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Monday, May 6, 2013

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NACC

1. Executive Director’s Reflection *

2. NACC Staff will be engaged in WebLink training. *

3. Welcome to our new April members *

4. Annual Member Campaign is being sent out today! *

5. Deep gratitude to all who participated in the Certification Interview weekend! *

NACC 2013 NATIONAL CONFERENCE

6. 2013 National Conference Charity raised $3,925.97 for Operation Safety Net *

7. 2013 National Conference’s Silent Auction raised $1,065 for future scholarships *

8. 2013 National Conference resources can be accessed on the NACC website. *

9. We are deeply grateful to our 2013 Conference Sponsors!

10. Ordering audio recordings of 2013 National Conference materials possible

CHAPLAINCY NEWS, EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS

11. Conference Call for Research Journal Study Group *

12. National Consensus Project For Quality Palliative Care announces CPG Third Edition *

13. Training Opportunity in Interprofessional Spiritual Care of Cancer Patients *

14. NACC Audio Conferences *

15. Dates for 2013 local gatherings! *

16. Other educational and enrichment offerings *

17. Healing Tree: a request for prayers *

18. Recent job postings *

* new/updated items

1. Executive Director’s Reflection *

In yesterday’s Sixth Sunday of Easter’s Gospel from John 14 we heard the consoling message: “Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. Not as the world gives do I give it to you. Do not let your hearts be troubled or afraid.” Perhaps, of all the indicators of a healthy or stable spirituality, peace is the primary one. In the H.O.P.E. spiritual assessment tool, “H” explores the sources of several qualities. One of those qualities is peace. In some respects, our spiritual care ministry, more than other ministries, lives out and bears this gift of peace as a core outcome of ministry. Thank you for being bearers of peace with patients, families, residents, staff, colleagues, inmates, and one another.

Given the many shifts in our personal and ministerial lives, as well as the working milieu within which we live our chaplaincy profession, peace might be far down on our list of daily spiritual fruits, while “troubled” and “afraid” are the hovering and harassing emotions. All the more so, peace is the gift to respective Paschal mysteries: we will be healing instruments of God’s Peace… Read more >

2. NACC Staff will be engaged in WebLink training *

This week the NACC staff asks your patience with replies to requests. The entire staff is going to be engaged in WebLink training. WebLink (www.weblinkinternational.com) is the integrated information management system that will help us integrate into one platform our database, website, finances, events, and communications with the aim to make it easier and more efficient for you, our NACC members, to renew and update membership, register for events, communicate with one another, access information and resources helpful to you, and more. So during this week, if you email a staff member or call our office, most likely you will get an out-of-office message. Thank you in advance for your patience.

3. Welcome to our new April members *

Member Student

Andrew C. Files Monica Anda

Judith A. Hvisc Rebecca J. Bass

Maureen McKasy-Donlin Imelda N. Manuhwa

Immaculate Mwelu Jude J. Nwachukwu

Catherine Valeriote

4. Annual Member Campaign is being sent out today! *

We will be mailing today to all members letters requesting your participation in our Annual Member Campaign. Please consider renewing your giving or giving for the first time. Any size gift is deeply appreciated!

5. Deep gratitude to all who participated in the Certification Interview weekend! *

We are very grateful to all who participated the Certification Interview weekend that was just completed, May 4-5, 2013. The interviews were held in six locations: Chicago, IL, Colorado Springs, CO, Milwaukee, WI, New York, NY, Silver Spring, MD, and Spokane, WA. There were at least 134 people involved in the interview weekend: 56 interviewers, 54 interviewees, 11 Interview Team Educators, 8 Site Coordinators, and at least 6 Pastoral Presence Volunteers/Other Volunteers. Thanks so much for all our volunteers’ hard work and dedication to the NACC Certification process, as well as our NACC staff, Susanne Chawszczewski and Lindsey Tews.

NACC 2013 NATIONAL CONFERENCE

6. 2013 National Conference Charity raised $3,925.97 for Operation Safety Net *

We are grateful to our members who donated to the 2013 Conference Charity which raised $3,925.97 for Operation Safety Net. Operation Safety Net, which is part of Pittsburgh Mercy Health System and Catholic Health East, sponsored by the Sisters of Mercy, touches the lives of hundreds of men and women living on the streets of Pittsburgh annually by providing them with access to health care, hope, and dignity.

www.pmhs.org/operation-safety-net

7. 2013 National Conference’s Silent Auction raised $1,065 for scholarships *

We are grateful to all our members who donated items for the 2013 Silent Auction and for all who purchased the items. Thank you! We raised $1,065 for scholarships. Past monies raised for scholarship monies, both through the Silent Auction and from those who designated giving for this purpose on their registration form, have helped us to give either up to 15 full or partial scholarships for the Conference Fee. This yearly generous giving has been so helpful for us to help other members.

8. 2013 Conference resources can be accessed on the NACC website. *

Whether you participated in the 2013 National Conference or not, you can access the support materials and PowerPoints for many of the workshops on our NACC website at www.nacc.org/conference/2013materials.aspx.

9. We are deeply grateful to our 2013 Conference sponsors!

The ability to keep the conference fees reasonable relies very much on the willingness and generosity of a variety of sponsors. We received nearly $37,000 in sponsorships. We are deeply grateful. To view the sponsors, please go to www.nacc.org/conference/default.aspx#sponsors

10. Ordering audio recordings of 2013 National Conference materials possible

If you are interested in ordering audio recordings of any of the 2013 National Conference offerings, you can access the order form at www.dcprovidersonline.com/nacc/?event_id=NACC104.

CHAPLAINCY NEWS, EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS

11. Conference Call for Research Journal Study Group *

Our NACC Roger Vandervest, BCC, who is also on the NACC Research Task Force, is offering quarterly a conference call for the Research Journal Study Group, for those interested in reading and discussing together research articles. The next call is tomorrow, May 7th, 11:00 am to noon central time. The article being read and discussed is “Predicting Patients' Expectations of Hospital Chaplains: A Multisite Survey”. Katherine M. Piderman is the lead author. That article was published in the Mayo Clinic Proceedings, November 2010. It can be accessed at pubmedcentralcanada.ca/pmcc/articles/PMC2966363. If you would like to get on this email list, and even participate yet tomorrow, please email David Lichter by 10:00 am central time Tuesday for the conference line number.

12. National Consensus Project for Quality Palliative Care announces CPG Third Edition *

The National Consensus Project (NCP) announced on April 24, 2013, the release of the third edition of the Clinical Practice Guidelines for Quality Palliative Care. This document incorporates important quality assessment and improvement initiatives into palliative care, and described the comprehensive care necessary for patients at end of life. To access the press release click here. Detailed information about the NCP is available at www.nationalconsensusproject.org, where the guidelines can be downloaded free of charge in its full-text version.

13. Training Opportunity in Interprofessional Spiritual Care of Cancer Patients *

The George Washington University Medical School’s Institute on Spirituality and Health (GWish) is submitting a training grant application to the National Cancer Institute. The proposed training program, Integrating Spirituality into Education Curriculum for Oncology Clinicians (ISPEC), will train interdisciplinary health care teams (comprising physicians, nurses and chaplains from NCI-affiliated and community cancer centers) in the identification and care of patients’ spiritual needs as an integral part of effective distress management and palliative care. Chaplains are considered key to the identification and formation of two or three-person interdisciplinary teams to attend the 2-3 day in-person training workshops to be conducted at GW. GWish has asked George Handzo (and he asked if NACC could participate) to conduct an informal poll of chaplains working in cancer centers to determine the level of interest chaplains will have in this training and the likelihood that they will take the initiative to 1) identify representatives from one or two of the other professions (medicine and nursing) and 2) seek institutional agreement for this team to participate in the training. There will be no fee for attending; hotel accommodations will be paid for; and participants will receive $500 toward travel costs. If you have a few moments now, please answer the questions in the survey in the link attached. The proposal is to be submitted to NCI in mid-May.

https://secure.healthcarechaplaincy.org/checkbox/GWish_training_workshop_survey.aspx

14. NACC Audio Conferences *

· June 20 and 27, 2013, Communicating the Value of Chaplaincy, David A. Lichter

· July 25 and August 1, 2013, Ecumenism and Interreligious Relationships, Rev. John Crossin, OSFS

For questions regarding audio conferences, please contact Jeanine Annunziato ().

15. Dates for 2013 local gatherings! *

Please mark your calendars for the NACC local gatherings that have been set so far:

· Friday, May 31, 2013, Orange County, CA. See details.

· Friday, May 31, 2013, Grand Junction, CO. NACC/APC/NAJC gathering. See details.

· Wednesday, June 5, 2013, Daly City, CA. See details.

· Friday, June 14, 2013, Camp Hill, PA. See details.

· Wednesday, September 11, 2013, Dubuque, IA. Details to come.

· Saturday, September 21, 2013, North Lake, IL Details to come

16. Other educational and enrichment offerings *

Please go to our NACC website and our event calendar to review the most recently received programs and educational offerings.

· May 15-18, 2013, ACPE 2013 Annual Conference, Indianapolis Marriott Downtown, Indianapolis, IN. www.acpe.edu/ConferencesAnnual.html

· June 27-30, 2013, APC 2013 Annual Conference, Hilton Orlando Lake Buena Vista, Orlando, FL. professionalchaplains.org/conference

17. 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: Sr. Peggy Nau, SP, Linda Colozzi, Fr. Doug Faraci, Sr. Janet Bielmann, Fr. Martin McGeough C.M, Kelly Folan (daughter of NACC member Marty Folan), Francis J. Aguilar (father of NACC member Bruce Aguilar), Sr. Mary Brigid Riley, O.Carm., Dianna (Dee) Chapman, Mary Potts, twin sister of Deacon Francis Potts, Elizabeth A. Walsh, Francesco Marshall, Glenn and Pat Teske, Anna Maria Marabella, Susan Murphy, Fr. Jim Radde, SJ, Sr. Mary Clare Boland, SP, Sr. Phyllis Ann DiRenzo, Kathy Brier (daughter of NACC member Theresa Brier), Ginny Conron, Gloria Troxler, Fr. Kevin Ikpah, Lourdes B. Ruta (wife of Peter Ruta), and Kelly Elizabeth Sexton (daughter of NACC member Melyssa Sexton).

18. Recent job postings *

The following positions have been posted recently on our Positions Available page. Please go to www.nacc.org/positions/available.aspx for more information.

STAFF CHAPLAIN

Santa Maria, CA – Marian Regional Medical Center

MANAGER CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION

Charleston, SC - Roper St. Francis Healthcare

CHAPLAIN

Corpus Christi, TX - CHRISTUS Spohn Health System.

STAFF CHAPLAIN

Grand Forks, ND - Altru Health System

HOSPITAL CHAPLAIN

Litchfield, IL - St. Francis Hospital

CHAPLAIN- Part Time-20 Hours per Week

Baraboo, WI - St. Clare Meadows

ACPE SUPERVISOR

Lubbock, TX - Covenant Health

DIRECTOR of PASTORAL CARE

San Rafael, CA - Our Lady of Lourdes Convent

FT SPIRITUAL CARE CHAPLAIN (Catholic Priest)

Sioux City, IA - Mercy Medical Center

CPE RESIDENCY

La Crosse, WI - Gundersen Health System

CATHOLIC PRIEST CHAPLAIN - POOL

Milwaukee, WI - Froedtert Health

CATHOLIC PRIEST CHAPLAIN - HOURLY

Milwaukee, WI - Froedtert Health

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