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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="13557" img_size="600x338" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_8rNeiyknQJ6bD3UWZwslGA#/registration"][vc_column_text] How can chaplains help healthcare institutions respond best in moments of crisis [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Following a series of traumatic incidents and losses, including on-site suicide, colleague deaths, and assaultive patients that deeply shook the staff community, Chaplain Alyssa Adreani created and launched a crisis response program called the Newton-Wellesley Hospital […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="13494" img_size="600x338" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://watch.eventive.org/threechaplains/play/65005ecf63ce040322218110"][vc_column_text]The Chaplaincy Innovation Lab community is invited to a special preview screening of Three Chaplains, a new PBS documentary about Muslim chaplains in the U.S. military and their fight for equality and religious freedom. Check out the film's website and trailer here. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]On October 25th at Noon EST, the Lab’s community is invited […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="13484" img_size="600x338" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_7Yw8SAS-Q-eaaSsV_rIAgw#/registration"][vc_column_text]How can chaplains who are not religious or not spiritual receive the credentials needed to begin and advance a career in spiritual care? [/vc_column_text][vc_separator][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="1/4"][vc_single_image image="13566" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" link="https://religious-naturalist-association.org/"][/vc_column_inner][vc_column_inner width="3/4"][vc_column_text]We thank Religious Naturalist Association for their support of this webinar. Learn more at ReligiousNaturalism.org.[/vc_column_text][/vc_column_inner][/vc_row_inner][vc_separator][vc_column_text]With the roots of professional […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="13412" img_size="600x336" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://thebtscenter.org/climate-change-and-the-chaplains-presence/"][vc_column_text]As the effects of climate change continue to grow in scope and impact, more people are struggling with the mental, emotional, and spiritual challenges of these times — whether in direct experience of extreme weather or through the experience of anxiety and grief (or, often, both). Our skills as […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text] Living in the Sunlight of the Spirit: The Spirituality of the 12 Steps [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Presented by The Pneuma Institute. This is an external event and not hosted by the Chaplaincy Innovation Lab. This two-day program, helpful for anyone companioning recovering individuals or interested in deepening their own spirituality, explores addiction and each of the 12 Steps, […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="13415" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_Pdn4ziaZS72sd_qfR1YS-w"][vc_column_text]What is psycho-spiritual first aid, and how does it differ from interventions like critical incident stress management? [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Join Chaplain Deb Wacker, M.Div, MBA, BCCC, FHPC for an introduction to psychological first aid for spiritual care providers, a key intervention in disaster and crisis response. Participants will learn the principles […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="13256" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_CLDS8SY7TlOA7nnD2COj0w"][vc_column_text]Join contributors to Workplace Wellness: From Resiliency to Suicide Prevention and Grief Management: A Practical Guide to Supporting Healthcare Professionals (Springer International, 2023). [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]Participants will learn about the particular workplace needs of healthcare professionals as well as current research on how spiritual care providers can support those professionals. From […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="13155" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_QBzcO3GAS9u3lSGW7mMDig"][vc_column_text]Join panelist authors who have contributed to a special issue of the Journal of Health Care Chaplaincy on the history, experiences, and future of chaplains of color. You can find the full issue here: https://www.tandfonline.com/journals/whcc20. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]We'll be joined by:[/vc_column_text][vc_row_inner][vc_column_inner width="2/3"][vc_column_text]Rev. Marilyn Barnes is Rev. Robert B. Lantz Chair of […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="13051" img_size="600x338" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://mcw-edu.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_PuK75ZVGR8C3apGmnxdhxg#/registration"][vc_column_text]This event will be hosted by the Medical College of Wisconsin: This conference will explore: • The ways in which the chaplain and clinical ethicist roles align, diverge, overlap, or conflict • Chaplains’ role in clinical ethics: potential strengths, challenges, and limitations • How chaplains and clinical ethicists might […]

[vc_row][vc_column][vc_single_image image="12985" img_size="full" alignment="center" onclick="custom_link" img_link_target="_blank" link="https://us02web.zoom.us/webinar/register/WN_48kARsJaTTiJJU8PfB4_bw#/registration"][vc_column_text]Join Rev. Sarah Bowen, Animal Chaplain and Program Director of Compassion Consortium's Animal Chaplaincy Training Program, as well as Rev. Ginny Mikita and Susan Shannon for a conversation on how chaplains can help individuals and communities experience and process the animal and habitat loss. [/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]We'll discuss practical methods of […]