Category / Chaplaincy in the News / News
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The Washington Post: “It feels heavy”
From Claire Galofaro at the Associated Press, via The Washington Post: Runyon thinks of himself a narrator, there to explain what the doctors are doing, so the family is not too shocked… -
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The Atlantic: The Rise of the Chaplains
From Lab founder Wendy Cadge at The Atlantic: Their grandparents may have gone to church. But today, many Americans turn elsewhere to meet their spiritual needs. Read more here.
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The Columbus Dispatch: Hospital chaplains are finding new ways to care
From Danae King at the Columbus Dispatch: “We’re still doing our core mission … to provide emotional and spiritual support to patients, families and staff,” said Hanci Newberry, chaplaincy director at Ohio…
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News Center Maine: Chaplain at Boston Hospital offers comfort and hope to Covid-19 patients and their families
By Beth Brogan at News Center Maine: Erica Long, a graduate of Cony High School in Augusta, Bates College, the Harvard School of Divinity, says she is ‘grateful’ to be able to…
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Aunt Bertha|The Social Care Network: Chaplain profiles from the pandemic
From Jim Tuttle and Cecily Sailer at Aunt Bertha|The Social Care Network: With regular caseloads of more than 60 families, Hospice Austin Chaplains Katrina Shawgo and Nettie Reynolds would each routinely visit…
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Volunteers of America: Dr. Rita Brock Interview on CNN Re: Moral Injury & COVID-19.
Watch here Dr. Rita Brock’s Interview on CNN Re: Moral Injury & COVID-19.
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US News and World Report: Coronavirus shifts spiritual care
From Katja Ridderbusch at US News and World Report: “Sometimes, health care can wear you down. And you wonder if you are making a difference,” she says. But the people she’s working…
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CNN: Hospital chaplains bridging the gap
From Christina Walker at CNN: “It’s my calling to show up and be a presence in the face of human suffering,” says Bohman, executive director of the Sojourn Chaplaincy at San Francisco…
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WBUR: Spiritual care at a distance
From Martha Bebinger at WBUR: Hospital and nursing home chaplains are working round the clock, often in circumstances they never imagined, as the death toll from COVID-19 rises in Massachusetts and beyond.…
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Volunteers of America: Moral Injury Video
Watch here a recording of Dr. Rita Brock’s interview on CNN on Moral Injury and the Covid-19 pandemic.
