasters
  - For chaplains at disaster scenes, self-care is vital
  - Gratitude for our NACC members, and all chaplains, involved in Disaster Spiritual Care
  - Ministering to same-sex couples in healthcare settings
  - New-old editor returns to Vision
  - Responding to tornadoes in Missouri and Oklahoma brings renewed sense of grace and love
  - Spirit of St. Louis:
    Reflections of a Conference Task Force Member
  - Watching Red Cross respond to disaster offers inspiration
  - We announce a new 2014 Conference speaker, Tracy Balboni
- March-April 2015
  - A personal Egypt:
    Passover offers chance to seek other freedoms
  - Aging parents, ancient wounds come to life in cartoon memoir
  - Certification in the NACC:
    From two-week workshop to full professionalism
  - Companion on a journey
    to the end of life
  - For our 50 years, let’s celebrate and be grateful
  - Invitations from others led to rich NACC experience
  - Leading NACC was unexpected challenge and blessing
  - The NACC in midlife: How do we make it count?
  - The privilege of chaplaincy
  - Walk-through-abandoned-unit-brings-memories-of-ministry-By-Mary-Lou-OGorman
  - We’ve come a long way, baby!
- March-April 2016
  - Behavioral health staffers face unique issues of moral distress
  - Case studies may shake chaplains out of their routine
  - Conditions in pediatric hospital ripe for moral distress
  - Family meeting resolves son’s moral dilemma
  - Healing from the Inside Out
  - Moral distress, up close and personal
  - Moral Distress: Are There Solutions?
  - Others offer valuable resources for moral distress
  - Out of chaotic hospital scene, love and hope emerge
  - Relationships built in long-term care may lead to moral distress
  - Study of resilience can benefit chaplains and patients
  - Support group gives nurses a chance to process feelings
  - What does the literature tell us about moral distress?
  - What is moral distress? An overview
- May-June 2013
  - A case study: Using mantras in pastoral care to help patients with Post Traumatic Stress Disorder
  - Assist the mentally ill to live full lives:
  - Book review: Let Your Voice Be Heard
  - Book review: The Cost of Hope
  - Chaplain finds a path to hope with haiku
  - Chaplains can let mentally ill know they don’t walk alone
  - Discovering spirituality in an addiction detox/rehab unit
  - Encouraging God helps us navigate starts, stops of new beginnings
  - Featured Volunteer: Kathy Ponce
  - Featured Volunteer:
    Timothy John Doody
  - Four lines of pastoral inquiry aid chaplains to ‘comprehend the human soul’
  - It’s time for Chaplain Group!
  - Q & A with Donna Markham, OP, PhD
  - Relationship key to integrating spirituality though small group meditation
  - Research Abstracts: Ministry to the mentally ill
  - We need to better inform ourselves about mental health care
  - Welcome to two members of NACC’s Editorial Advisory Panel: Elaine Chan and Isabelita Boquiren
- May-June 2014
  - Beyond theodicy: Let emotional support shape reaction to suffering
  - Book review: Jesus Was a Migrant
  - Book review: What’s So Blessed About Being Poor?
  - Can chaplains reduce a hospital’s readmission rate?
  - Categorizing CEUs for Renewal of Certification
  - Conference outlines research agenda for spiritual care
  - NACC promotes awareness of chaplaincy’s value
  - The case for chaplaincy: If not me, then who?
  - The value of chaplaincy? Priceless
  - What is the value of CPE to an institution?
  - What we hold: Chaplaincy’s ministry to institutions
- May-June 2015
  - Anointing service offers profound reassurance
  - Business meeting unveils new logo, takes hard look at membership
  - Certification Commission welcomes new members, new specialty
  - Conference honors the gift of 50 years of ministry
  - Day of reflection offers many forms of prayer
  - Driscoll thanks NACC for memories, charting new ground
  - Finding God in the NACC National Conference
  - NACC Conference –
    Guided by the Spirit
  - NACC members honor the gift of streamed conference speeches
  - Newly certified feel warmth of others’ welcome
  - Plenary speaker Garrido finds meaning in administration
  - Potential disaster responders learn to be flexible
  - Sociologist discusses chaplaincy’s current place in healthcare
  - Vatican reporter describes pillars of the Francis agenda
  - Widening the tent: Conference workshops give primer on research
- May-June 2016
  - Anointing of the spirit; anointing of community
  - Carol Taylor: When cure is off the table…
  - Conference 2016:
    Chaplains make new connections, illuminations, and spirits
  - Disaster Spiritual Care: A feeling of gratitude
  - Embracing the divine milieu: The NACC Conference retreat
  - Fitchett describes present and future of spiritual care research
  - Jewish wisdom book offers guidance for growing older
  - Life-giving relationships sustain newly certified chaplain
  - Love yourself as you love others, White reminds audience
  - NACC business meeting considers new directions
  - Newly certified chaplains feel grace of missioning ceremony
  - Pastoral psychotherapy resource can help chaplains
  - Sofield finds the humor of resilience
  - The steps we take
    to make all things new
- November-December 2012
  - 2013 NACC National Conference plenary speakers announced
  - A time of change, a season of thanks
  - Chaplaincy in long-term and short-term home care: Advantages, disadvantages and challenges
  - Chaplaincy services offered at subsidized housing communities
  - Dying patients thrive on ‘own turf’
  - For many, home hospice means life lived in a richer way
  - Furry feline visited lonely, comforted dying
  - How are we perceived in the workplace?
  - Life’s graces: Those in assisted living minister to me
  - Outpatient ministry allows chance to build more relationships
  - Teamwork, interdisciplinary efforts especially important in hospice work
  - Therapy dog Henrietta a favorite
- November-December 2013
  - 2014 NACC conference to focus on compassionate leadership
  - A history of using visuals
    to teach the Gospel
  - Advent is time to reflect on how to imitate Christ
  - Beyond a sequence of sounds: Healing music reaches ‘secret places of the soul’
  - Chaplain uses iPad to calm, soothe and educate
  - Chaplain-harp therapist witnesses unfolding grace of God
  - Do you recognize ‘Big Brother god,’ ‘Egghead god,’ or ‘Genie god’?
  - Former music therapist sees power of music to provide insights, but cautious about its use with patients
  - From singing at the bedside
    to commissioning the CEO,
    opportunities abound for
    music in pastoral care ministry
  - Hymns’ meaningful words speak volumes to dying
  - In Seattle, holiness revealed in song and through artwork
  - Playing it by ear:
    Music background proves to be powerful assist in chaplaincy work
  - Research Abstracts By Austine Duru
  - Song, guided meditations, perseverance lead to God in psychiatric unit
  - The Voice: Not just a TV show
  - Therapeutic effects of Native American flute evident in older adults
  - Years as chaplain have been ‘grace-filled’
- November-December 2014
  - 2015 50th Anniversary Conference Theme: Honoring the Gift
  - Book review: Mortal Blessings. A Sacramental Farewell
  - Chaplains can serve valuable role on ethics committee
  - Comprehensive senior care also includes in-home spiritual care
  - Explore the gift of a good workshop
  - Focus on patients’ spiritual health, not distress
  - Four noted plenary speakers to honor 50th anniversary conference
  - Healthcare executives walk a difficult line
  - Outpatient chaplaincy:
    Mercy goes where
    the people are
  - Seeking, Finding: Advent helps nurture the waiting heart
  - Spiritual care providers can find a new basket of skills – by Janet Stark
  - Telechaplaincy: Personal (but not in-person) spiritual care
  - We’d like names of deceased NACC members
  - What does personal integration look like in a certified chaplain?
- November-December 2015
  - After drifting away from spirit, “wellness” needs to come back
  - Breath prayer brings God into the body
  - Chaplains must model self-care for other staffers
  - Chaplains promote spiritual wellness as foundation
  - Community finally accepts woman’s wish for natural death
  - Conference can fill your soul with laughter, praise and wisdom
  - Eucharistic ministers need chance to absorb spiritual hospitality
  - History and mission of the NACC inspires gratitude
  - Investigating Spiritual Well-Being: Insights from Research
  - Learn your limits to avoid burnout
  - Let’s think more broadly about spirituality of wellness
  - Plenary speakers to address themes of conference
  - Schwartz Center rounds help alleviate moral distress
  - Take a moment to reflect and bless your cell phone
  - Talking to true friend offers hint of divine presence
  - Teaching gratitude and forgiveness improves patients’ lives
- November-December 2016
  - 2017 Conference Speakers
  - Common Qualifications and Competencies are ready to go
  - Conference offers diverse array of workshops
  - Dementia: The testimony of silence
  - Doubt: A meaningful part of Mother Teresa’s story
  - Essays use the voice of women to seek justice for all
  - Mental illness affects everyone
  - Mental patients’ families seek peace in the storm
  - Plot lines: Allegories of recovery help adolescents
  - Prison worship helps cope with mental illness
  - Repeat mental patients strain staff’s compassion
  - Spiritual care and mental health: What the research tells us
  - Toxic religion: The unhealthy relationship of “bad theology” to mental illness
  - Young offenders rebuild relationships in group therapy
- September-October 2013
  - An Epic year in review: The positive and negative in terms of electronic health records
  - Book offers parents of seriously ill children practical tips, inspirational material
  - Chaplains interact, learn from each other on new online network
  - Email conversations in CPE lead to deepened connections, friendship
  - Featured Volunteer: Fr. Timothy F. Bushy
  - Featured Volunteer: Linda Anne Bronersky
  - How can chaplains explain what we do?
  - In-house media access system brings prayer, music, relaxation to patients
  - iSpirit helps chaplains reach patients in new ways
  - Journey home: A dying man’s honored guest
  - May we be pioneers in discovering social media benefits
  - New palliative care certification, interviewing concerns discussed
  - Research Abstracts
  - Resource-packed chapplain ~~apps~~ can enrich ministry
  - Technology indispensable, social media helpful in promoting chaplaincy work
  - The rise in social media about end of life and its impact on chaplaincy knowledge and practice
  - Today’s professional chaplain must stay current, set new goals as ministries evolve
  - Upcoming upgrades: Using tools to make connections
  - ‘Meet me in St. Louis’ in May 2014
- September-October 2014
  - As chaplains, let’s find existing needs to meet
  - Cast your vote for the NACC’s Board of Directors
  - Certification Commission reviews recent interviews
  - CPE Lite: Forming pastoral chaplaincy volunteers
  - Effective pastoral visitors transcend language to meet spiritual needs
  - Eucharistic minister finds rewards in hospital setting
  - From Everlasting to Everlasting
  - Letter:
    Telling doctors to leave isn’t productive
  - Song to the Caregivers
  - The balancing act of chaplaincy: Pastoral, personal, professional and financial
  - Thinking outside the hospital for models of pastoral care
  - Washington area offers plenty of sights, activities during 2015 conference
- September-October 2015
  - Working in low-income rural clinic demands new skills
  - Chaplains need to know church’s Ethical and Religious Directives
  - CPE curriculum focuses on pastoral formation
  - Joint efforts with cognate groups will enhance CPE
  - Healthcare changes require students and certified chaplains to be flexible
  - Internal family systems: Understanding the self using parts theory
  - Conference 2016: Making All Things New – by Rod Accardi
  - NAJC’s Jerusalem conference offers new perspectives
  - Honoring diverse traditions helps build relationships
  - As healthcare landscape
    changes, so does chaplaincy
  - Congratulate our newly certified chaplains
- September-October 2016
  - A perfect Buddhist stranger in a different country
  - Caring across cultures: Programs and projects to promote diversity
  - Chaplaincy and Hinduism: Two helpful links
  - Chaplaincy and the Cry for Mercy
  - Culture must be studied and learned, Gittins says
  - Jewish patients: Overcoming the barrier of self-protection
  - Literature from other disciplines addresses cultural competency
  - Ministry to atheists or agnostics is meaningful in a different way
  - Muslims are likely to welcome a Catholic chaplain
  - Native American father gets chance to die with the sun on his face
  - Online resources help chaplains learn cultural humility
  - Our road to Emmaus leads through Albuquerque
  - Respect the unique spirituality of the nonreligious
  - Welcoming the stranger: Engaging diversity toward the beloved community
- Vision Editorial Advisory Panel
- Vision’s Most Requested Articles
  - An Argument Against the Use of the Term Spiritual Care
  - And the nominees are….
    Spiritual Care
    Pastoral Care
  - Chaplains Are More
    Than What Chaplains Do
  - Do You Want To See The Chaplain?
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    - Cara Perille BCC
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    - Elizabeth Ecks BCC
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    - Joan Bieler BCC
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    - Larry Beck BCC
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    - Nancy Many BCC
    - Rebecca Calderone BCC
    - Rev Arlin Jean-Louis BCC
    - Rev Gabriel Bentil BCC
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    - Sandra Michocki BCC
    - Sharon Mathis Schmidt BCC
    - Sr Kim Loan Nguyen BCC
    - Sr Xiomara Mendez-Hernandez BCC
    - Tina Balentine BCC
  - 2019 Missioning Ceremony Photos
    - Deacon John W. McMullen BCC
    - Miss Linda A. Wainright BCC
    - Mr. Brian Ballantine BCC
    - Mr. Gavan F. Meehan BCC
    - Mr. Michael R. Ludeman BCC
    - Mr. Timothy J. Lankford BCC
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    - Mrs. Rosalinda Pastrana BCC
    - Mrs. Susan D. Decker BCC
    - Ms. Elizabeth A. Kitamura BCC
    - Ms. Joan M. Sweeney BCC
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    - Rev. Ikechi B. Korie OP, BCC
    - Rev. Louis B Yaya BCC
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- Just(-ice) Listening: a Pathway toward Healing
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