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Lab advisor and law enforcement chaplain featured in Carolina Alumni Review
Rev. J. Eric Skidmore, member of the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab Advisory Group and program manager of the South Carolina Law Enforcement Assistance Program, is featured in the September/October issue of Carolina Alumni Review:…
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Ren Osugi, now deceased, stars in ‘The Chaplain’
From The Japan Times: “The Chaplain” sheds some light on the reality of life on death row, as seen from the perspective of a Christian clergyman. Saeki (Osugi) makes fortnightly trips to…
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Sister Jean Dolores Schmidt, Loyola basketball chaplain, inducted into Senior Hall of Fame
In the 2018 NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament, fans saw frequently Sr. Jean Dolores Schmidt, chaplain to the Loyola University team. My Plainview notes that she has received the 2018 Senior Hall of…
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Chaplaincy Innovation Lab featured in America magazine
From Emma Winters at America: Wherever they are, chaplains face unique challenges. For instance, chaplains usually operate within secular institutions—like prisons, hospitals and public universities—and must operate within the bureaucracies and power…
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Chaplaincy and student mental health
From the Scottish Catholic Observer: The World Health Organisation survey, completed by almost 14,000 students, suggests major depression and anxiety are the most prevalent mental illnesses in young people, while a YouGov…
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New director of MIT Religious, Spiritual, and Ethical Life
From MIT news: Chaplains “are here to help guide the MIT community toward being more inclusive, more caring, more supportive, and more ethically minded,” Boswell-Ford says. Ordained by the American Baptist Churches…
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Truckstop Ministries founder dies
Via NBC affiliate 11 Alive: Vietnam veteran Joe Hunter founded Truckstop Ministries nearly 40 years ago. This week, Chaplain Joe Hunter passed away, and the small ministry he founded to help drivers…
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Trans chaplain and LGBTQ seniors
From Justin Kaplan at WBUR: Chris Alburger may very well be the first chaplain in America hired specifically for LGBTQ senior care. He is definitely the first-ever LGBTQ Chaplain Resident at Hebrew SeniorLife. The…
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Surfing Ministry
From the Santa Barbara Independent: Isla Vista Chaplain Scott Claassen Runs a Ministry of Surfing and Spirit: UCSB Students Get Close to Creation on the Waves Read more at the Independent.
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Chaplaincy to restaurant workers
From the Hanna Raskin of the Post and Courier: Chaplain experienced in crisis counseling now tends to restaurant workers’ mental health “Studies show the hospitality industry has a higher rate of substance use…
