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Join Rev. Cristina Rathbone as she discusses her work on the US-Mexico border, serving migrants and asylum-seekers as they enter the United States. In a 2019 article in Episcopal News Service, Rathbone said "By the three ports of entry, there are three tent communities, and the people there – more than two-thirds of them have […]

Join Wendy Cadge, Director of the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab; Su Yon Pak, Senior Director and Associate Professor of Integrative & Field Based Education and Union Theological Seminary; and Mychal Springer, Manager of CPE at New York-Presbyterian Hospital for a discussion launching the Lab's Beginner's Guide to Spiritual Care. There is no single definition of a […]

Healthcare systems are required to make a patient's electronic medical record directly available via secure portal as of 4/5/21 under the Cures Act. This direct access includes all documentation made by healthcare chaplains, including templates with pre-populated check boxes and narrative notes. This webinar will provide concrete suggestions for adapting spiritual care documentation and present […]

Ambiguous Loss is a psychological theory created by Dr. Pauline Boss, and it is a flexible framework for cultivating resilience as chaplains care for patients, families and staff who are living through loss that may never be resolved. Chaplains and other care providers are suffering this phenomenon as well. This interactive workshop will apply the […]

This panel will bring together Daan Keiman, spiritual caregiver and facilitator at a psilocybin retreat in the Netherlands, with Jamie Beachy, a MAPS MDMA Therapist and director of the Center for Contemplative Chaplaincy at Naropa University, in dialogue with Trace Haythorn of ACPE to explore their visions for psychedelic chaplaincy: what is the potential role […]

In June 2020 over 1,500 chaplains from 36 countries responded to a survey, conducted by researchers from ERICH, about changes in their spiritual care as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. The chaplains reported considerable disruption to their usual practice, with enforced social distancing having the biggest impact. They embraced technology to maintain contact with […]

Join Frank Ferris, MD, Executive Director of Palliative Medicine, Research and Education for the OhioHealth system, who will discuss how chaplains can best use telechaplaincy tools and how they integrate with the interdisciplinary team. Dr. Ferris brings extensive experience with telehealth, begun prior to the COVID-19 pandemic and honed over the past year's requirements. Video […]

Join leaders and volunteers of the COVID Grief Network—a mutual aid organization offering free grief support and community to young adults who’ve lost someone to COVID-19—as they discuss the unique impact the pandemic is having on young adults. We'll discuss what this creative, peer-run care project is noticing in the people it serves and what […]