<p> Monday, October 21, 2013</p><p>(Read this issue online: www.nacc.org/resources/e-news/nn-issue-157.aspx) </p><p>NACC 1. Executive Director’s Reflection * 2. Big thanks to all who have given to the 2013 NACC Annual Member Campaign! There’s still time! * 3. NACC Board of Directors approves reappointments of two board members * 4. NACC Board of Directors approves the Certification Specialty in Palliative Care * 5. Thanks to all who responded to survey on ministry settings other than acute care. * 6. Who is working in patient discharge situations? * 7. October 25th deadline for considering leadership roles within NACC! 8. Do you know of or have access to a potential interview site for NACC initial board certification interviews? 9. The September/October Vision is now available on the NACC website! </p><p>2014 CONFERENCE 10. The NACC Awards Task Force is pleased to announce award recipients for 2014! * 11. Last call before the October 31st deadline for poster presentations for the 2014 Conference *</p><p>CHAPLAINCY NEWS, EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS 12. Blessings on 2013 Pastoral Care Week, October 20-26, 2013! * 13. How do we present/talk about our ministry to associates during Pastoral Care Week? * 14. A book for your consideration: Knocking on Heaven’s Door * 15. A book for your consideration by one of our NACC members: But Not Today * 16. 2013 NACC Audio Conferences * 17. 2013 local gatherings! * 18. Healing Tree: a request for prayers * 19. Recent job postings * 20. Positions Wanted *</p><p>* new/updated items</p><p>1. Executive Director’s Reflection * Blessings on Pastoral Care Week! On behalf of the NACC staff, we rejoice with and are grateful for your call to ministry and your living out the spiritual care profession! Thank you for continuing the healing ministry of Jesus in the name of the Church!</p><p>Perhaps newcomers to the NACC and pastoral care might not know the origins of Pastoral Care week, so you can learn that its origin is 30 years ago this year, in 1983, when the “National Association of Catholic Chaplains passed a resolution to establish a Pastoral Care Week.” However, the first Pastoral Care week was held by NACC two years later in October of 1985. In December of 1986, “the Congress on Ministries in Specialized Settings recommended at their annual meeting to establish a committee to implement a National Pastoral Care Week. The first committee appointed Harvey Huntley, Representative of COMISS, Reverend Lin Barnett, Representative for the College of Chaplains (now the Association of Professional Chaplains), and Sister Patricia Doerr, Representative for the National Association of Catholic Chaplains.” And the week of October 25-31, 1987, was the first national Pastoral Care Week with the theme "Excellence in Pastoral Care."</p><p>We are well aware that the phrase “pastoral care” and the phrase “spiritual care” are often used interchangeably, and can be confusing. Some would argue that “pastoral” is too Catholic or Christian and does not embrace or show sensitivity to the interfaith world in which we live. Yet within Catholic healthcare, and from a Christian perspective, we understand that we continue the healing ministry of Jesus, which is a “pastoral” ministry, in imitation of the Buon Pastor, or Good Shepherd. Certainly the Ethical and Religious Directives for Catholic Health Services, Part II, addresses the “pastoral and spiritual responsibility of Catholic Health Care.” Perhaps, care as “pastoral” reminds us within NACC of our motive for what we do, that we continue God’s life- giving and healing work by imitating Jesus’ service to the sick, suffering, and dying. Is it our “pastoral” responsibility and mission to be aware of, take seriously, and address the “spiritual” needs of patients, families, and staff, thus providing “spiritual” care to them? </p><p>When it comes to making a case for pastoral and spiritual care, Dr. Dan Sulmasy, in his article, “Ethical Principles for Spiritual Care,” found in Oxford Textbook of Spirituality in Healthcare, edited by Mark Cobb, Christina M. Puchalski, and Bruce Rumbold, (Oxford University Press, 2012), discusses the ethical foundations for spiritual care. After noting the growing amount of literature that ties spirituality to better health outcomes and shows the correlation of spiritual care to good healthcare outcomes, patient satisfaction, and other evidence for making a good business case for spiritual care, Dr. Sulmasy makes the point that the justification of spiritual care rests in the nature of healthcare and the nature of spirituality. He writes:</p><p>Medicine and religion alike attend to some of the most central human experiences, such as birth, death, development, suffering, and sex. Physicians, nurses, and other health care professionals commit themselves, often by oaths that they have sworn, to care for patients as whole persons. Because illness and injury disrupt patients’ lives in ways that extend beyond their body, encompassing families, communities, and religious experiences, a commitment to caring for whole persons must entail going beyond the body. Human being is spiritual being. When injured or ill, human beings naturally ask transcendent questions about meaning, value, and relationship. If holistic care is a moral duty, then that duty extends to spiritual, as well as to physical care. Therefore, attending to the spiritual needs of patients is not just a moral option, but a moral imperative. Attending to the spiritual needs of patients is justified not because of patient preference or health care outcomes, but because spirituality is intrinsic to nature of being sick and caring for the sick. It is this imperative that grounds the ethics of spiritual care. (466)</p><p>In this Pastoral Care Week, we are celebrating our profession and ministry. What have you found successful in explaining your ministry to colleagues and associates? We look forward to learning from you all the ways you have shared and celebrated your ministry in your diverse work settings.</p><p>You will see below, that we invite you to share your stories, so that we can learn from each other too!</p><p>Blessings, David A. Lichter, D.Min. Executive Director</p><p>2. Big thanks to all who have given to the 2013 NACC Annual Member Campaign! There’s still time! * We are deeply grateful to all of you who have given to the 2013 NACC Annual Member Campaign so far! We also appreciated the notes from those of you who let us know why they could not give this year. You still have time to give! Please consider a gift this year. If you need another envelope, you can contact Sue Walker ([email protected]). With grateful hearts!</p><p>3. NACC Board of Directors approves reappointments of two Board members * The Board of Directors approved the reappointments of Mary Lou O’Gorman and Jane Mather for a second three-year term beginning January 1, 2014, and ending December 31, 2016.</p><p>4. NACC Board of Directors approves the Certification Specialty in Palliative Care * The NACC Board of Directors, at their October 9-10, 2013 meeting, approved the standards and process for the Certification Specialty in Palliative Care. The newly approved Palliative Care Standards can be accessed on the NACC website at www.nacc.org/certification/standards-and- procedures.aspx. The process for certification, application materials, and other details will be announced in November after the November 15th NACC Certification Commission meeting. The NACC will begin accepting applications in early 2014 with plans for fall 2014 interviews. We are deeply grateful to the Palliative Care Task Force, the NACC Certification Commission, and the NACC Standards Commission for all their work over the past months! </p><p>5. Thanks to all who responded to the survey on ministry settings other than acute care. * We are deeply grateful to the nearly 700 (697) members who replied to the survey on ministry settings other than acute care. Here is a link to the entire survey results, as well as a summary of this survey. The NACC Board of Directors reviewed and discussed the results of this survey, and the Goal I work team will utilize these results as it moves forward with Goal I implementation. We have an immediate request of members that will be found in the next NACC Now item.</p><p>6. Who is working in patient discharge situations? * One of the patient/resident contact situations that impact chaplain services is at the time of discharge. We would like to find out who of our members are involved in patient discharge, and how it has been able to affect chaplaincy service beyond acute care. If you are working at all in this setting please email Cindy Bridges ([email protected]). We want to schedule a conference call of those who work with patient discharge to learn from one another, and to identify practices that can benefit our members. </p><p>7. October 25th deadline for considering leadership roles within NACC! NACC is currently seeking members to fill committee vacancies: the Finance Committee, the Standards Commission, and the Ethics Commission.</p><p>The Finance Committee's purpose is to recommend finance policies and budgets that support the mission, vision and values, and strategic plan of the Association and to monitor the Association’s financial performance. Applicants must have knowledge of financial matters. Interested members can download the application here.</p><p>The Standards Commission's purpose is to review the Common Standards and the NACC- specific Standards as well as the Procedures for Certification and to make recommendations to the NACC Board of Directors. Applicants must be Board Certified (5 year minimum), have at least three years of active involvement with NACC, a demonstrated knowledge of the NACC Standards and Certification process, and leadership skills. Interested members can download the application here.</p><p>The purpose of the Ethics Commission is to review formal complaints involving alleged violations of the NACC Code of Ethics in accordance with NACC Standards and Procedures. Applicants must be Board Certified, have at least three years of active involvement with NACC, leadership skills, and demonstrate knowledge of the NACC Code of Ethics. Interested members can download the application here.</p><p>The deadline for all applications is Friday, October 25th.</p><p>The success of the Association depends on the talent and efforts of all our members. Please prayerfully consider serving the Association on a committee, commission, or panel. If you have any questions about these or other leadership opportunities within NACC, please contact a member of the Nominations Panel: Jim Letourneau ([email protected]), Theresa Edmonson ([email protected]), Marybeth Harmon ([email protected]), Jane Mather ([email protected]), or Rosemary Partridge ([email protected]). 8. Do you know of or have access to a potential interview site for NACC initial board certification interviews? As part of our mission to best serve both the current applicants for certification as well as NACC member volunteers, we are surveying our readership for new potential certification interview sites. We attempt to add 2-3 new sites per year around the nation to best suit the needs of all interview participants. </p><p>What is needed in a potential interview site?  Within reasonable distance of a major airport or in a location with many local seasoned interview volunteers  3-4 private interview rooms (enclosed professional office space), a welcome/registration area and a quiet preparation space for the applicants to review their materials as well as spaces for lunch/refreshments, space for pastoral support as needed, and a chapel if possible  Since the interviews take place on a weekend (usually the first weekend of May and October), the space must be available and accessible all day on Saturday and a half day on Sunday  Access to computers and printers is highly preferable but not essential  A host familiar with the site (aka a “Site Coordinator”)  Low or no cost to use the space  Confidential materials disposal (i.e. a shredder or locked container/bin)</p><p>NACC provides reimbursement for all light hospitality (refreshments, supplies, etc.) and the office staff handles hotel reservations and prepares the paperwork needed for the event. Interview Team Educators are always present at each interview site to oversee the process and assist the interview teams. All NACC volunteers, including Site Coordinators, are eligible to count up to fifteen (15) hours per year for the service you provide to the NACC that is of an educational value.</p><p>If you know of or have access to a site that may be used as an NACC certification interview site, please contact Lindsey Tews, M.A., Administrative Specialist/Certification, at 414-483-4898 ext. 304 or at [email protected]. </p><p>9. The September/October Vision is now available on the NACC website! The September/October Vision issue is now available on the NACC website! This issue’s theme is “Spiritual care meets social media and technology,” exploring issues such as EPIC, the benefits and challenges; the next steps in e-chaplaincy; downloading songs to use at the bedside; the best apps for in-house ministry. Remember that you no longer need your member number to access the Vision; just go to www.nacc.org/vision. Continued thanks to Laurie Hansen-Cardona and the Editorial Advisory Panel for their excellent work!</p><p>2014 CONFERENCE</p><p>10. The NACC Awards Task Force is pleased to announce award recipients for 2014! * The NACC Awards Task Force is delighted to inform our members that Joseph G. Bozzelli, D.Min, BCC, Director of Pastoral Care Services, at St. Elizabeth Medical Center, Edgewood Kentucky, will be receiving the 2014 NACC Distinguished Service Award at the 2014 NACC Conference. Joe currently serves as vice chair of the NACC Certification Commission, and has served on the NACC 2006 Vision and Action Task Force, a co-chair of the 2008 NACC National Conference, and, as member of NACC Nominations Panel, as well as many years as a certification interviewer. He has also been a member of the American Red Cross Spiritual Response Team, having been deployed to six disasters over a 9-year period. Joe’s unassuming manner, willingness to serve, keen and impeccably timed sense of humor that reflects the ability to balance playfulness with the serious work of advocacy, education and certification within NACC are deeply appreciated.</p><p>The NACC will be presenting the NACC Outstanding Colleague Award to the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago for their Franciscan Sisters of Chicago Service Corporation (FSCSC) that has become a leader in the continuing care retirement healthcare community with its service to residents in Illinois, Indiana, Kentucky, and Ohio. The Outstanding Colleague Award is presented to “an individual or to a group whose work has proven complementary to, supportive of, or otherwise has contributed to the advancement of the profession of chaplaincy in a significant and lasting way.” </p><p>The decision to grant the Award to the FSCSC was based on the fact that the support of chaplaincy and spiritual care runs throughout the ministry. It begins with their Sponsors, the Franciscan Sisters of Chicago and is embodied in the dedication of the chair of the Board of Directors of FSCSC, Sister Francis Clare Radke, who has continually demonstrated outstanding leadership in support of chaplaincy. Support continues, with the commitment of executive leadership, for the vision of spiritual services presented and facilitated by Jeanette Lindish, Vice President Mission and Pastoral Care, is enhanced within each community with the commitment of executive directors and is lived out in the entire pastoral care team.</p><p>In recent years, as financial constraints have affected all healthcare entities, FSCSC continues to strengthen its pastoral care services, viewing chaplaincy as essential to quality care and vital to the spiritual life of a Catholic-missioned community. Before quality measures for spiritual care were common practice in many healthcare organizations, Sister Francis Clare was instrumental in driving quality measures and benchmarks, and was invaluable in educating executive leadership on the benefit of chaplains as part of the leadership team. For the past thirteen years, in her mission and pastoral care leadership role, Jeanette Lindish is known as a fierce advocate for the role of pastoral care in each of the communities, as well as for the support and education of the pastoral care directors and chaplains within these communities. </p><p>The NACC looks forward to presenting the Outstanding Colleague Award to FSCSC and the NACC Distinguished Service Award to Joseph G. Bozzelli, at the 2014 NACC National Conference in St. Louis on Sunday evening, May 18, 2014.</p><p>11. Last call before the October 31st deadline for poster presentations for the 2014 Conference * At the 2014 national conference, we have set aside space for those who are interested in displaying a poster. Beyond pre-conference workshops and 75-minute conference workshops, poster displays offer your colleagues additional ways to learn about creative and innovative programs and research in spiritual care. Please consider submitting an application for a poster display. Click here for more information. Complete the poster application and submit to NACC no later than Thursday, October 31, 2013.</p><p>CHAPLAINCY NEWS, EDUCATION, PROFESSIONAL SUPPORTS</p><p>Blessings on Pastoral Care Week!</p><p>12. Blessings on 2013 Pastoral Care Week, October 20-26, 2013! *</p><p>13. How do we present/ talk about our ministry to associates during Pastoral Care Week? * Perhaps, this week, more than any other week of the year, we are asked to talk about who we are and what we do. What is your “elevator speech” about your ministry? Follow this link to some samples of elevator speeches. If they are helpful, try them or adapt them. Also, let us know about your brief description of your ministry that you find yourself using over and over. We will be glad to add them to this list. Also please share any presentation materials (PowerPoint, brochure, handout, YouTube, etc.). Here is a link to some examples we have already received. Please send them to Cindy Bridges ([email protected]). </p><p>14. A book for your consideration: Knocking on Heaven’s Door * An NACC member recently finished reading the book, Knocking on Heaven’s Door, by award- winning journalist Katy Butler, who ponders her parents’ desires for “Good Deaths” and the forces within medicine that stood in the way. Here is the link to more information about the book.</p><p>15. A book for your consideration by one of our NACC members: But Not Today * Our NACC member, Judy Esway, just had released by Tau Publishing her fifth book and debut novel, titled But Not Today. Through the story of one colorful Italian-American family, But Not Today captures universal themes of love, meaning, faith, loss, death, and fear of growing old alone. It shows the various ways people cope when facing a terminal diagnosis, and how humor can provide a sense of normalcy, even when life falls apart. For more information, click here. </p><p>16. 2013 NACC Audio Conferences * The final audio conferences for 2013 include:  November 7 and 14, 2013, ERD – FAQ on Beginning and End of Life, Rev. Thomas Nairn, OFM, PhD  December 5 and 12, 2013, Chaplaincy Ministry in Light of Vatican II, Edward Hahnenberg, PhD</p><p>To register for these audio conferences go to www.nacc.org/resources/edevents. For questions regarding audio conferences, please contact Jeanine Annunziato ([email protected]). </p><p>17. 2013 local gatherings! * Please mark your calendars for the following NACC local gatherings:  Saturday, November 2, 2013, Brockton, MA. See details.  Saturday, November 9, 2013, Seattle, WA. See details.  Wednesday, November 13, 2013, Washington D.C. See details.  Saturday, December 7, 2013, Seattle, WA. Details to come!</p><p>18. 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.</p><p>We continue to pray for: 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), Mary Moore (sister of NACC member Anne Murphy), Rev. John O’Leary, Linda Colozzi, Fr. Doug Faraci, Sr. Janet Bielmann, Fr. Martin McGeough CM, Kelly Folan (daughter of NACC member Marty Folan), Francis J. Aguilar (father of NACC member Bruce Aguilar), Sr. Mary Brigid Riley, O.Carm., Dianna (Dee) Chapman, 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), Ginny Conron, Gloria Troxler, Fr. Kevin Ikpah, Lourdes B. Ruta (wife of Peter Ruta), Jeanne Valentien (mother of Cindy Bridges), and Kelly Elizabeth Sexton (daughter of NACC member Melyssa Sexton).</p><p>19. 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.</p><p>CHAPLAIN Issaquah, WA - Providence Marianwood</p><p>CHAPLAIN Everett, WA - Providence Regional Medical Center CHAPLAIN Palos Heights, IL - Palos Community Hospital</p><p>PASTORAL CARE STAFF Bloomington, Pontiac, and Ottawa, Illinois - OSF Home Care</p><p>CHAPLAIN Durango, CO - Mercy Regional Medical Center</p><p>20. 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.aspx. </p><p>Here's a current ad from one of our members: </p><p>FULL-TIME CHAPLAIN I am a certified chaplain (NACC) Looking for a full time chaplain position in any State nearer to New York. I have worked as a chaplain with the Woodhull Medical Center and as a Director of Pastoral Care at Cabrini Center for Nursing and Rehabilitation, which closed in 2012. Ready to move if I have accomodation. Sr Mary Fidelis Ezemaduka SJS, BCC [email protected] 917-415-2757 </p><p>To place your own ad, send an email to Phil Paradowski: [email protected]. </p><p>Subscribe/Unsubscribe</p><p>Submit an address change (NACC members)</p><p>Contact us</p><p>You are receiving this email newsletter because you are a member or friend of the NACC. You are currently subscribed with the email address . 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