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NACC Now The National Association of Catholic Chaplains Monday, May 16, 2011

Read this issue online: www.nacc.org/resources/e-news/nn_issue_96.asp

1. Executive Director’s Reflection 2. Recognizing 25 years with NACC and 25 years board certified! 3. May-June 2011 Vision issue now available on the NACC website 4. NACC 2010 Annual Report now available on the NACC website 5. Thank you for your responses to the annual member campaign! 6. Have you moved recently and not told us? 7. Have you received a new position or promotion and not told us? 8. Receiving NACC Now, but you are not an NACC member?

NACC 2011 NATIONAL CONFERENCE

9. 2011 National Conference coming this week! 10. NACC is grateful to Institutional Partners and Conference 2011 Sponsors

EDUCATION AND PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS

11. Please participate in the 2011 SCC Salary Survey sponsored by NACC and APC! 12. Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry Joins the Digital Age 13. Register today for the NACC June Audio Conference! 14. 2011 NACC audio conferences! 15. Spiritual Care Champions Webinar Series 16. Webinars offered by Association of Professional Chaplains 17. Webinars offered by HealthCare Chaplaincy 18. Are you planning to give any presentations on chaplaincy? 19. Order your video promoting the chaplaincy profession 20. Local/regional event dates 21. Recent death of our NACC member 22. Healing Tree: a request for prayers 23. Recent job postings 24. Positions wanted

1. Executive Director’s Reflection There is probably no more universally embraced text of comfort than yesterday’s responsorial Psalm 23, the Lord is my shepherd. At how many bedsides, in how many homes, by how many caskets, with how many families have you and I prayed this psalm! As much as those five words and the many statements about how God will be with us in all life’s moments are comforting, it is the four words of faith and trust that follow those first five that for me are the more compelling and challenging, “I shall not want.” What if those four words were my mantra? I shall not want. I shall not want. I shall not want. (read more…)

2. Recognizing 25 years with NACC and 25 years board certified! At our National Conference this year and subsequent years we will be recognizing our members who have been board certified for 25, as well as those who have been NACC members for 25 years. We will also be sending congratulatory letters to them. Who are they? Please click here to see the listings.

3. May-June 2011 Vision issue now available on the NACC website Look on the NACC website for the most recent May-June 2011 issue of Vision! It’s packed with articles and information on professional certification. Visit it soon!

4. NACC 2010 Annual Report now available on the NACC website Yearly, the NACC makes available to its membership an Annual Report as a means of public accountability. The 2010 Annual Report is now available on the NACC website for all to view and download. We are grateful to all who continue to lead NACC, volunteer their time and talents to ensure the governance of NACC is in good hands, proper stewardship is maintained, and the mission of the NACC is advanced.

5. Thank you for your responses to the annual member campaign letter! Your generous responses to our annual member campaign keep coming in. Thank you! We are deeply grateful for our members’ support to this campaign. Please consider renewing your giving or giving for the first time!

6. Have you moved recently and not told us? When you have moved personal residences or places of employment, or have a new email address or telephone number, please don’t forget to contact Mary Pawicz ([email protected]), our membership support staff person at the NACC office, to let her know! We don’t want you to miss our communications to you!

7. Have you received a new position or promotion and not told us? We like to recognize our members who have recently received a new position or promotion. Please let Cindy Bridges ([email protected]) know so we can publish it in NACC Now!

8. Receiving NACC Now, but you are not an NACC member? If you are one of the 900+ who are not members of NACC but are receiving NACC Now, have you considered becoming an NACC Member? Join the more than 2500 members who advance the ministry of spiritual care, and support one another’s ministry! Receive additional members’ benefits! Visit the NACC website for more membership information. Join today! www.nacc.org/membership/categories.asp

NACC NATIONAL CONFERENCE 2011

9. 2011 National Conference this coming week! It is finally here! May in Milwaukee! We welcome the 450 participants to Milwaukee! We ask prayers for the good of the conference, and we will remember in a special way all those who will not be able to join us this year. For details of our conference, please go to 2011 National Conference in Milwaukee, WI, May 21-24, 2011!

10. NACC is grateful to Institutional Partners and Conference 2011 Sponsors Each year NACC reaches out to Catholic healthcare systems, as well as hospitals, health systems, and other organizations in the city where the National Conference is taking place. Again, this year we are deeply grateful to the many Catholic systems and local Milwaukee institutions that have generously partnered with NACC to support our mission, and our National Conference. Please join me in thanking them. Click here for the list.

CHAPLAINCY NEWS, EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS

11. Please participate in the 2011 SCC Salary Survey sponsored by NACC and APC! If you have not yet completed the 2011 SCC Salary Survey, please do so today. The NACC and APC are again partnering to conduct this survey. Your participation is a significant aid to our profession. We ask that the survey be completed only by certified chaplains or CPE supervisor members who were employed full time in 2010 (as defined by one’s employer) or CPE supervisor members who completed contract work during 2010. Please respond to all questions that apply to you. The online web host for the assessment survey is Zoomerang.com. To access the online tool, click on or enter the web link: www.zoomerang.com/Survey/WEB22C54JPZ7MH/ into your web browser’s address line and you will be routed directly to the online survey. The survey will begin with an introduction and overview of how to use the online survey tool. Follow the simple prompts to complete the survey. The deadline for completing this survey is May 27, 2011.

12. Reflective Practice: Formation and Supervision in Ministry Joins the Digital Age The Editorial Board of Reflective Practice is pleased to announce that beginning with Volume 31, Reflective Practice has been published electronically at http://journals.sfu.ca/rpfs/ to fulfill its mission as a global resource in formation and supervision for the next generation of religious leaders around the globe, Reflective Practice is now an OPEN ACCESS JOURNAL FREE to anyone anywhere in the world with internet access. No registration is necessary. Simply go to http://journals.sfu.ca/rpfs.You will find Volumes 29 and 30 are already online in the archives. Volume 31 will be available online by May, 2011. Printed copies of Volume 31 and past or future printed volumes of Reflective Practice may be ordered through the website www.reflective-practice.org. 13. Register today for the NACC June Audio Conference! NACC Audio Conference, Using Selected Psalms for Spiritual Support and Pastoral Presence, presented by Rabbi David Zucker, Ph.D., BCC, is being offered Thursdays, June 23 and June 30, 2011, 12:00 noon to 1:00 p.m. Central Time (GMT-6). You can register today by going to http://www.nacc.org/resources/edops.asp#23jun2011.

14. 2011 NACC audio conferences! Be sure you mark your calendar for these 2011 NACC Audio Conferences. They will again be offered on Thursdays at noon (Central Time). More details will follow. Here are the presenters and topics for the remainder of 2011:

 June 23 & 30, 2011: Rabbi David Zucker, Ph.D., BCC, on the Psalms  July 7 & 14, 2011: Thomas A. Nairn, OFM, Ph.D., on the Ethical and Religious Directives, Part Four, Beginning of Life Issues  August 2011: Certification and Renewal of Certification  September 8 & 15, 2011: Bruce T. Morrill, SJ, Ph.D., on Dying  October 13 & 20, 2011: William Burton, OFM. S.T.D., on Taboos of Touch in the Healing Ministry of Jesus  November 3 & 10, 2011: Zeni Fox, Ph.D., on Chaplaincy as a Ministry of the Church  December 1 & 8, 2011: Mary Ann Getty, Ph.D., on the Passion of Paul: Suffering, Limitations, and the Development of His Theology of the Cross

For questions about our audio conferences, please contact Jeanine Annunziato ([email protected]).

15. Spiritual Care Champions Webinar Series Please consider the webinar offerings of the Spiritual Care Champions Series offered on Wednesdays. Next presentation will be this Wednesday, May 18, 2011, Noon-1:00 pm (Eastern Standard Time), Awareness of Religious Diversity of the non-Christian Tradition, by Inba Inbarasu, D. Min. www.che.org/mission/index.php?id=46.

16. Webinars offered by Association of Professional Chaplains We want to remind you of the several webinar offerings by APC. Next presentation will be Tuesday, May 17, 2011, Health Care Issues for Muslims. Sh. Kifah Mustapha. www.professionalchaplains.org/APCStore/productslist.aspx? CategoryID=APCWebinars&selection=1

17. Webinars offered by HealthCare Chaplaincy Have you recently checked the several webinars offered by HealthCare Chaplaincy? June 14, 2011 – The Role of Chaplaincy within a Changing Culture June 28, 2011 – Spiritual Screening, History Taking, and Assessment www.healthcarechaplaincy.org/about-us/enewsletter/issue-32-april-2011.html

18. Are you planning to give any presentations on chaplaincy? We continue to encourage members to promote the chaplaincy profession. Please remember that the NACC office staff wants to make sure you have resources to use and share. If you are planning to do a presentation, please contact Cindy Bridges ([email protected]) so that she can send you brochures. Also, we remind you that you can access on our NACC website the Chaplaincy Ministry video (or order one – see below) as well as two PowerPoint slideshows to use as a basis for the presentation, at www.nacc.org/advancing/promo.asp.

19. Order your video promoting the chaplaincy profession Our video on Chaplaincy, both a recruitment version (that begins and ends with “Is God Calling You?”), and a version without this question, is available in DVD format. The charge is just $6.00, the cost of production and shipping. You may preview the video at this link. To order copies please email Cindy Bridges for instructions.

20. Local/regional event dates We will add more 2011 local events as the dates are set. We look forward to providing you information on them in future NACC Now's.

 Friday, June 3, 2011, Camp Hill, PA. Click for details.  Saturday, August 27, Chicago, IL. Details to follow.  Wednesday, September 28, Waterloo, IA. Click for details.  Thursday and Friday, September 15-16, Alexandria, MN. Click for details.  Saturday, October 15, Nazareth, KY. Click for details.

21. Recent death of our NACC member We just learned late last week of the death of Sr. Micheletta McGee, RSM, who had passed away on April 17, 2011. Certified in 1996, Sr. Micheletta was a very active member of NACC, and helped organize the 2002 National Symposium in Philadelphia, PA. She had been battling pancreatic cancer. Requiescat in pace! www.legacy.com/obituaries/philly/obituary.aspx?n=micheletta-mcgee&pid=150450680

22. Healing Tree: a request for prayers Please let us know if you would like our membership to pray for your health and healing. Also please let us know when you want us to remove your name from our Healing Tree.

We continue to pray for: Marian Louwagie (Cancer), Deacon William Hetzel (general health issues), Susan Murphy (recovering from hospital stay), Fr. Gene Pocernich (surgery), Elizabeth Couble (ovarian cancer), Sr. Bernadette M. Sullivan, OSB, BCCM (recovery from foot and ankle surgery), Sr. Margaret Dougherty, DC (cancer), Linda Piotrowski (bi-lateral knee replacement surgery), Jim Castello (double knee replacement surgery), Francis Potts (neck/spine surgery), Maureen Moran (ovarian cancer), Fr. James Radde, SJ (cancer), Sr. Mary Clare Boland, SP, Sr. Phyllis Ann DiRenzo (treatment for breast cancer), Kathy Brier (hospitalization-daughter of NACC member Theresa Brier), Ginny Conron (POP surgery), Marcella Keefe-Slager (lung cancer and treatment), Sr. John Marie Stack, OSF (lymphoma cancer), Gloria Troxler (preventive chemotherapy after ovarian surgery), Fr. Kevin Ikpah (eye troubles), Lourdes B. Ruta (wife of Peter Ruta, in recovery), Fr. Bob Nee, BCC, LICSW, CT (intractable epilepsy), Kelly Elizabeth Sexton (cancer: daughter of NACC member Melyssa Sexton), Sr. Nancy Crane, OP (cancer treatment), and Sr. Hilda Mallet, MHS (cancer treatment).

23. Recent job postings The following positions have been posted in the last three weeks. Please go to www.nacc.org/positions/available.asp for more information.

CPE RESIDENCY Rochester, MN - Mayo Clinic

DIRECTOR of CHAPLAINCY SERVICES Long Island, NY - Steven and Alexandra Cohen Children's Medical Center - HealthCare Chaplaincy

DIRECTOR of CHAPLAINCY SERVICES New York, NY - Lenox Hill Hospital - HealthCare Chaplaincy

CATHOLIC PRIEST-CHAPLAIN Durham, NC - Duke University Hospital

CHAPLAIN - ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST - Full time or per diem Waterbury, CT - Saint Mary's Hospital

ROMAN CATHOLIC PRIEST CHAPLAIN Boston, MA - Brigham and Women’s Hospital

CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION MANAGER Kansas City, MO - St. Joseph Medical Center

PRIEST CHAPLAIN Missoula, MT - Providence St. Patrick Hospital

CPE PROGRAM DIRECTOR Langhorne, PA - St. Mary Medical Center

24. Positions wanted In this time of change and uncertainty it is more important than ever to use every resource available. If you have lost your job recently, if you’re just seeking a new or better position, or if you are an employer seeking a chaplain for your organization, be sure to visit our Positions Wanted webpage. NACC members can take advantage of this free service by placing a job-seeking ad, for free, which will run for 60 days. To see the ads, visit www.nacc.org/positions/wanted.asp.

To place your own ad, send an email to Phil Paradowski: [email protected]

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