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Monday, January 5, 2015

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NACC 1. Executive Director’s Reflection * 2. Happy Golden Jubilee to the NACC! * 3. Welcome to new NACC Board of Directors starting January 1, 2015 * 4. NACC staff member, Lindsey Tews, will be leaving NACC end of January * 5. Welcome to our new NACC staff member, Ramona Zeb * 6. Death of our NACC member, Sr. Norma Gutierrez, BCC * 7. January –February 2015 Vision will be available soon! * 8. February 15th NACC Initial Certification Application Deadline 9. Revised checklist for supportive materials required for certification interview now available 10. NACC Palliative Care and Hospice Specialty Certification offering is available

50th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE – March 6-9, 2015! 11. Registration today for the NACC 2015 50th Anniversary Conference on the NEW Online Registration Portal! * 12. Would you consider or ask for a Conference Sponsorship? * 13. This Wednesday, January 7th, is deadline to apply for Conference Scholarships * 14. Please keep sending the names of our deceased NACC members to honor!

NACC – 50 YEARS OF CONTINUING THE HEALING MINISTRY 15. NACC – 1965-1975 * 16. Reflecting on the healing ministry – Carey Landry *

CHAPLAINCY NEWS, EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS 17. Please let us know by this Wednesday, January 7th, if you or your system would like to participate in networking with others developing pilots of care models in ACO’s that have worked to integrate spiritual care * 18. CHA prayer for National Migration Week, January 4-10th. * 19. Have you joined the 100 days of prayer leading up to 2015 World Day of the Sick? 20. Healing Tree: a request for prayers * 21. Recent job postings *

* new/updated items

1. Executive Director’s Reflection * So we begin 2015! The 50th anniversary of the National Association of Catholic Chaplains! Happy Anniversary, all of you!!!

I had to smile a bit as I began to look forward to this year, and reflected on yesterday’s feast of the three magi! It did not go unnoticed the line from Matthew, “Then they opened their treasures and offered him gifts of gold, frankincense, and myrrh.” (Matthew 2:11). The word “gift” jumped out as that is one of the central words of our 50th anniversary theme: Honor the Gift! (Read more>>)

2. Happy Golden Jubilee to the NACC! * In April 1965, the United States Catholic Bishops founded the National Association of Catholic Chaplains (NACC). Fifty years later the NACC “continues the healing ministry of Jesus in the name of the Church.” We are deeply grateful for this gift of service. This 50th Jubilee theme states it well –Honor the Gift! We will have many ways to remind us of and honor this Gift. In each NACC Now, we will have reminders of our early years, as already captured well in the 40th Anniversary booklet, Wellsprings of Our Journey: 40th Anniversary Reflections. We will also include in each NACC Now a reflection on his or her ministry by one of our members. We continue to encourage our members to write about their ministry also. The 2015 National Conference will have many ways we will mark this year, and recognize our leaders who have brought us to this moment in our history. Stay tuned!

3. Welcome to new NACC Board of Directors starting January 1, 2015 * The NACC Board of Directors welcomes four new board members who begin their first terms as of January 1, 2015. Jim Letourneau and Mary Heintzkill were elected by the NACC membership in 2014, and begin their first three-year term. Brian Yanofchick and Sr. Margo Tafoya, MSSp, were both appointed by the NACC Board of Directors and also begin their first three-year term. We welcome the wisdom, experience, and expertise they bring to the NACC leadership.

4. NACC staff member, Lindsey Tews, will be leaving NACC end of January * At the end of January 2015, Lindsey Tews, who has been our Administrative Specialist Certification for the past three plus years, will be leaving the NACC staff. Our NACC members and the Certification Commission who have worked closely with Lindsey have deeply appreciated her responsiveness, excellent service, organization, and overall attentiveness to and care for our members. She will be greatly missed. As Lindsey and her husband Mike are expecting their first born in early 2015, Lindsey has decided to remain home as a mom to her newborn. We pray for Lindsey and Mike as they await their child, and express our deepest gratitude to Lindsey for her service of to our members.

5. Welcome to our new NACC staff member, Ramona Zeb * Today, Ramona Zeb will be joining the NACC staff as the newly hired Administrative Specialist Certification. Ramona will shadow Lindsey Tews in these next four weeks as she learns these responsibilities from Lindsey and prepares to take over the administration of the certification processes. We welcome Ramona, who being brings a valuable background in administrative support roles, as well as a strong customer service and care disposition. Welcome, Ramona!

6. Death of our NACC member, Sr. Norma Gutierrez, BCC * Our dear NACC member, Sr. Norma Gutierrez, BCC, died on December 23, 2014. She very recently served the NACC as a member of the NACC Board of Directors (2005- 2010). So many members experienced her welcoming presence at our national conferences. Not many weeks ago she had learned of the return of her cancer after 18 years in remission. We will miss her deeply. May God’s fullness of peace abide with her. www.mysanantonio.com/news/religion/article/Sister-Gutierrez-eased-the-transition-from- life-5981716.php

7. January–February 2015 Vision will be available soon! * Watch later this week for the January-February 2015 Vision issue that will be dedicated to articles on the newly revised NACC standards and procedures for certification that were approved for 2015-2021 by the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) Subcommittee on Certification for Ecclesial Ministry and Service. Go here to view this certificate of approval. This Vision issue will provide articles on the background of this process of approval, and the newly revised standards.

8. Upcoming NACC Initial Certification Application Deadline From January 1-February 17, the NACC will accept applications for the February 2015 initial certification application deadline. Since February 15 is a Sunday in 2015 and the 16th is President’s Day, all materials must be postmarked no later than February 17, 2015, for consideration for an October 2015 certification interview. For questions regarding the application process, please contact Lindsey Tews at [email protected] or at (414)483-4898 ext. 304. Best wishes to all those who are working to prepare their materials!

9. Revised checklist for supportive materials required for certification interview now available A few clarifications and revisions have been added to the Checklist for Supportive Materials Required for Certification Interview and are now available for your review. If you are planning to apply for certification in the near future, you will want to review this important document. All applications for the upcoming February 2015 deadline must be in compliance with this revised document. To request a copy, please contact Lindsey Tews, Certification Specialist, at [email protected]

10. NACC Palliative Care and Hospice Specialty Certification offering is available In the fall of 2013 the NACC Board of Directors approved certification standards and procedures for a new specialty certification in Palliative Care and Hospice. In the first months of 2014 the NACC Certification Commission implemented a pilot certification project of this specialty certification with a select number of members. After the pilot project, revisions were made to the procedures and materials required. In November the Certification Commission approved these revisions and you can now access these standards and materials at www.nacc.org/certification/standards-and-procedures.aspx. Any members desiring to apply for this specialty certification can send their materials by February 16, 2015. Also, the NACC will be offering early in 2015 a webinar on this specialty certification to help answer questions about the materials required and the process. For other questions, please contact David Lichter ([email protected]).

2015 50th ANNIVERSARY CONFERENCE

11. Registration today for the NACC 2015 50th Anniversary Conference on the NEW Online Registration Portal! * The NACC has launched a NEW online registration portal for conference registrants. This new feature provides all interested participants the opportunity to register and/or pay for the conference online. For those who would still like to register through the mail, a paper registration form was sent recently with the NACC conference flyer that can be returned directly to the NACC office with payment. The NACC national office is very excited to launch this new online feature and hope our conference participants will enjoy this easy way to register for the upcoming conference. If you have questions, please contact Jeanine Annunziato ([email protected]) at our NACC office.

12. Would you consider or ask for a Conference Sponsorship? * As our 2015 50th Anniversary Conference draws near, we have many conference sponsorship opportunities. Would you consider being a sponsor? Would you consider asking your employer or a vendor to consider being an NACC Sponsor? We have one sponsorship opportunity ($500) that congratulates and recognizes the 50th Anniversary of NACC. Please consider inviting others to be sponsors. We will need these sponsorships by Friday, February 6th, to get them into our conference materials. For the sponsorship opportunity form, go to www.nacc.org/docs/conference/2015 Conference Sponsorship Opportunities - final 11-5-14.doc. If you would like to discuss this with David Lichter, please contact him at [email protected].

13. This Wednesday, January 7, is deadline to apply for Conference Scholarships * A limited number of scholarships for the 2015 NACC National Conference registration fees are available from the National Association of Catholic Chaplains The extended deadline is this Wednesday, January 7, 2015. Please visit the website to review the criteria for scholarship applicants and to download an application form: www.nacc.org/conference/default.aspx#scholarships

14. Please keep sending the names of our deceased NACC members to honor! The theme for our 2015 national conference is “Honoring the Gift.” While we are celebrating our 50th anniversary as the NACC, it seems appropriate to think about all those who have been a gift to our ministry, especially our colleagues who have called us, nurtured us, and guided us, and now are home in the Kingdom of Heaven. At our upcoming conference, we would like to honor the memory of all of our NACC member colleagues who are deceased. We ask that you submit names of member colleagues and friends who you have ministered with, or who have been a part of your journey and have been a gift to your ministry. Please submit their names to Jeanine Annunziato at the NACC office at [email protected]. We want to recognize all of these people at one of our liturgies and we need your help to make sure we do not miss anyone. Even if you think someone else may have sent in a name, please do not hesitate to include it on your list. Gratefully, Rich Bartoszek, Conference Liturgy Chair

NACC – 50 YEARS OF CONTINUING THE HEALING MINISTRY

15. NACC – 1965-1975 * What do you know about the founding of the NACC? To read about those first ten years, please go to www.nacc.org/aboutnacc/history.aspx

16. Reflecting on the ministry – Carey Landry * In each NACC Now, during this 50th jubilee year, we will be featuring a reflection by one of our NACC chaplains on his or her ministry, and an experience of a gift of that ministry. Please go to Carey Landry’s reflection, and allow it to lead you to one of your “gifts” of ministry this year. Also, your own reflection is welcomed! If you want to share a reflection, please contact David Lewellen ([email protected]). CHAPLAINCY NEWS, EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS

17. Please let us know by this Wednesday, January 7, if you or your system would like to participate in networking with others developing pilots of care models in ACO’s that have worked to integrate spiritual care * We have had a couple of members who want to be part of a learning group of a network of chaplains who are in the midst of creating and/or testing pilots/care models in ACO’s where spiritual care is being integrated and is demonstrating outcomes or is designing ways to demonstrate outcomes. If you want to be part of this learning group, please contact David Lichter ([email protected]) by this Wednesday, January 7, so that we can gather this group in January.

18. CHA prayer for National Migration Week, January 4-10. * CHA has developed a reflection for National Migration Week, Jan. 4–10. The observance of National Migration Week was launched over a quarter century ago by the U.S. bishops to highlight the wide diversity of peoples in the Church and its ministries of service. The 2015 theme is "We are One Family Under God." You can access the CHA prayer on CHA's website where there is also a printable Word document. You can also find excellent resources provided by the USCCB at www.usccb.org/about/migration-and-refugee-services/national-migration-week/.

19. Have you joined the 100 days of prayer leading up to 2015 World Day of the Sick? We sent a Catholic Health Association invitation to participate in 100 Days of Prayer leading up to the 2015 World Day of the Sick. Please join us in this prayer, and you can add the names of those individuals who are in need of prayer also. Go to: www.chausa.org/wdos/default.html.

20. 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: Susan Balling, Maria Meneses, Chaplain Julia Mary Sweeney (mourning the death of her sister, Margaret Maureen Lewis, BA Honors), Sr. Sheila Prendeville, CPPS, AnaLisa Bischoff, Sister M. Dianna Hell, Linda Piotrowski, Sister Maria Theresa Hronec, Betty and Louis Skonieczny, Mary Theresa (niece of NACC Chaplain Sister Dorothy Kline), Jim Castello, Jeff Michel (brother-in-law of David Lichter), Thomas from Chicago (12 years old), Thomas Smiley (brother of member Diane Smiley), Marga Halala, Donn Renfro (son-in-law of Karen Pugliese), Amy in Atlanta (friend of NACC member Theresa Sullivan), Thomas (grandson of NACC member Ginny Grimes Allen), Beth from Boston (friend of NACC member Dana Sandlin), Sr. Janet Bielmann, Kelly Folan (daughter of NACC member Marty Folan), Mary Potts (twin sister of Deacon Francis Potts), Elizabeth A. Walsh, Francesco Marshall, Glenn and Pat Teske, Susan Murphy, Fr. Jim Radde, SJ, Sr. Mary Clare Boland, SP, Sr. Phyllis Ann DiRenzo, Kathy Brier (daughter of NACC member Theresa Brier), Gloria Troxler, Fr. Kevin Ikpah, Lourdes B. Ruta (wife of Peter Ruta), and Kelly Elizabeth Sexton (daughter of NACC member Melyssa Sexton).

21. Recent job postings * The following positions have been posted recently on our Positions Available page. Please go to www.nacc.org/positions/available.aspx for more information.

STAFF CHAPLAIN-Emergency Department Beaumont, TX – CHRISTUS Hospital St. Elizabeth and St. Mary

CHAPLAIN, full-time Michigan City, IN - Franciscan St. Anthony Health

PASTORAL ASSOCIATE - Hospice Palos Heights, IL - Palos Community Hospital

SUPERVISOR CLINICAL PASTORAL EDUCATION Buffalo, NY - Catholic Health

PRIEST CHAPLAIN, Hourly/Rotating Shifts Milwaukee, WI - Froedtert Health

HEAD of PASTORAL CARE - SENIOR DIRECTOR Cincinnati, OH - Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Medical Center

REGIONAL DIRECTOR of SPIRITUAL SERVICES Milwaukee, WI - Wheaton Franciscan Healthcare

COORDINATOR, SPIRITUAL CARE Grand Rapids, MI - Mercy Health

CPE RESIDENCY La Crosse, WI - Gundersen Health System

CHAPLAIN Colville, WA - Providence Mount Carmel Hospital

DIRECTOR, SPIRITUAL CARE, HOME and COMMUNITY SERVICES Portland, OR - Providence Portland

REGIONAL DIRECTOR - MISSION, ETHICS, and PASTORAL CARE Madison, WI - SSM Health of Wisconsin View these jobs and more at: www.nacc.org/positions/available.aspx

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