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A chaplain’s hope at San Quentin
From America magazine: On Wednesday morning, San Quentin State Prison, California’s largest, awoke to some surprising news. Gov. Gavin Newsom issued an executive order placing a moratorium on the state’s death penalty.…
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Support beyond services: chaplains at Williams College
From the Williams Record: Despite the many ways the chaplains engage with the campus, one of their central commitments is counseling students individually, regardless of their faith identities. “In fact, I don’t…
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Texas bans all chaplains from execution chamber
From the Texas Tribune, and also widely reported in many other outlets around the country: The state of Texas has banned all prison chaplains from its execution chamber, days after the U.S.…
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New SCOTUS ruling on chaplains in executions
From the Baptist Joint Committee for Religious Liberty*: Earlier this year, the Supreme Court drew harsh criticism from many religious liberty advocates, and deservedly so, after overturning a federal appeals court injunction…
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“Behind you all the way”
Wendy Norris, founder and CEO of Texas Line of Duty Death Task Force, writes on Fire Engineering about the work of chaplaincy: The journey through tragedy is often lonely. We must navigate…
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Australian state government opens door to chaplains “of any faith or no faith”
From The Guardian: The Victorian government has conceded that school chaplains can be of “any faith or no faith” as part of a settlement to a landmark legal challenge that could open…
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ACPE 2019 early bird registration closing soon
The 2019 ACPE Annual Meeting, to be held May 8-10 in Scottsdale, Arizona, is still available for early bird registration. Those interested in doing so should register by March 30; afterward, pre-registration…
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Mark your calendars – APC Conference early bird registration
Those interested in attending the 2019 APC Annual Conference should take a look at early bird registration, closing March 29. Read more and register here. Representatives of the Transforming Chaplaincy project, as…
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Human contact as luxury good?
Thought-provoking article from the New York Times: Life for anyone but the very rich — the physical experience of learning, living and dying — is increasingly mediated by screens. Not only are…
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Seaport chaplaincy as a retirement plan?
From the BC [CAN] Catholic: A few years ago, Deacon Dileep Athaide could never have guessed he’d become a frequent visitor on the immense coal and container ships dotting the horizon in…
