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  Join Robert Klitzman, professor of psychiatry and director of the masters in bioethics program at Columbia University, in a discussion on how healthcare providers and other experts understand the role and significance of chaplaincy. We will focus especially on the work of chaplains during the COVID-19 pandemic and how that service has changed perceptions […]

This webinar reports on the implementation of a resiliency project supported by the Henry Luce Foundation. Chaplains working with staff in institutions will find it especially helpful. Pine Rest Prevails: Fostering Spiritual Resiliency in Frontline Staff allows Chaplains at Pine Rest, a mental health facility in Grand Rapids, Michigan to provide education and spiritual reflections […]

Join us with case study creators as we discuss a new tool launched by the Lab in collaboration with Boston University School of Theology and with support from the Henry Luce Foundation. These four case studies were developed by a team of chaplains and theological educators for educational purposes. Each case study focuses on a […]

While Buddhist chaplains have been active in North America for over ten years, no one really knows how many there are, how they are educated, or where they work – until now! This webinar will present the results of a unique survey of Buddhist chaplains. Conducted by a collaborative research team representing Harvard Divinity School, […]

In collaboration with University of Humanistic Studies, Mount Sinai & Chaplaincy Innovation Lab Chaplains from all over the world encounter patients and clients whose worldviews can be characterized as multireligious and (post)secular. Humanist chaplains, who have been established in the Netherlands for many decades, offer care to different groups of clients. How do they offer […]

Beginning with the redesign of courses within theological schools, chaplaincy educators can start to think on a pedagogical level about transforming the ways in which chaplains are trained and spiritual care is provided. This webinar reports on the results of a project funded by the Wabash Center for Teaching and Learning to approach the chaplaincy […]

The International Labour Organization estimates that 20 million individuals are victims of trafficking globally. Yet these persons, and their suffering, are almost entirely invisible. It may be true that “the eye does not see what the mind does not recognize.” As a chaplain, you are uniquely positioned to be a safe person that can make […]

  This webinar reports on a pilot project, sponsored by the Ruderman Family Foundation, that recognizes the enormous mental health needs of college students — even before the current pandemic. The project has tested whether mental health professionals and spiritual care professionals can offer students more as partners than either profession can alone. This approach […]

This webinar is one in a series sponsored by the Henry Luce Foundation on resilience. Join Rev. Dr. Liam Robins, Manager of Clinical Pastoral Education at Mainline Health / Lankenau Medical Center, in a discussion on self-compassion training for healthcare communities (SCHC). Participants will learn both how SCHC has been implemented in Rev. Dr. Robins's […]