Folks occasionally ask me how they too might become a hospital chaplain. Some seem to hope I’ll say they need only attend five Monday nights of training in a local church, and they can start making ...
In 1994, the training program moved to Fort Benning, Georgia, to partner with Columbus State University and the Pastoral Institute. Several reasons accounted for the move. First, the combination of ...
The Rev. Catherine Card, a clinical pastoral education student at St. Vincent Healthcare, stepped into the room occupied by 74-year-old patient Sharon Moline. Card pulled up a chair for a chat. It’s ...
The Chaplain Services department at St. Francis Hospital celebrated the re-accreditation of its chaplain training program Wednesday with a reception in the hospital cafeteria. Clinical Pastoral ...
Q: Why did you go into this career? A: During my seminary internship I was challenged by my supervisor pastor to seek more education and training in pastoral care. I took my first Clinical Pastoral ...
Theresa Platt felt a calling, but never saw herself as a chaplain. “It was not on my radar,” the Grants Pass, Oregon, native said. When asked if he thought he might become a chaplain, McCaskey ...
Two grants totaling $4.5 million over four years from the John Templeton Foundation will better equip hospital chaplains to use research to guide, evaluate and advocate for the spiritual care they ...